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Hawks Earn 5-4 Victory over Spokane

January 14, 2017 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Portland Winterhawks News Release


The Portland Winterhawks (22-18-1-0) earned a 5-4 win over the Spokane Chiefs (17-19-5-2) Friday at Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

Ryan Hughes and Caleb Jones led the way with a goal and an assist against the Chiefs tonight. Jones is now on a ten game point streak, continuing this stretch in his first game back from winning the gold medal with Team USA in this year's World Junior Championship. Henri Jokiharju tallied three assists tonight against the Chiefs, while Cody Glass registered two assists.

The Hawks host the Chiefs in the VMC again tomorrow night in the second back-to-back contest between the two teams this weekend.

Scoring Summary:

1st @ 5:03 - (PP) Ryan Hughes (Overhardt, Jokiharju) opens the scoring for Portland. (POR 1 - SPO 0) 1st @ 16:40 - (PP) Spokane's Ethan McIndoe evens it at 1-1. (POR 1 - SPO 1) 1st @ 16:53 - Just 13 seconds later, Brendan De Jong (Hughes, Texeira) gets the puck past Spokane netminder Jayden Sittler for a 2-1 Portland lead. (POR 2 - SPO 1) 2nd @ 3:03 - Skyler McKenzie (Glass, Iverson) fires the puck home to give the Hawks a 3-1 lead. (POR 3 - SPO 1) 2nd @ 9:37 - Colton Veloso (Jones, Jokiharju) scores to give Portland a 4-1 lead. (POR 4 - SPO 1) 2nd @ 13:28 - (PP) Caleb Jones (Jokiharju, Glass) extends the Hawks' lead to 5-1 with a slapshot. Spokane replaces Sittler in net with Dawson Weatherill. (POR 5 - SPO 1) 2nd @ 18:06 - Kailer Yamamoto (Ross, Najman) scores to cut the Spokane deficit to 5-2. (POR 5 - SPO 2) 3rd @ 11:54 - McIndoe (Helgesen, Ka. Yamamoto) nets his second of the night to bring the Chiefs within two goals. (POR 5 - SPO 3) 3rd @ 13:19 - Spokane's Nolan Reid (Leduc, Ke. Yamamoto) then cuts it to 5-4 with a slapshot, but it wouldn't be enough as the Hawks skated away with the win. (POR 5 - SPO 4) Power Play Statistics:

POR: 2/2 SPO: 1/1 Shots on Goal:

POR: 33 SPO: 32 Goaltending:

POR: Cole Kehler made 28 saves on 32 Spokane shots. SPO: Jayden Sittler made 18 saves on 23 Portland shots, while Dawson Weatherill stopped all ten shots he faced in relief.

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