By Aaron Mahoney (@Mahones93 on Twitter)

Chiefs score early and often as Hurricanes four-game winning streak comes to an end

Dec 7, 2018 | 9:59 PM

SPOKANE – Penalty troubles and a poor start sunk the Lethbridge Hurricanes on Friday, Dec. 7, as their four-game winning streak was halted by the Spokane Chiefs 6-2.

After Igor Merezhko took an early tripping penalty, Spokane opened the scoring when Luc Smith beat Lethbridge goaltender Carl Tetachuk to make it 1-0 at 4:34. Then 15 seconds later Jake McGrew would find the back of the net making it 2-0 Chiefs not five minutes into the 1st period.

Lethbridge would regroup, and keep Spokane off the scoresheet for the rest of the opening frame. Shots were tied at nine apiece after one as well.

A similar storyline would break out in the 2nd period when just over a minute in on the powerplay Spokane would strike again.  Luc Smith’s second of the night would give his club a 3-0 lead, and then just past the four-minute mark, the Chiefs would chase Tetachuk after Riley Woods made it 4-0.

The Hurricanes responded quickly, as Igor Merezhko blasted his first goal of the season past Chiefs netminder Bailey Brkin to cut the deficit to three. Then with Lethbridge on the power play, Jackson Shepard would cut the Chiefs lead to 4-2 at 11:28.

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That’s how things would sit after two periods of play, with the Hurricanes outshooting the Chiefs 12-9 in the middle frame.

Lethbridge’s attempted comeback was halted past the midway mark of the 3rd period when Riley Woods beat Reece Klassen who had come into the game in relief of Tetachuk to make it 5-2. Spokane would add one more goal before all was send and done, for the 6-2 final.

Final shots finished at 30-29 in favour of Lethbridge. The loss drops the Hurricanes to 15-9-3-2.

The Hurricanes now pay a visit to the Tri-City Americans on Saturday, Dec. 8.