WHL Seattle Thunderbirds

Americans Slip Past T-Birds in Overtime

Published on October 21, 2018 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Seattle Thunderbirds News Release


KENT - The Tri-City Americans defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 3-2 in overtime Saturday night at accesso ShoWare Center.

This was the third consecutive game between the T-Birds and Americans .The T-Birds won 5-4 on Tuesday and the Americans won 4-2 Friday in Kennewick.

The T-Birds next game is Friday against the Kamloops Blazers at accesso ShoWare Center at 6:05pm.

Tri-City (6-4-0-0) took a 1-0 lead at 7:26 of the first period on a goal by Mitchell Brown. Sasha Mutala and Parker AuCoin had the assists.

The Americans took a 2-0 lead at 10:37 of the first on a goal by Riley Sawchuk. Blake Stevenson and Connor Bouchard had the assists.

Tri-City outshot Seattle 9-7 in the first period.

Seattle (6-2-2-0) cut the Tri-City lead to one early in the second period. Nolan Volcan found Andrej Kukuca all alone in front of Tri-City goalie Beck Warm. Kukuca was stopped on his first attempt but got the puck back to the right of the net. Kukuca skated behind the net and scored a wraparound goal. Matthew Wedman had the second assist on the goal.

The Americans had a 24-17 advantage in shots after two periods by outshooting the T-Birds 15-10 in the first period.

Wedman tied the game 2-2 at 16:06 of the third period. Goalie Liam Hughes left the puck behind the net for defenseman Owen Williams. Williams made a stretch pass to Wedman at the Americans blue line. Wedman carried the puck into the left circle and beat Warm with a snap shot on the short side over the blocker.

A minute before the tying goal Wedman blocked a point shot while the T-Birds were on the penalty kill. Wedman hobbled to his feet and was able to clear the puck as the T-Birds killed off the Tri-City power play.

Mutala scored at 1:46 of overtime to get the game-winning goal for the Americans. Krystof Hrabik had the only assist.

Tri-City outshot Seattle 30-24 in the game.

Hughes had 27 saves on 30 shots and his record is now 5-1-1-0.

Warm made 22 saves on 24 shots and his record is 5-4-0-0.

Single game tickets are on sale online on the T-Birds website and at the accesso ShoWare Center box office.

The T-Birds are now taking orders for Flex-24 Ticket packages. Fans that purchase the 24-Flex Ticket Package will be able to select any available premium seat for any game, in any ticket combination, during the 2018-19 season.

SCORING SUMMARY

First period - 1, Tri-City, Brown 1 (Mutala, AuCoin), 7:26. 2, Tri-City, Sawchuk 6 (Stevenson, Bouchard), 10:37. Penalties - Kalinichenko, Tri (interference), :04. McNelly, Sea (charging, major-fighting), 14:33. McAndrews, Tri (unsportsmanlike conduct, major-fighting), 14:33. Olson, Tri (slashing), 18:00. Brown, Tri (cross checking), 19:06.

Second period - 3, Seattle, Kukuca 4 (Volcan, Wedman), 2:17. Penalties - Schaufler, Sea (roughing), 5:20. Kalinichenko, Tri (roughing), 5:20. McNelly, Sea (cross checking), 5:20. Wedman, Sea (high-sticking), 10:30. Bouchard, Tri (slashing), 16:04. Brown, Tri (boarding), 17:25.

Third period - 4, Seattle, Wedman 3 (Williams, Hughes), 16:06. Penalties - Savey, Sea (tripping), 13:08.

Overtime - 5, Tri-City, Mutala 2 (Hrabik), 1:46. Penalties - No penalties.

Shots on goal - Seattle 7-10-7-0 24, Tri-City 9-15-4-2 30. Goalies - Seattle, Hughes30 shots-27 saves (5-1-1-0); Tri-City, Warm 24-22 (5-4-0-0). Power plays - Seattle 0-5; Tri-City 0-3. A - 4,211. Referees - Brett Iverson, Nick Panter. Linesmen - Brett Mackey, Justin Nicol.

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