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Scott Eansor scored with 15 seconds left in overtime Thursday to give the Seattle Thunderbirds a 3-2 victory over the Spokane Chiefs at the Toyota Center at the Red Lion Hotels Preseason Tournament.
The T-Birds are now 3-1-0-0 in the seven-game preseason schedule. They face the Everett Silvertips at 11 a.m. Friday in the tournament.
Seattle goalie Danny Mumaugh stopped 20 of 22 shots to get his second win of the preseason. He got the win in the T-Birds 5-4 overtime victory over the Victoria Royals on August 30 in Everett.
Spokane (2-2-0-0) took a 1-0 lead at 15:39 of the first period on a 5-on-3 power play by Liam Stewart. Matt Sozanski and Jordan Henderson had the assists.
The Chiefs went in front at 18:57 of the first when Adam Helewka scored his second goal of the preseason. Keanu Yamamoto had the only assist.
The T-Birds came right back and cut the lead to one goal at 19:51 of the first when Ryan Gropp scored. Mathew Barzal and defenseman Sahvan Khaira had the assists.
Spokane outshot Seattle 9-6 in the first period.
Alex Moodie started in net for Spokane and played half the game. He was replaced by Garret Hughson midway through the second period. Moodie made 13 saves on 14 shots.
Seattle outshot Spokane 12-9 in the second period and both teams had 18 shots on goal after 40 minutes of play.
Seattle tied the game 2-2 at 12:05 of the third on a goal from Mathew Barzal. Sam Mckechnie and Evan Wardley assisted on the goal.
Seattle outshot Spokane 8-3 in the third period and led 26-21 in shots after three periods.
Eansor’s game-winning goal was scored unassisted.
Hughson stopped 13 of 15 shots and suffered the loss.
The T-Birds outshot the Chiefs 3-1 in overtime and 29-22 in the game.
SCORING SUMMARY
First period – 1, Spokane, Stewart 1 (Sozanski, Henderson), 15:39 (pp). 2, Spokane, Helewka 2 (Yamamoto), 18:57. 3, Seattle, Gropp 1 (Barzal, Khaira), 19:51. Penalties – Hauf, Sea (holding), 14:48. Osterman, Sea (high-sticking), 14:48. Fiala, Spo (roughing), 20:00.
Second period – No scoring. Penalties – Cardiff, Spo (checking to the head), 13:08. Hauf, Sea (10-minute misconduct), 13:08. Rayman, Spo (10-minute misconduct), 13:08. Faith, Spo (holding), 16:23.
Third period – 4, Seattle, Barzal 1 (Mckechnie, Wardley), 12:05. Penalties – Barzal, Sea (unsportsmanlike conduct), 1:21. Bench, Sea (too many men-served by Elynuik), 3:00. True, Sea (checking from behind), 13:18. Kolesar, Sea (hooking), 18:29.
Overtime – 5, Seattle, Eansor 1, 4:45. Penalties – No penalties.
Shots on goal – Seattle 6-12-8-3 29, Spokane 9-9-3-1 22. Goalies – Seattle, Mumaugh 22 shots-20 saves (2-0-0-0); Spokane, Moodie 14-13, Hughson 15-13 (0-1-0-0). Power plays – Seattle 0-5; Spokane 1-5. Referees – Brett Iverson, Dexter Rasmussen. Linesmen – Ryan Gibbons, Trevor Shively.
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