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WHL SCORESHEET
Seattle, WA (CKLQ) – The Brandon Wheat Kings let another late lead slip away on Tuesday as they dropped a 6-5 shootout to the Seattle Thunderbirds.
The Wheat Kings lead 4-1 and 5-3 on the night but the reigning WHL Champions kept coming back in the game and forced overtime with the goalie pulled and just over 1:10 left on the clock.
Zach Andrusiak lead the way for the T-Birds with a goal an two assists while Donavan Neuls scored once in regulation and then netted the shootout winner to earn Seattle their fifth consecutive win.
Ty Lews (2G-2A) had a fantastic night offensively for Brandon while Evan Weinger (2A), and Stelio Mattheos (1G-1A) each chipped in with multi-point nights.
The loss was Brandon’s 6th straight and drops them to 0-3-1-1 on the US portion of this seven-game road trip.
Brandon will have two more chances to get back in the win column this weekend when they set up shop in Cranbrook, BC for a pair of games vs the Kootenay ICE.
SCORING SUMMARY
1st PERIOD
BWK – Connor Gutenberg (15) (Lewis, Weinger) 6:55
BWK – Ty Lewis (27) (Hartje, Weinger) 10:14
SEA – Donovan Neuls (18) (Volcan, Lee) 15:25 4on4
Shots: 14-12 Brandon
2nd PERIOD
BWK – Stelio Mattheos (32) (McCorrister) 3:15 SHG
BWK – Linden McCorrister (14) (Mattheos, Wytinck) 8:56 PPG
SEA – Jake Lee (3) (Moilanen, Luding) 14:48
SEA – Noah Philp (11) (Andrusiak) 17:12
Shots: 13-6 Seattle
3rd PERIOD
BWK – Ty Lewis (28) (Schneider) 4:53
SEA – Dillon Hamaluik (12) (Philp, Andrusiak) 12:29
SEA – Zack Andrusiak (28) (Strand) 18:46 6on5
Shots: 9-8 Seattle
OVERTIME
No Scoring
Shots: 6-1 Seattle
SHOOTOUT
BWK
Mattheos – No Goal
Lewis – Goal
SEA
Philp – Goal
Strand – Goal
Neuls – Goal
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