Dumansky powers Blazers past Americans in WHL road win

KENNEWICK, Wash. (Interstat) — Jacob Dumansky had one goal and one assist as the Kamloops Blazers edged the Tri-City Americans 2-1 in Western Hockey League play Friday at Toyota Center. Dumansky was Kamloops’ top star. He opened scoring 11 seconds into the first period, with Isa Guram assisting. Tri-City answered 12 seconds later when Aden Bouchard scored off Crew Martinson’s assist. Mateo Ferreira put Kamloops ahead at 8:53 of the first, with Dumansky and Ty Bonkowski assisting. Kaeden Tate made 25 saves for Kamloops. Ferreira had four shots, while Andrew Thomson had four shots for Kamloops and Grady Martin three for Tri-City. Bonkowski added one assist and two shots for Kamloops, while Guram had one assist and one shot. Bouchard added one goal and two shots for Tri-City, and Martinson one assist and three shots. Kamloops was whistled for six minor penalties; Tri-City took four. Cooper Moore served two minutes for Kamloops. The first period featured three goals. The Blazers improved to 1-1, and the Americans fell to 0-2. Attendance was 2,929.