T-Birds edge Bruins

December 9th, 2007

Bud Holloway's goal 15 seconds left in regulation Sunday night tied the game at three, and Greg Scott scored the shootout winner to give the Seattle Thunderbirds a 4-3 shootout victory over the Bruins Sunday night in Seattle.

The first two shootout shooters for each team, Holloway and Richard for Seattle, and Jadon Potter and Oscar Moller for Chilliwack, were denied in their attempts. Scott, the third Seattle shooter faked a slap shot from the high slot, brought the puck onto his backhand and beat Esposito high for the game winning goal.

After Scott scored, Helenius stopped Nick Holden, the last Bruins shooter, to preserve the win.

Chilliwack (17-13-3-1) took a 1-0 lead 1:10 into the first period on an unassisted goal by Dylan Chapman.

The T-Birds tied the game 1-1 when Greg Scott scored at 14:06 of the first.

Seattle outshot Chilliwack 14-8 in the first period.

Mark Santorelli scored a power-play goal 32 seconds into the second period to give the Bruins a 2-1 lead. Oscar Moller and Nick Holden had the assists.

The T-Birds tied the game 2-2 at 17:04 of the second on a power-play goal by Ian McKenzie.

Seattle led 28-13 in shots after two periods by outshooting the Bruins 14-5 in the second.

Evan Pighin put the Bruins in front 3-2 at 11:18 of the third period. Mark Santorelli and Matt Meropoulis had the assists.

Seattle outshot Chilliwack 8-3 in the third period and led in shots 36-16 going into overtime.

Chilliwack outshot Seattle 3-1 in the overtime.

Helenius stopped 16 of 19 shots and his record improves to 8-7-5-0.

Esposito made 35 saves on 28 shots and his record is now 14-12-0-1.

The Bruins next action is Friday night when they host the BC Division leading Vancouver Giants.