The Spokane Chiefs out-worked the team with the best record in the Western Hockey League, recording a 4-3 win over the Portland Winterhawks at the Arena Saturday night, when 7,638 fans contribute more than 4,600 stuffed animals on Teddy Bear Toss night. The stars were 1, Steve Kuhn with two goals, 2, James Reid with 26 saves, and D Brenden Kichton. That ended a 10-game losing streak to Portland in Spokane.

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Chiefs 4, Winterhawks 3

Spokane – Saturday

First period

1, Spo, Kuhn 5 (Vanscourt, Uher) 7:15, pp.

2, Spo, Marantz 5 (Kichton, Cowen) 7:54.

3, Port, Bartschi 19 (Aronson, Poulioit) 19:09.

Penalties – Pouliot, Port (tripping) 5:38; Wotherspoon, Port (interference) 12:51.

Second period

4, Spo, Kuhn 6, Kichton) 8:38.

5, Port, Niederreiter 11 (Johnansen) 12:58.

6, Spo, Brassart 2 (Valcourt, Bardaro) 16:54.

Penalties – Jordan, Port, Kramer, Spo (major-fighting) 4:15; Brassart, Spo (goaltender interference) 13:25.

Third period

7, Port, Ross 13 (Johansen, Niederreiter) 19:55.

Penalties – Boychuk, Port, Brassart, Spo (roughing) :54; Baldwin, Spo (checking from behind) 3:06; Aronson, Port (cross checking) 6:01; Cowen, Spo (tripping) 10:22; Rattie, Port (hooking) 12:56; Niederreiter, Port (interference) 15:56.

Shots on goal by
Portland   8-12-9_29
Spokane   14-13-22_49

Goal (shots-saves) — Portland: Carruth (L, 14-6-0-1) 49-45. Spokane: Reid (W, 14-7-1-1) 29-26.

Power plays (goals-chances) — Portland 0-3; Spokane 1-5.

Referees — Tyler Adair, Derek Zalaski. Linesmen — Bobby Bedingfield, Sean Donnelly.

Attendance – 7,638.

 Scratches – Portland: Josh Hanson, Seth Swenson, Jason Trott. Spokane: Cole Hamblin, Marek Kalus, Kyle Krzyzniak, Mitch Holmberg.

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