Cranbrook, BC – Swift Current beat the Kootenay ICE 3-2 in an overtime shootout in WHL action on Saturday night.
Swift Current opened the scoring as Grant Toulmin found a loose puck near the crease and had an open net to bang it in.
ICE tied it as defenseman John Negrin brought the puck around the Bronco net and his high pass was batted in by Dustin Sylvester.
Broncos’ regained the lead late in the 2nd as Keegan Dansereau intercepted a clearing attempt and skated to the slot and scored on a wrist shot low on the glove side.
ICE tied it 2-2 on 2-man advantage power-play with defenseman Ian Barteaux scoring on wrist shot high on the glove side.
Broncos outscored the ICE 2-1 in 4 rounds of the shootout.
The ICE will host Kelowna on Sunday.
Game Summary
Swift Current 6-0-0-0 Kootenay 2-3-0-3
1st Period
1. Swift Current, Toulmin 1 (Magnus, Brown) 10:22
2. Kootenay, Sylvester 3 (King, Negrin) 11:36
Penalties – Stephens Ktn (holding) :57, McNabb Ktn (holding) 8:22, Wagner SC (fighting) Barteaux Ktn (instigator, fighting, misconduct) 17:28.
2nd Period
3. Swift Current, Dansereau 5 19:22
Penalties – Wudrick SC (tripping) :58, Reinhart SC (goalie interference) 3:06, SC Brown (fighting) Czerwonka (fighting) 6:00, King Ktn (hooking) 7:14, Molle SC (hooking) 12:12.
3rd Period
4. Kootenay, Barteaux 2 (Sylvester, Bailey) 4:53 pp
Penalties – Hewitt SC (interference) 3:29, Wudrick SC (hooking) 4:22, Tassone SC (check from behind major, game misconduct) 4:58, Peddle SC (tripping) 11:00, Bailey Ktn (holding) 14:08.
Overtime
No Scoring
Shootout
Wins
Swift Current – Wudrick, goal; Dansereau, miss; Eakin, miss, Brown, goal.
Kootenay – Stickland, miss, Sylvester, goal; Barteaux, miss; Bailey, miss.
Shots on goal by
Swift Current – 10 – 7 – 4 – 0 = 21
Kootenay - 4 – 10 – 13 – 1 = 28
Goal (shot-saves) – Swift Current: Mark Guggenberger (W 4-0-0-0) Kootenay: Thomas Heemskerk (L 2-1-0-2)
Power plays (goals-chances) – Swift Current: 0/6 Kootenay: 1/6
Referees – Jon Stephenson, Nathan Wieler
Linesmen – Tyler Adair, Steve Cochrane
Attendance – 2,738