The Spokane Chiefs defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 8-2 Dec. 29 at Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena in Spokane.
The first shot of the game put Seattle (15-13-3-4) in front 1-0. Travis Toomey beat Spokane goalie James Reid over the glove at 2:19 to give the T-Birds the lead. Erik Bonsor and Burke Gallimore had assists on Toomey’s sixth goal of the year.
Spokane (21-10-3-2) tied the game 1-1 at 18:28 of the first on a goal from Marek Kalus. Brady Brassart and Davis Vandane had the assists
The Chiefs outshot the T-Birds 17-5 in the first period. In the last 8:36 of the first period Spokane was on the power play for six minutes.
Steve Kuhn put the Chiefs in front 2-1 at 5:27 of the second period. Kenton Miller had the only assist on the goal.
Spokane scored two goals in 1:01 in the middle of the second to take a 4-1 leads. Tyler Johnson scored at 11:24 on assists from Dominik Uher and Levko Koper. Tanner Mort scored at 12:25 with Kuhn and Miller getting assists.
Johnson scored at 15:31 and 19:10 of the second to put the Chiefs in front 6-1. Uher had the assists on both goals while Koper had an assist on the goal in the last minute of the period.
Spokane outshot Seattle 22-4 in the second period.
Seattle replaced goalie Calvin Pickard with Michael Salmon to start the third period. Pickard stopped 33 of 39 shots and was credited with the loss. His record is now 15-11-2-4.
Matt Marantz got the Chiefs seventh goal of the game at 6:04 of the third period and Tyler Vanscourt scored at 12:43 of the third to make it 8-1 Chiefs. Brassart and Mort had the assists on Marantz’s goal and Brassart and Vandane had the assists on Vanscourt’s goal.
Charles Wells scored with the T-Birds down two men at 19:26 of the third to get the T-Birds second goal. A Spokane player lost control of the puck in front of his net on the break out and Wells jumped on it. He beat Reid with a quick snap shot for his ninth goal of the year.
Salmon stopped 15 of 17 shots in the third period.
Reid made 13 saves on 15 shots and his record is now 21-7-2-1.
SCORING SUMMARY
First period – 1, Seattle, Toomey 6 (Bonsor, Gallimore), 2:19. 2, Spokane, Kalus 3 (Brassart, Vandane), 18:28. Penalties – Kalus, Spo (interference), 6:03. Doty, Sea (goaltender interference), 11:24. Doty, Sea (goaltender interference), 14:12. Rouse, Sea (hooking), 16:10.
Second period – 3, Spokane, Kuhn 10 (Miller), 5:27. 4, Spokane, Johnson 25 (Uher, Koper), 11:24. 5, Spokane, Mort 3 (Kuhn, Miller), 12:26. 6, Spokane, Johnson 26 (Uher), 15:31. 7, Spokane, Johnson 27 (Uher, Koper), 19:09. Penalties – Krzyzaniak, Spo (tripping), 1:59.
Third period – 8, Spokane, Marantz 9 (Brassart, Mort), 6:04. 9, Spokane, Vanscourt 3 (Brassart, Vandane), 12:43. 10, Seattle, Wells 9, 19:26 (sh). Penalties – Vandane, Spo (holding), 6:47. Toomer, Sea (interference), 10:42. Ramsay, Sea (roughing), 13:59. Toomey, Sea (elbowing), 15:00. Dillon, Sea (major-fighting), 16:57. Kramer, Spo (major-fighting), 16:57. Doty, Sea (instigator, major-fighting, 10-minute misconduct), 17:35. Kalus, Spo (major-fighting), 17:35. Jacobs, Sea (major-fighting), 17:35. Brassart, Spo (major-fighting), 17:35. Elliot, Sea (10-minute misconduct), 17:35. Maranta, Sea (10-minute misconduct), 17:35.
Shots on goal – Seattle 5-4-6 15. Spokane 17-22-17 56. Goalies – Seattle, Pickard 39 shots-33 saves (15-11-2-4), Salmon 17-15; Spokane, Reid 15-13 (21-7-2-1). Power plays – Seattle 0-3; Spokane 0-6. A – 5,816. Referee – Ryan Bonnett, Brett Iverson. Linesmen – Jim Maniago, Scott Sharun.
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