Chiefs fall in Prince Albert
The Spokane Chiefs dropped a 5-2 decision in Prince Alberta Thursday night. Here is John MacNeil’s story in the Prince Alberta Daily Herald. The long box is below. Spokane is 2-2 on the road trip and has lost defenseman Grant Leedahl to an injury for the duration of the six-game trip, which is Brandon on Friday and Swift Current on Saturday.
Everett coach Craig Hartsburg had open heart surgery on Wednesday.
Chiefs 2 at Raiders 5
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. – WHL summary from
Wednesday night
at the
Art Hauser Centre
:
First Period
1.
Prince Albert
, Justin Maylan 4 (Yaworski) 3:05
2. Prince Albert, Mark McNeill 6 (Fiddler) 4:34
3. Spokane, Levko Koper 8 (Kichton, Hamblin)
11:35
4. Spokane, Brady Brassart 1 (Valcourt, Bardaro)
18:04
5. Prince Albert, Todd Fiddler 4 (McNeill)
19:49
Penalties – Kramer Sp, Bourhis PA (double minors for roughing) 2:36, Sp bench (too many men, served by Aviani)
10:02
, Bettauer PA (cross-checking)
10:19
, Valcourt Sp, Revenko PA (
unsportsmanlike conduct
)
12:12
, Maylan PA (slashing)
13:12
.
Second Period
No scoring.
Penalties – Yaworski PA (tripping) 1:42, PA bench (too many men, served by Maylan) 8:43.
Third Period
6. Prince Albert, Mike Winther 4 (Maylan)
14:52
7. Prince Albert, Mark McNeill 7 (Revenko, Button)
19:00
(en)
Penalties – Kramer Sp, Bourhis PA (fighting) 2:44.
Shots on goal by:
Spokane 11 9 16 - 36
Prince Albert 9 8 11 - 28
Power plays (goals-chances) – Spokane: 0-6; Prince Albert: 0-3.
Goal – Spokane: Mac Engel (L, 0-2-0-0); Prince Albert: Eric Williams (W, 3-3-1-0).
Referee – Curtis Howe.
Linesmen – Ryan Lundquist, Jason Roy.
Attendance – 1,978.
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