Bruins 5 T'Birds 2

January 16, 2007

Nick Holden scored twice and Mark Santorelli earned four assists as the Bruins defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 5-2 on home ice Wednesday. With the win the Bruins improve their season record to 21-19-3-1 and are alone in sixth place in the Western Conference two points ahead of both Seattle and the Kamloops Blazers.

Seattle scored the lone goal of the opening period on the power play. Jeremy Boyer tipped in his 11th goal of the season, redirecting Jeremy Schappert's point shot behind Bruins goaltender Mark Friesen.

In the second period, Brandon Campos evened the score on the power play banging home his own rebound after taking an Evan Pighin pass from behind the Seattle net. Oscar Moller then gave the Bruins a 2-1 lead, firing home his 26th goal of the season over the right shoulder of Seattle goaltender Riku Helenius from 35 feet out. The lead was short lived, as Ottawa Senators first round pick Jim O'Brien tied the game just 29 seconds later. The second period ended 2-2.

In the third, Chilliwack did all the scoring. Two goals by Nick Holden 1:50 apart gave the Bruins a 4-2 lead at the 4:37 mark. Oscar Moller and Mark Santorelli picked up assists on both of Holden's goals. David Robinson rounded out the scoring, putting the puck into the empty Seattle net with 1:07 left on the third period clock.

Chilliwack outshot Seattle 29-25. The Bruins were 2/7 on the power play. Seattle was 1/7.

The Bruins next action is Friday night in Kelowna. Chilliwack's next home game is Saturday January 20th when they host the Kamloops Blazers.

Ice Chips: Chilliwack outscored Seattle 3-0 in the third period despite being outshot 14-4...Nick Holden now has 11 goals on the season, three better than he had last year in 67 games. It was Holden's first two goal game in the WHL...Mark Santorelli's four points give him 69 on the season, tied for first in WHL scoring with Kelowna's Colin Long...With the win, Bruins goaltender Mark Friesen earned his fifth win of the season and lowered his goals against average to 2.66.