WHL Tri-City Americans

Americans Return from Break Looking for Third Straight Win

Published on December 28, 2021 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Tri-City Americans News Release


Americans @ Winterhawks

Tuesday, December 28 | Portland, OR | Veterans Memorial Coliseum

Start Time: 7:05 PST

The Americans will look to extend their two game win streak tonight as they return from Christmas break to take on the Winterhawks in Portland.

This is the fourth time the two teams have met this season. Tri-City has won two of their three prior games against the Winterhawks. They took a 5-4 shootout victory on opening night and 6-5 regulation victory in their most recent meeting in Kennewick. Parker Bell an Petr Moravec are the only players to have multiple goals in the series, each with two goals and two assists against the Winterhawks.

The Americans most recently played on Sunday, December 19th when they wrapped up a three-in-three weekend with a 6-5 victory over the Vancouver Giants. They picked up five total points over the weekend as they fell to Victoria in overtime and then snagged back-to-back wins over the Royals and Giants.

Vancouver opened scoring with the only goal in the first period, but Tri-City went on to score three in each the second and third periods to narrowly defeat the Giants 6-5. Tri-City's goals came from six different scorers: Connor Bouchard, Lukas Dragicevic, Petr Moravec, Tyson Greenway, Sam Huo, and Marc Lajoie.

Since returning from Hockey Canada's Capital City Challenge, Lukas Dragicevic has scored three goals and added seven assists for ten points through eight games played.

Tyson Greenway now has goals in three straight games for the first time in his career.

Ben Feenan had his first ever multi-point game with two assists.

After tonight's game the Americans will take on the Winterhawks again tomorrow at the Toyota Center.

Record: Tri-City 9-13-4-0 | Portland 13-11-3-1

Special Teams

Power Play: Tri-City 19/129 (14.73%) | Portland 25/127 (19.69%)

Penalty Kill: Tri-City 28/114 (75.44%) | Portland 22/122 (81.97%)

Player Streaks

Lukas Dragicevic 2 Games (1G, 3A)

Tyson Greenway 3 Games (3G, 1A)

Sam Huo 2 Games (2G, 3A)

Petr Moravec 2 Games (1G, 1A)

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