Balanced Attack Leads Hawks to 6-2 Win in Tri-Cities Wednesday
November 12, 2015 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Portland Winterhawks News Release
The Portland Winterhawks (8-9-0-0) had six goals from six different players in a 6-2 victory in Kennewick, WA Wednesday against the Tri-City Americans (6-11-1-0).
The Hawks blitzed Tri-Cities to open the game, scoring three times on their first three shots in the opening 7:37 of the game. Rihards Bukarts struck first for Portland with a power play goal at 2:30. Just 1:12 later, team captain Dominic Turgeon scored off a great rush to give the team a 2-0 advantage. They kept pouring it on, with Alex Schoenborn scoring at 7:37 for the 3-0 lead the team took into the second.
Portland kept pushing early in the second, and at 8:02 Alex Overhardt registered his first goal of the season to extend the lead to 4-0. Just under four minutes later, rookie Cody Glass kept the offense rolling with his second of the season as Portland pushed the lead to 5-0.
Tri-Cities got on the board with a shorthanded goal from Beau McCue at 14:05 to cut it to 5-1, which remained the score going into the third.
The Americans' Morgan Geekie scored at 9:00 to bring the Americans within three at 5-2. At 14:38 with the Hawks on a 5-on-3 power play, Bukarts slid a pass to Keegan Iverson, who banged in a one-timer to make it a 6-2 lead, which remained the final.
Michael Bullion got the start in net for the Hawks and was terrific, stopping 29 of the 31 shots he faced from the Americans. Tri-Cities' Evan Sarthou allowed six goals on 34 Portland shots.
With his goal in the third period, Iverson extended his point streak to six games, while defenseman Jack Dougherty had three assists.
The Hawks were 2-7 on the power play, and a perfect 5-5 on the penalty kill.
The Hawks are back in action Friday when they host the Swift Current Broncos at Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
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