Americans fall to Chiefs 8-1 in Western Hockey League action
Nik Andersen scored two goals in the third period as the Spokane Chiefs skated to an 8-1 victory over the Tri-City Americans before a Saturday night crowd of 4,618 at Toyota Center.
Tri-City (6-10-1-0, 13 points) got its lone goal from Parker Bowles on the power play in the second period to trim Spokane’s lead to 3-1.
Evan Sarthou had 24 saves in the loss, while rookie Nick Sanders had four saves in playing the final 16:32.
Spokane (8-7-2-1, 19 points), which has points in its last five games, saw rookie Matt Berlin pick up his first WHL win with 25 saves.
Curtis Miske had a goal and two assists, while Evan Fiala, Keanu Yamamoto and Dominic Zwerger each had a goal and an assist for Spokane, which has won all three games against the Americans this season.
Tri-City, which has lost two in a row, will host the Portland Winterhawks on Wednesday.
Chiefs 8, Americans 1
Spokane | 1 | 4 | 3 | — | 8 |
Tri-City | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | 1 |
First — 1, Spo, Fiala 2 (Hamaliuk, Andersen), 10:30. Penalties — Fuller, TC (interference), 2:06; Cardiff, Spo (boarding), 11:05; Bechtold, Spo, major (slashing), 15:06.
Second — 2, Spo, Miske 3 (Ke.Yamamoto, Whittingham), 2:36. 3, Spo, Zwerger 6, 4:40 (sh). 4, TC, Bowles 9 (Williams, Wotherspoon), 5:22 (pp). 5, Cardiff 1 (McIndoe, Miske), 13:54. 6, Spo, Helewka 5 (Hamaliuk, Zwerger), 16:25. Penalties — Cardiff, Spo (hooking), 3:56; Bechtold, Spo (unsportsmanlike conduct), 17:57; Wotherspoon, TC, double minor (roughing, unsportsmanlike conduct), 17:57.
Third — 7, Spo, Andersen 3 (Fram), 3:28. 8, Spo, Andersen 4 (Ka.Yamamoto, Fiala), 10:54. 9, Ke.Yamamoto 4 (Whittingham, Miske), 18:06. Penalties —Topping, TC (high-sticking), :55; Whittingham, Spo (roughing); James, TC, double minor (checking from behind, roughing), 7:54.
Shots — Spo 8-19-9 —36. TC 11-6-9 — 26. Power plays — Spo 0-4. TC 1-3. Goalies — Spo, Berlin 1-0-1-0 (25 shots-26 saves). TC, Sarthou 5-9-1-0 (30-24), Sanders (7:3:28 of third, 6-4). Referees — Tyler Adair and Colin Watt. A. 4,618.
This story was originally published November 7, 2015 at 10:38 PM with the headline "Americans fall to Chiefs 8-1 in Western Hockey League action."