Glacier Nationals topple Blazers

by The Daily Inter Lake
| November 23, 2012 11:48 PM

BELLINGHAM, Wash. — A five-goal third period powered the Glacier Nationals to a 7-5 win over the Bellingham Blazers on Friday.

Chris Cutshall scored a hat trick and Austin Givens and Sebastian Adnell each had a goal and two assists for the Nationals, which moved into a tie for third-place in the NORPAC with the Tri-Cities Outlaws. Both teams have 15 points, but Glacier (7-2-1 NORPAC, 8-8-1 overall) has played five fewer games.

Glacier trailed 4-3 before Cutshall, Givens and Tucker Spooner potted consecutive goals in the third period.

Bellingham (5-10-1) cut its deficit to one when Cody Rich scored with 5:01 remaining in the game, but Cutshall scored on an empty net to ice it with 3 seconds left.

Bellingham hosts the Nationals again today at 8:35 p.m.

Bellingham 1 2 2 — 5

Glacier 1 1 5 — 7

Scoring summary

First period

Bel - Kyler Moore (assist Micky Turner, Bryce Kenning), 1:56

Gla - Jordan Carter (Travis Redman), 6:25

Second period

Bel - SH Cody Rich (Mason Wade), 9:29

Bel - Wade (Rich), 10:24

Gla - Chris Cutshall, 16:31

Third period

Gla - Sebastian Adnell (Tucker Spooner, Austin Givens), 1:03

Bel - Gerin Hohl (Wade, Scott Hansen), 2:05

Gla - Cutshall, 6:27

Gla - Givens (Adnell, Kyle Watne), 8:27

Gla - Spooner (Adnell, Givens), 10:05

Bel - Rich (Turner), 14:59

Gla - EM Cutshall (Watne, Adam Dalton), 19:57

Penalties

First period

Bel - Patryk Fiedorek, 2 slashing, 7:00

Gla - Chris Cutshall, 2 tripping, 8:59

Gla - Bill Boberg, 2 interference, 18:25

Second period

Gla - Austin Givens, 2 tripping, 2:14

Bel - Kristjan Toivola, 2 slashing, 4:32

Bel - Kevin Duncan, 2 interference, 8:20

Gla - Tucker Spooner, 2 unsportsmanlike conduct, 14:27

Gla - Jordan Carter, 2 slashing, 15:29

Bel - Bryce Kenning, 2 slashing, 16:23

Third period

Gla - Jackson Schroeder, 2 interference, 2:25

Gla - Travis Redman, 2 interference, 15:36

Team statistics

Shots on goal - Glacier 16, Bellingham 35. Saves - Glacier 30 (Mitch Tyson), Bellingham 9 (Robert MacDonald). Power plays - Glacier 0-4, Bellingham 0-7. Penalty minutes - Glacier 14, Bellingham 8.