Chiefs stop Kootenay

| January 22, 2017 12:00 AM

SPOKANE — Dawson Weatherill stopped 27 shots for the Spokane Chiefs in a 5-2 win over the Kootenay Ice in Western Hockey League play in front of a season-high 9,503 at the Spokane Arena on Saturday night.

Spokane (19-20-5-2, 45 points) moves within two points of Portland for the final playoff spot in the Western Conference.

Spokane opened the scoring on a goal by Eli Zummack, his fourth of the season, to take a 1-0 lead after the first period. Spokane extended the advantage to 2-0 after two on Kailer Yamamoto’s 29th goal of the season, a team-high.

Kootenay scored one minute into the third period to cut the deficit to 2-1, but the Chiefs picked up goals from Ty Smith, Ondrej Najman and Tyson Helgesen to take a 5-1 lead.

Spokane visits Everett tonight at 4:05.