KENT — Beau McCue scored two goals to help the Tri-City Americans skate to a 4-1 victory over the Seattle Thunderbirds in a Western Hockey League game Tuesday night.

Tied at 1 in the second period, Tri-City's Ryan Chynoweth scored at 3:28 of the second period. The Americans pulled away by scoring twice in the third period on goals from Malte Stromwall and McCue.

McCue gave the Americans a 1-0 lead just 58 seconds into the game, stunning the crowd of 4,058 at ShoWare Center.

Seattle's Justin Hickman answered on a power-play goal at 3:12 of the first.

Eric Comrie made 29 saves for the Americans. Seattle's Brandon Glover stopped 28 of 32 shots.

The T-birds take a break until Dec. 28 when they host Everett.

Seattle was without Roberts Lipsbergs, who joined Team Latvia for the World Junior Championship in Ufa, Russia.