

Theodore started a break that led to Seattle’s fifth goal, coming at 1:12 of the second. Wardley’s shot beat Edmonds on the stick side 22 seconds into the period for his first goal of the year. Evan Wardley stopped the puck and took a wrist shot with at least six players in the slot. The Cougars had the puck behind their net and sent an errant pass up the center of the ice. The T-Birds scored two goals in the first 1:12 of the second period to take a commanding 5-2 lead. Seattle outshot Prince George 12-6 in the first period. Spencer got the puck behind the Cougars’ net and scored on a backhand wraparound shot. Roberts Lipsbergs and Delnov worked the puck up the ice and into the Prince George zone. Alexander Delnov jammed at the rebound several times and got the puck past Edmonds at the right post.Ĭalvin Spencer put the T-Birds in front 3-2 with 43 seconds left in the first period. Henry took a slap shot that Edmonds stopped. Roberts Lipsbergs had the puck on the right boards and passed it to Adam Henry at the right point. The T-Birds came right back and tied the game 2-2 with a power-play goal at 16:38 of the first. Mark McNulty and Troy Bourke were credited with the assists. Flodell blocked the pass with his stick but the puck came right back to Fiddler and he roofed it over the goalie. Fiddler was to the left of Flodell and tried a centering pass into the slot. The Cougars went back in front 2-1 at 11:54 of the first on a goal from Todd Fiddler on a five-on-three power play. But Gropp was to the right of the goal to get the rebound and score. Theodore took a slap shot that Prince George goalie Ty Edmonds stopped. Ethan Bear, in his first game back with the T-Birds after returning from the World U-17 Challenge, passed the puck to Shea Theodore at center ice. Seattle (23-14-2-3) tied the game 1-1 just over three minutes after the Cougars scored when Ryan Gropp banged home a rebound on the power play. Klarc Wilson took a pass in the slot from Todd Fiddler and beat Seattle goalie Logan Flodell for his 16 th goal of the season. Prince George (16-22-2-3) took a 1-0 lead 1:28 of the first period. He was called up from the Regina Pat Canadians with goalie Justin Myles suffering from an illness. Logan Flodell made his first career start in goal for the T-Birds Tuesday night. They meet Wednesday night at CN Centre at 7pm. This was the first of back-to-back games between the T-Bird and Cougars. But the Cougars made it interesting cutting the Seattle lead to one goal, 8-7, midway through the third period before empty-net goal won it for Seattle. Then the T-Birds stormed back and took leads of 5-2 and 7-3. The Cougars had leads of 1-0 and 2-1 to start the game. PRINCE GEORGE, BC, JanuRyan Gropp had a hat trick and 13 T-Birds registered a point Tuesday night at the CN Centre in Prince George, British Columbia, in a wild 9-7 Seattle Thunderbirds victory over the Prince George Cougars.

Gropp has hat trick in 9-7 win over Prince George
