The Seattle Thunderbirds defeated the Portland Winterhawks 3-2 in Western Hockey League play Saturday night in front of 10,947 at the Moda Center.<\/p>\n
Portland (21-18-1-0) took a 1-0 lead at 14:38 of the first period on a goal from Ryan Hughes. Henri Jokiharju had the only assist.<\/p>\n
The Winterhawks outshot the T-Birds 13-6 in the first period.<\/p>\n
Seattle (19-14-3-1) tied the game 1-1 when shorthanded at 11:50 of the second period. Scott Eansor got to a loose puck along left boards and came into the Portland zone on a breakaway. Eansor beat Portland goalie Cole Kehler with a backhand shot high to the glove side.<\/p>\n
The Winterhawks took the lead back at 16:42 of the second on an unassisted goal by Cody Glass.<\/p>\n
Seattle outshot Portland 10-3 in the second period. Both teams had 16 shots on goal after two periods.<\/p>\n
The T-Birds tied the game 2-2 at 5:26 of the third period. Jarret Tyszka took a shot from the left point that rebounded off Kehler. Zack Andrusiak dug at the rebound and got the puck past the Portland goalie on a scramble play in the crease. Luke Ormsby had the second assist on the goal.<\/p>\n
Ormsby got the T-Birds the lead at 3-2 at 10:22 when he put back a rebound from on top of the crease. Andrusiak took a shot the Ormsby batted past Kehler for his second goal of the season. Jarret Tyszka had the second assist.<\/p>\n
The T-Birds were called for hooking with 3:12 left in the game. Just after starting the power play, Portland pulled Kehler for a six-on-four advantage on the power play. The T-Birds limited Portland’s chances on the power play clearing the defensive zone several times, just missing the empty net twice.<\/p>\n
Seattle outshot Portland 17-6 in the third period and 33-22 in the game.<\/p>\n
Toth made 20 saves on 22 shots and his record is now 15-14-1-0.<\/p>\n
Kehler made 30 saves on 33 shots and his record is now 16-13-0-0.<\/p>\n