Blazers take Thanksgiving Day thriller with 3-2 shootout win over Portland
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KAMLOOPS — The Kamloops Blazers showed no signs of a turkey coma at Sandman Centre Monday (Oct. 12), edging the visiting Portland Winterhawks 3-2 in a shootout.
Portland’s Reed Brown lit the lamp first, cleaning up a rebound after a goal-mouth scramble late in the first period to give the Winterhawks the lead. Portland outshot Kamloops 10-5 in the first, with goaltender Kaeden Tate standing tall in the Blazers’ goal.
Kamloops came out with plenty of jump in the second period. They were rewarded when Andrew Thomson potted a power play goal at 10:47, drawing the game even. The goal was Thomson’s team-leading fifth of the season – all with the man advantage.
Import forward Vit Zahejsky gave Kamloops the lead early in the third period with his third goal of the campaign, a whirling laser of a shot over Portland goaltender Ondřej Štěbeták’s right shoulder and into the top corner.
