WHL Seattle Thunderbirds

Tendeck Deals T-Birds an Overtime Loss

Published on February 10, 2018 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Seattle Thunderbirds News Release


VANCOUVER, BC, February 9, 2018 - Vancouver Giants goalie David Tendeck made 49 saves Friday night at the Langley Events Centre to lead his team to a 2-1 overtime win over the Seattle Thunderbirds.

 

The T-Birds play the Portland Winterhawks in back-to-back games Saturday and Sunday. Saturday the two teams are at accesso ShoWare Center for a 6:05pm puck drop. The teams move to Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Sunday for a 5pm puck drop. Both games will be televised on JOEtv on Channel 22/Cable 110 in Seattle. Ian Furness and Andy Johnson will have the call of both games.

Seattle outshot Vancouver 15-11 in the first period.

 

Vancouver (29-17-5-3) took a 1-0 lead at 6:13 of the second period on a goal from Ty Ronning. Davis Koch and Brayden Watts had the assists.

 

The T-Birds outshot the Giants 19-4 in the second period and led 34-15 in shots after two periods.

Seattle (27-18-6-2) tied the game 1-1 at 10:27 of the third period. Austin Strand passed the puck up the right wing to Payton Mount. Mount slipped the puck to Noah Philp in the neutral zone to create a 2-on-1 break with Samuel Huo. Philp skated at Tendeck and beat the goalie over the glove with a snap shot for his 12th goal of the year.

The assist was Mount's first point as a T-Bird. Mount was the T-Birds first round pick in the 2017 Bantam Draft.

 

The T-Birds had a 49-19 advantage in shots after three periods by outshooting the Giants 15-4 in the third period.

 

Ronning won the game 1:42 into overtime when he forced a turnover to create a breakaway. Ronning beat Seattle goalie Liam Hughes just under the cross bar.

 

Hughes finished the game with 19 saves on 21 shots and his record is 10-6-3-1.

 

Tendeck's record is now 20-10-2-2.

T-Birds single game tickets for the 2017-18 season are currently on sale online on the T-Birds website and at the accesso ShoWare Center box office.

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