Spokane Ties Kamloops, 3-3

The Spokane Chiefs continued their run of success against the Canadian Hockey League’s No. 1-ranked Kamloops Blazers, earning a 3-3 tie.

The Chiefs, 3-3-2 for the season against Kamloops, scored the first two goals of the game and held off a Blazers comeback Friday night in Western Hockey League play.

Spokane’s Jeremy Stasiuk scored the first two goals of the game. The first, unassisted, came with :27 left in the first period. The second, on a pass from Joel Boschman, came at 1:06 of the second.

Kamloops scored three straight in the second period to take a 3-2 lead. The goals came from Nolan Baumgartner, Shane Doan and Donnie Kinney. John Cirjak then tied it at 3.

Chiefs goalie Jarrod Daniel rebounded from a terrible performance in a 8-7 win over the Blazers last Friday with 38 saves. In that game, Daniel was pulled in the first period after allowing five goals.

Spokane 1 1 1 0 - 3 Kamloops 0 3 0 0 - 3

First period-1, Spokane, Stasiuk 22 19:33 (sh). Key penalties-Stasiuk, Spo, 2:32; Strudwick, Kam, 9:47; Sawyer, Spo, fight, McCambridge, Kam, minor-fight, 16:07; Podollan, Spo, 18:30.

Second period-2, Spokane, Stasiuk 23 (Boschman, Hamilton), 1:06. 3, Kamloops, Baumgartner 6 (Huska, Nash), 7:26 (pp). 4, Kamloops, Doan 30 (Domenichelli, Tucker), 11:38. 5, Kamloops, Kinney 15 (Iginla), 17:31. Key penalties-Leonov, Spo, 7:06; Holland, Kam, 8:16.

Third period-6, Spokane, Cirjak 18 (Cardarelli, Hamilton), 6:47 (pp). Key penalties- Strudwick, Kam, 6:37; Stasiuk, Spo, 7:13; Whitfield, Spo, 10:04; Stasiuk, Spo, 14:19.

Overtime-None. Key penalties-None.

Power-play opp.-Spokane 1 of 4; Kamloops 1 of 7.Saves-Spokane, Daniel 16-7-11-4-38. Kamloops, Petruk 5-9-3-1-18.A-5,500.