Chiefs take 3-1 series lead

The Spokane Chiefs, without their leading scorer, jumped to a 3-0 lead after one period and held on for a 4-2 win over the chilliwack Bruins Thursday night, to open a 3-1 lead in their best-of-7 Western Hockey League playoff series. Game 5 is at the Arena Saturday night.

Stars: 3, Robin Soudek, Chil; 2, Corbin Baldwin, Spo; 1, Mike Aviani, Spo. Lonx box below.

Chiefs 4, Bruins 2

Spokane – Thursday

First period

1, Spo, Kalus 1 (Miller, Marantz), 2:40.

2, Spo, Kichton 1 (Kuhn, Cowen) 5:13.

3, Spo, Aviani 1 (Brassart) 17:52.

Penalties – Einhorn, Chil (cross checking) 4:34; Koper, Spo, roughing (4:34), Gal, Spo (goaltender interference) 5:22.

Second period

4, Chil, Manning 1 (Hrynyk) 10:05.

Penalties – Gal, Spo (elbowing) :39; Chilliwack bench (too many men on ice, served by Wentworth) 11:02; Uher, Spo (interference) 13:42; Gogol, Chil (checking from behind) 15:50.

Third period

5, Chil, Horak 2 (Soudek, Gogol) 3:06.

6, Spo, Kuhn 1 (Uher) 19:11.

Penalties – Manning, Chil (tripping) 8:02; Aviani, Spo (roughing) 19:28.

Shots on goal by
Chilliwack 4-11-6_21
Spokane    21-9-10_39

Goal (shots-saves) — Chilliwack: Gore (L, 1-2-1) 38-35. Spokane: Reid (W, 3-1-0) 19-17.

Power plays (goals-chances) — Chilliwack 0-4; Spokane 0-3.

Referees — Brett Iverson, Sean Raphael. Linesmen — Jeremi Del Campo, Ron Dietterle.

Attendance – 5,016.

Scratches – Chilliwack: Tyler Stahl, Steve Oursov, T.C. Cratsenberg, Jesse Pauls, Tim Traber. Spokane: Tanner Mort, Tyler Johnson, Anthony Bardaro, Reid Gow, Connor Chartier.