The Portland Winter Hawks defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 9-1 Friday night at ShoWare Center.<\/p>\n
This was the first game of a home-and-home series between the two teams. They meet again Saturday night at Memorial Coliseum at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n
The T-Birds remain in sixth place in the Western Conference playoff standings. They are one point behind the Kamloops Blazers with one game in hand.<\/p>\n
The T-Birds have clinched a spot in the 2009 WHL Playoffs. The T-Birds will start the playoffs on the road against either the Kelowna Rockets or the Spokane Chiefs. Games 3 and 4 of the first round playoff series will be at ShoWare Center on Tuesday, March 24, and Wednesday, March 25. Both games are at 7:05 p.m.<\/p>\n
Portland (19-47-2-2) scored four goals in the first period and five goals in the second period to get their nine.<\/p>\n
Seattle got their lone goal at 18:48 of the second period when Charles Wells scored. Wells came in on Portland goalie Ian Curtis all alone and made a low shot. Curtis mad the save but Wells backhanded the rebound past the goalie for his fifth goal of the year. Jim O’Brien had the only assist on the goal.<\/p>\n
Seattle (33-32-1-4) outshot Portland 38-34 in the game.<\/p>\n
Seattle goalie Calvin Pickard made 25 saves on 34 shots and his record is now 22-16-1-4.<\/p>\n
Curtis stopped 37 of 38 shots and his record is now 4- 10-1-0.<\/p>\n
After the game against the Winter Hawks on Saturday the T-Birds finish out the weekend against the Everett Silvertips at 5:05 p.m. at ShoWare Center on Sunday.<\/p>\n
SCORING SUMMARY<\/p>\n
First period – 1, Portland, Schneider 11 (Ross, Ponich), 9:08. 2, Portland, Reddin 13 (Ross, Hutt), 13:09 (pp). 3, Portland, Ross 9 (Gabriel, Ehrhardt), 14:14. 4, Portland, Walker 25, 16:56 (sh). Penalties – Cloud, Sea (kneeing), 12:01. Rutkowski, Por (elbowing), 16:12. Mick, Por (cross checking), 19:24.<\/p>\n
Second period – 5, Portland, Francis 21 (Hutt, Ponich), 4:44. 6, Portland, Ridgeway 4 (Mick), 9:32. 7, Portland, Walker 26 (Bobbee, Francis), 11:12 (pp). 8, Portland, Gabriel 5 (Rutkowski, Ross), 12:09. 9, Portland, Mick 7 (Boychuk, Schneider), 18:15. 10, Seattle, Wells 5 (O’Brien), 18:48. Penalties – LeBlanc, Sea (interference), 6:56. Richard, Sea (slashing), 10:16. Ponich, Por (interference), 15:44. Kerr, Por (kneeing), 18:48.<\/p>\n
Third period – No scoring. Penalties – Ross, Por (holding), 6:40. Ridgeway, Por (holding), 18:37.<\/p>\n
Shots on goal – Seattle 12-10-16 38. Portland 13-11-10 34. Goalies – Seattle, Pickard 34 shots-25 saves (22-16-1-4); Portland, Curtis 38-37 (4- 10-1-0). Power plays – Seattle 0-6; Portland 2- 3. A – 5,701. Referee – Matt Kirk, Ryan Thompson. Linesmen – Chris Sweeting, Kevin Boris.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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