Chiefs win in OT on King’s goal

REGINA, Saskatchewan – Tyler King scored his first winning goal of the season Saturday night and the Spokane Chiefs rallied from 4-2 and 5-3 deficits to defeat the Regina Pats 6-5 in overtime. Brenden Kichton and Blake Gal set up King’s winner, a shot from the point, just 2 minutes and 46 seconds into OT. The Chiefs improved to 2-0 on their six-game trip to the Western Hockey League’s East Division. Spokane has won four straight against Regina. The Chiefs are 8-0 against the East the last two seasons. Spokane (19-7-1-0, 39 points) has won 10 of its last 13 games. Spokane outshot Regina 60-25, but the Pats (11-14-2-2) led for most of the game. The Pats’ Morgan Klimchuk had two goals and three assists, aiding Lane Scheidl’s back-to-back power-play goals early in the second period for a 4-2 lead. Spokane replaced Garret Hughson in goal after Regina took a 5-3 lead. Eric Williams clamped down to improve to 8-2-1-0 in his last 11 games. Fourth-liners Riley Whittingham and Tyson Predinchuk, a Regina native, both had their first multipoint games by assisting on Reid Gow’s shot from the point with 5:24 left in the second period and Carter Proft’s tying goal with 13:01 left. Todd Fiddler scored his team-best 21st goal for Spokane, giving him nine goals in his last six games.