Chiefs top Hat in OT

Anthony Bardaro scores a power play goal at 3:12 of overtime to give the Spokane Chiefs a 3-2 win over Medicine Hat. Bardaro got third star, Tigers goalie Tyler Bunz, who made 34 saves, was second and Tyler Johnson, with two goals, was first star.But all in all the Chiefs were fortunate, and they know it. Complete box below. Story here.

Chiefs 3, Tigers 2, OT

Spokane – Friday

First period

No one.

Penalties – Baldwin, Spo (hooking) 10:02; Koper, Spo (tripping) 12:39; Konan, MH (cross checking) 16:44.

Second period

1. Spo, Johnson 17 (Gal, Cowen) 12:24, pp.

Penalties – Parkkonen, MH (slashing) 2:49; Miller, Spo (slashing) 4:47; Grbavac, MH, Johnson, Spo (roughing) 9:30; Grbavac, MH, Kramer, Spo (major-fighting) 12:03; Dezman, MH (roughing) 12:16; Bunz, MH (goaltender ineligibility, served by Busenius) 18:32.

Third period

2, MH, Pitlick 12 (Shinkaruk) 1:46.

3, MH, Kessy 5 (Hamilton, Coyle) 2:56.

4, Spo, Johnson 18 (Uher, Koper) 5:27.

Penalties – Kessy, MH (checking from behind) 15:40.

Overtime

5, Spo, Bardaro 9, (Kuhn) 3:12, pp.

Penalties – Harrison, MH (slashing) 1:24.

Shots on goal by
Medicine Hat 3-6-10-0_19
Spokane 11-12-10-4_37

Goal (shots-saves) — Medicine Hat : Bunz (L, 11-5-2-0) 37-34. Spokane : Reid (W, 12-7-1-1) 19-17.

Power plays (goals-chances) — Medicine Hat 0-3; Spokane 2-6.

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

Attendance – 4,927.

Scratches – Medicine Hat : Vahe Zakaryan, Boston Leier, Sebastian Owuya. Spokane : Cole Hamblin, Marek Kalus, Kyle Krzyzniak.