Two goals by Kyle Beach and a three point nights from Levko Koper and Tyler Johnson gave the Spokane Chiefs a 5-1 win over the Chilliwack Bruins on Wednesday night in the Spokane Arena.
Mitch Wahl scored his third goal of the season and also added an assist as Spokane won for the third time in four games.
Despite Spokane outshooting Chilliwack 15-6 in the first period it was the Bruins who scored first. Kevin Sundher pounced on a rebound in an odd man rush to give Chilliwack their only goal of the game.
Beach scored at 19:45 of the period, from Koper and Wahl, to even the game after one.
At the beginning of the second with Spokane skating on the man advantage Beach would score again just 18-seconds into the frame for the eventual game-winner. Johnson scored with just a minute left in the period to give Spokane a two goal lead going into the third.
Koper and Wahl finished the scoring at 10:43 and 16:57, respectively.
Spokane upped its record to 8-6-1-0 for 17 points, three points behind Everett in third place in the U.S. Division. The Silvertips were 3-2 losers to Lethbridge on Wednesday. Vancouver shutout Portland 4-0 while Tri-City was idle.
After the game, the Chiefs traded forward Dustin Donaghy to Lethbridge. In return, Spokane received a 6th round pick in next year's WHL Bantam Draft.
Spokane plays two more games this weekend. They play on the road in Seattle on Friday at 7:30pm and at return home on Saturday to face Vancouver.
