Thunderbirds 4, Americans 1
First Period
1. Seattle, Davidson 23 (Schaefer, Rybinski) 7:49 (pp).
Penalties — Fan Tc (boarding) 3:12; Sloan Tc (tripping) 6:33; Rempe Sea (kneeing) 13:00; Ciona Sea (tripping) 19:51.
Second Period
2. Seattle, Popowich 6 (Myatovic, Hanzel) 1:14 (sh).
Penalties — Dragicevic Tc (slashing) 10:55; Andregg Tc (roughing) 15:24; Korchinski Sea (holding) 15:56.
Third Period
3. Seattle, Gustafson 18 (Korchinski, Rybinski) 11:43.
4. Tri-City, Lajoie 7 (unassisted) 17:57.
5. Seattle, Rybinski 18 (Hanzel, Davidson) 19:25 (en).
Penalties — Svejkovsky Sea (hooking) 4:36; Rybinski Sea (tripping) 9:13; Friedt-Mohr Tc (roughing) 14:36.
Shots on goal by
Tri-City | 3 | 5 | 8 | _ | 16 |
Seattle | 18 | 15 | 14 | _ | 47 |
Goal — Tri-City: Suchanek (L, ). Seattle: Milic (W, ).
Power plays (goals-chances) — Tri-City: 0-5; Seattle: 1-5.
Referees — Anthony Guzzo, Sean MacFarlane. Linesmen — Adam McMasters, Cameron Wetmore.
Attendance — 2,506 at Seattle.
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