The Portland Winterhawks defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 6-0 Dec. 31 at the Rose Garden in Portland.<\/p>\n
Portland (25-15-0-1) took a 1-0 lead at 2:27 of the first on a goal by Brad Ross. Seth Swenson and Taylor Aronson had the assists on the goal.<\/p>\n
The Winterhawks outshot the T-Birds 15-0 in the first period.<\/p>\n
Portland took a 2-0 lead on a five-on-three power-play goal by Spencer Bennett at 12:29 of the second period. Troy Rutkowski and Joe Morrow had the assists.<\/p>\n
Portland led 26-19 in total shots after two periods by outshooting the T-Birds 11-9 in the second period.<\/p>\n
Riley Boychuk put the Winterhawks in front 3-0 at 4:34 of the third period. Chris Francis and Bennett assisted on the goal.<\/p>\n
Francis scored at 11:01 of the third to give Portland a 4-0 lead. Bennett and Morrow had the assists on the goal.<\/p>\n
Ross added a second goal on the night, at 11:46 of the third, to put the Winterhawks in front 5-0. Oliver Gabriel and Johansen were credited with the assists.<\/p>\n
Kyle Jahraus replaced Calvin Pickard in Seattle’s net after Portland’s fifth goal. Pickard made 28 saves on 33 shots and his record is now 11-17-2-4. Jahraus made 3 saves on 4 shots in his seven and a half minutes of action.<\/p>\n
Johansen scored Portland’s sixth goal at 15:24 of the third on assists from Gabriel and Ross.<\/p>\n
Seattle (13-21-2-4) outshot Portland 14-11 in the third period but Portland finished with a 37-33 advantage in total shots.<\/p>\n
Portland goalie Ian Curtis stopped all 33 shots he faced to get the shutout send his record to 15-6-0-0.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
SCORING SUMMARY<\/p>\n
First period – 1, Portland, Ross 19 (Swenson, Aronson), 2:27. Penalties – Aronson, Por (tripping), 4:40. Wells, Sea (slashing), 9:11.<\/p>\n
Second period – 2, Portland, Bennett 13 (Rutkowski, Morrow), 12:29 (pp). Penalties – Acolatse, Sea (roughing) 9:10. Pickard, Sea (delay of game), 10:27. Bench, Sea (delay of game- served by Muth), 10:27. Burns, Por (interference), 14:07. Ross, Por (elbowing), 17:05.<\/p>\n
Third period – 3, Portland, Boychuk 11 (Francis, Bennett), 4:34. 4, Portland, Francis 16 (Bennett, Morrow), 11:01. 5, Portland, Ross 19 (Gabriel, Johansen), 11:46. 6, Portland, Johansen 15 (Gabriel, Ross), 15:24. Penalties – Schappert, Sea (holding), 17:16. Swenson, Por (slashing), 18:09.<\/p>\n
Shots on goal – Seattle 10-9-14 33. Portland 15-11-11 37. Goalies – Seattle, Pickard 33 shots-28 saves (11-17-2-4), Jahraus 4-3; Portland, Curtis 33-33 (15-5-0-1). Power plays – Seattle 0-4; Portland 1-5. A – 8,726. Referee – Trevor Hanson, Jason Nissen. Linesmen – Ron Dietterle, Brian Fortin.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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