The Seattle Thunderbirds scored three unanswered goals as they beat the Spokane Chiefs 3-1 on Friday, February 18. The win is Seattle’s sixth straight and improved to 8-1-0-1 in their last 10 games.
Chase Bertholet opened the scoring for the Chiefs with his 17th marker of the season just 1:12 into the contest. Jordan Gustafson (19th) replied for the Thunderbirds just before the halfway mark of the first period to even things up a 1-1 heading into the first-period break.
Shot ➡️ hop ➡️ celly 🚨 pic.twitter.com/3tFYC7nIFf
— Seattle Thunderbirds (@SeattleTbirds) February 19, 2022
The Thunderbirds then scored twice in the second period as Matthew Rempe scored his 12th of the season just 2:38 into the second period and then Sawyer Mynio (third) scored at 13:56 to make it 3-1 through forty minutes of play. Seattle had outshot Spokane 23-8 through the first two stanzas, but the Chiefs came out in the third and fired 12 shots at the Thunderbirds netminder Scott Ratzlaff and he was up to the task of stopping them all… including this beauty:
GREAT SCOTT. 🥵@SeattleTbirds pic.twitter.com/CWKDTAWwY1
— The WHL (@TheWHL) February 19, 2022
Neither team scored in the third period and Seattle came out on top 3-1.
Rub the helmet it’s good luck! pic.twitter.com/I5dyxXNcJN
— Seattle Thunderbirds (@SeattleTbirds) February 19, 2022
Notes:
Shots: Seattle 32, Spokane 20
Powerplays: Seattle 1-for-3, Spokane 0-for-3
Goalies: Ratzlaff stopped 19 of 20 shots (12 in the third period) to move to an impressive 11-0-1-0 on the season, Cooper Michaluk stopped 29 of 32 in the loss
Attendance: 3,043
The boxscore.
