WHL Seattle Thunderbirds

T-Birds Take Game 2 in Overtime

Published on March 24, 2013 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Seattle Thunderbirds News Release


KELOWNA - For the second consecutive game the Seattle Thunderbirds and Kelowna Rockets needed overtime to decide a playoff game.

And for the second consecutive night, the T-Birds came out on top, scoring the overtime winner, to win the game 2-1 and take a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven first round playoff series.

Seth Swenson took a shot that Kelowna goalie Jordon Cooke stopped but the rebound came to Jesse Forsberg in the left circle. Forsberg made a cross slot pass to Alexander Delnov at the right post. Cooke went down thinking it was a shot and Delnov redirected the pass past the prone goalie for the winning goal at 2:41 of overtime.

In Game 1 Friday night Luke Lockhart scored the overtime game-winning goal to give the T-Birds a 5-4 win. Since 1996 this was the eighth time the T-Birds and Rockets had played an overtime playoff game. The T-Birds have won six of the eight overtime playoff games between the two teams.

March 30, 2001 - In Game 1 of the first round Shane Endicott scored at 2:14 of overtime for a 5-4 Seattle win

April 6, 2001 - In Game 4 of the first round Brad Tutschek scored at 2:20 of overtime for a 3-2 Seattle win

April 8, 2001 - In Game 5 of the first round Paul Hurd scored at 5:27 of overtime for a 2-1 Kelowna win

April 22, 2003 - In Game 3 of the Western Conference Finals Tyler Metcalfe scored at 18:58 of the second overtime for a 3-2 Seattle win.

March 28, 2008 - In Game 3 of the first round David Richard scored at 15:12 of overtime for a 3-2 Seattle win

March 29, 2008 - In Game 6 of the first round Lucas Bloodoff scored at 10:59 of overtime for a 4-3 Kelowna win.

March 22, 2013 - In Game 1 of the first round Luke Lockhart scored at 19:09 of overtime for a 5-4 Seattle win.

March 23, 2013 - In Game 2 of the first round Alexander Delnov scored at 2:41 of overtime for a 2-1 Seattle win.

The series returns to Seattle for Game 3 on Tuesday at 7:05pm and Game 4 on Wednesday at 7:05pm.

The T-Birds will continue the popular 2-for-Tuesday promotion for Game 3. This means all tickets will be two-for-one and all beer, soda, popcorn and hot dogs will be $2. The 2-for-Tuesday group ticket special will also apply for Game 3. Fans that buy 20 tickets will get 20 tickets FREE for a total of 40 tickets. The 2-for-Tuesday promotion will also apply to Game 6 if this game is played.

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