
Americans Wrap up Three-In-Three Weekend in Portland
January 30, 2022 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Tri-City Americans News Release
Americans @ Winterhawks
Sunday, January 30 | Portland, OR | Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Start Time: 5:00 p.m PST
The Ams and Winterhawks meet tonight for the seventh time in a 12 game season series. Tri-City is 3-3-0-0 against Portland so far, including two victories in shootouts.
Portland's Clay Hanus has the most head-to-head points with 1 goal and 8 assists. For the Americans, Petr Moravec leads scoring against the Winterhawks with 4 goals and 3 assists. Dwayne Jean Jr. has scored the shootout winning goal in both of Tri-City's shootout victories against Portland. Tri-City's three wins against Portland have each came with a different goaltender in net. Dante Gianuzzi is the only Winterhawks goaltender to face the Americans this season.
The Winterhawks come into tonight's game on a 7 game win streak, their last loss was to Tri-City on January 15. The Ams will look to upset the Winterhawks and break a three game losing streak.
The Americans will wrap up a three-in-three weekend tonight. They played at home against Everett on Friday and in Spokane last night. The Americans kept last night's game against the Chiefs close, tying it twice, but were unable to find a go-ahead goal, falling 5-4.
Ethan Ernst, Petr Moravec (short handed), and Sam Huo (2) recorded Tri-City's four goals. Sasha Mutala had two assists, one on each of Huo's goals. Chase Friedt-Mohr recorded his first assist since joining the Americans against his former team. Tanner Gould returned to the Americans lineup last night after missing 31 games with an upper body injury. Tomas Suchanek played his second straight game in net, turning aside 31 of 36 shots faced.
Record: Tri-City 12-21-4-0 | Portland 24-11-3-2
Special Teams
Power Play: Tri-City 29/176 (16.48%) | Portland 38/176 (21.59%)
Penalty Kill: Tri-City 39/153 (74.51%) | Portland 30/162 (81.48%)
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