Chiefs win thriller
The Spokane Chiefs pick up their first win of the Western Hockey League season in dramatic fashion.
Blake Gal scores with a minute left in regular and Mitch Holmberg scores in overtime - the second goal of the game for both - for a 6-5 win over the Tri-City Americans.
The story is here. The long box is posted below.
Chiefs 6, Americans 5
First period
1, TC, Reddick 2 (Schmidt, Shinnimin) 4:43.
2, Spo, Gal 1 (Johnson, Koper) 6:38 pp.
3, Spo, Johnson 2 (Koper) 6:57.
4, Spo, Koper 2 (Johnson) 11:45.
5, TC, Macek 1 (Olstad) 12:48, pp
Penalties – Leedahl, Spo (hooking), Schmidt, TC (hooking), Yuen, TC (cross-checking) 8:50, Mort, Spo (interference) 12:10; Hughesman, TC (roughing), Gal, Spo (goalie interference), 18:45.
Second period
6, Spo, Holmberg 2 (Bardaro, Mort) 9:13.
7, TC,
Penalties – McDonald, Spo (interference) 15:46; TC bench (too many men on ice, served by Hughesman) 18:40; Grist, TC (roughing), Shinnimin, TC (roughing), Gal, Spo (roughing), Gow, Spo (roughing), 20:00.
Third period
8, TC, Hughesman 4 (
9, TC, Hughesman 5 (Schmidt, Reddick) 5:52, pp.
10, Spo, Gal 2 (Holmberg, Bardaro) 19:00 pp
Penalties – Reddick, TC (slashinging) :18; Aviani, Spo (checking from behind) 4:53; Koper, Spo (interference) 10:39; J.Messier, TC (slashing) 17:29.
Overtime
11, Spo, Holmberg 3 (Kuhn) 4:42.
Penalties – None.
Shots on goal by
Tri-City 7-7-14-2_30
Goal (shots-saves) — Tri-City: Pechurskiy (L, 0-1) 39-33;
Power plays (goals-chances) — Tri-City 2-5;
Referee — Trevor Hansen, Brett Iverson. Linesmen — Jeremi DelCampo, Jason Michelbook.
Attendance – 8,686.
Scratches – Tri-City: Chris Driedger, Drydn Down, Spencer Humphries, Mike Brown, Nikita Kardashev, Mason Wilgosh, marcus Messier.