Beast beats Thunder 4-1
Brampton beat the Thunder 4-1 on Friday night in Brampton, Ontario.
The Thunder outshot the Beast 18-11 in the first period was down 2-0 after the opening 20 minutes.
Kyle Gibbons scored Wichita’s goal midway through the second period, cutting the deficit to 2-1. The Beast regained a two-goal edge with a power-play goal early in the third period, and added an empty-netter at 17:53.
Former Thunder player Chad Painchaud had a goal and two assists for Brampton.
Wichita | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | 1 |
Brampton | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | 4 |
First period — 1, Brampton, MacIsaac 5 (Fawcett, Painchaud), 4:05. 2, Brampton, Painchaud 4 (Corbin, Darrigo), 6:44. Penalties — Reum, Wichita (delay of game), 12:12; Dale, Brampton (interference), 15:02.
Second period — 3, Wichita, Gibbons 1 (Miller, Duval), 10:14. Penalties — Austin, Brampton (tripping), 5:12.
Third period — 4, Brampton, Ricci 2 (MacIsaac, Dale), 1:44 (pp). 5, Brampton, Fawcett 3 (Painchaud), 17:53 (en). Penalties — Milan, Wichita (holding), :38; Peckham, Wichita (unsportsmanlike conduct), :38; McCready, Brampton unsportsmanlike conduct), :38; Lizon, Wichita (roughing), 2:49; Lizon, Wichita (removing helmet), 5:02; Lizon, Wichita (fighting major), 5:02; Fawcett, Brampton (removing helmet), 5:02; Fawcett, Brampton (fighting major), 5:02; Ekelman, Brampton (slashing), 9:01; Littlejohn, Brampton (hooking), 12:25; Walker, Wichita (hooking), 13:36; Reum, Wichita (fighting major), 18:20; MacIsaac, Brampton (slashing), 18:20; Thorne, Brampton (fighting major), 18:20.
Power plays — Wichita 0 for 5, Brampton 1 for 4.
Shots — Wichita 18-18-10—46 , Brampton 11-5-12—28.
Goalies — Wichtia, Bunz 27 shots, 24 saves; Brampton, Cann 46-45.
T — 2:15. A — 2,606.
This story was originally published December 5, 2014 at 10:16 PM with the headline "Beast beats Thunder 4-1."