Medicine Hat smacks T-birds

MEDICINE HAT, Alberta — Darren Helm had two goals and an assist to lead the Medicine Hat Tigers to a 4-1 win over the Seattle Thunderbirds in a Western Hockey League game Tuesday night.

Tommy Maxwell and Kevin Undershute also scored for Medicine Hat (20-6-0-6), which moved two points ahead of idle Calgary atop the Central Division.

Matt Keetley (19-5-0-4) stopped 31 shots for the Tigers. Seattle's Gavin McHale (3-50-1) stopped 28 shots.

Roman Tomanek scored for Seattle (12-11-1-3).

Chris Durand put the initial shot on Keetley from the high slot. Tomanek crashed the net and put the rebound back at the left post for his eighth goal.

Seattle continues its six-game trip tonight at Swift Current.

Game summary

TIGERS 4, THUNDERBIRDS 1

Seattle	0	1	0	—	1
Medicine Hat	1	2	2	—	4

First — 1. Medicine Hat, Helm 18 (Undershute, Baldwin) 10:22. Second — 2. Medicine Hat, Maxwell 5 (Ennis, Sauer) 8:02. 3. Medicine Hat, Undershute 12 (Sauer, Helm) 16:12. 4. Seattle, Tomanek 8 (Durand, Johnson) 18:13. Third — 5. Medicine Hat, Helm 19 (Barker, Baldwin) 8:40. Shots on goal — Seattle 9-12-11 — 32. Medicine Hat 11-13-8 — 32. Goalies — Seattle: McHale (L,3-5-1); Medicine Hat: Keetley (W,19-5-4).Power plays ( Goalies — s-chances) — Seattle: 0-5; Medicine Hat: 0-4. A — 4,006.