WHL Seattle Thunderbirds

Americans Subdue T-Birds

Published on March 10, 2010 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Seattle Thunderbirds News Release


Kennewick, March 10, 2010 - The Tri-City Americans defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 4-1 Wednesday night at the Toyota Center in Kennewick.

Tri-City outshot Seattle 19-11 in a scoreless first period.

The Americans took a 1-0 lead at 1:05 of the second period on a goal by Jordan Messier. Brett Plouffe and Brendan Shinnimin had the assists. Tri-City (46-21-1-2) extended the lead to 2-0 at 4:03 of the second on a goal by Messier. Jarret Toll and Justin Feser were credited with the assists.

Seattle (18-39-7-5) cut the Tri-City lead to one goal at 18:18 of the second on a power-play goal by Tyler Alos. Brendan Rouse sent the puck from the right point to Brenden Dillon at the left point. Dillon put a slap shot on goal that Tri-City goalie Alexander Pechurkskiy stopped. The puck rebounded to the goalies left where Alos got to it. Alos lifted the puck over a sprawling Pechurkskiy for his seventh goal of the year.

Seattle outshot Tri-City 11-10 in the second period but the Americans led 29-22 in total shots after two periods.

Feser scored a power-play goal at 6:42 of the third period to put the Americans back in front by two goals. Johnny Lazo and Shinnimin had assists on the goal.

Tri-City outshot Seattle 17-5 in the third period and 46- 27 in the game.

Seattle goalie Calvin Pickard stopped 42 of 46 shots and his record is now 15-33-7-5.

Pechurskiy made 26 saves on 27 shots to get the win and improve his record to 12-9-0-1.

The T-Birds travel to Everett to face the Silvertips at 7:35 p.m. at Comcast Arena. They take on the Portland Winterhawks at 7:05 p.m. on Saturday at ShoWare Center. They finish out the weekend against the Vancouver Giants at 5:05 p.m. at ShoWare Center.

T-Birds single game tickets for the 2009-10 season are available online at the T-Birds website and at the ShoWare Center box office. The ShoWare Center Box Office is open Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday game days at 10 a.m. and Sunday game days at noon.

T-Birds Group tickets are currently on sale. Group tickets can be purchased by calling the T-Birds office at 253-239-7825.

SCORING SUMMARY

First period  No scoring. Penalties  Bonsor, Sea (checking from behind), 14:06.

Second period  1, Tri-City, Messier 21 (Plouffe, Shinnimin), 1:05. 2, Tri-City, Messier 22 (Toll, Feser), 4:03. 3, Seattle, Alos 7 (Dillon, Rouse), 18:18 (pp). Penalties  Toll, Tri (interference), 11:21. Plouffe, Tri (tripping), 17:14.

Third period  4, Tri-City, Feser (Lazo, Shinnimin), 6:42 (pp). 5, Tri-City, Reddick 18 (Lazo, Shinnimin), 14:12 (pp). Penalties  Dillon, Sea (boarding), 6:27. Messier, Tri (major-fighting), 13:11. Dillon, Sea (boarding, major-fighting), 13:11. Gallimore, Sea (slashing), 19:47.

Shots on goal  Seattle 11-11-5 27. Tri-City 19-10-17 46. Goalies  Seattle, Pickard 46 shots-42 saves (15-33-7-5); Tri-City, Pechurskiy 27-26 (12-9-0-1). Power plays  Seattle 1-2; Tri-City 2-4. A  6,025. Referee  Jeff Ingram, Derek Zalaski. Linesmen  Chris Carlson, Bevan Mills.

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