SPOKANE -- The Tri-City Americans scored two goals 41-seconds apart in the third period and picked up a 4-3 win over the Spokane Chiefs on Saturday night in front of 8,735 fans in the Spokane Arena.
The Chiefs came from a 2-0 deficit to take a 3-2 lead 5:58 into the third, but a Tri-City power play goal at 13:55 tied it up with the game-winner coming shortly thereafter at 14:36.
Tri-City scored the game’s first goal at 8:55 of the opening frame and extended their lead to 2-0 with their first of two power play goals at 1:55 of the second. The Americans were outshooting Spokane 13-5 at that point thanks to three power play opportunities.
Kenton Miller scored the Chiefs first goal at 5:07 of the second from Stefan Ulmer and Matt Marantz, who tied it for the Chiefs at 18:25 of the period. Tanner Mort and Miller assisted on the goal.
While the Chiefs were skating off a Tri-City power play, Tyler Johnson was drug down on a scoring opportunity and awarded a penalty shot. The 19-year-old scored at 5:58 to give the Chiefs their first lead of the night.
In the third, the Americans were whistled for five penalties while the Chiefs had three. Tri-City scored on one of them and finished the night 2-7 on the man advantage. Spokane was 0-7 while outshooting Tri-City 32-21.
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