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Chiefs Cap Road Trip with Crushing 9-1 Loss in Portland

February 21, 2022 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Spokane Chiefs News Release


Portland, Ore. - The Spokane Chiefs couldn't keep pace with the Portland Winterhawks Sunday night, capping their weekend road trip with a 9-1 loss.

The Winterhawks came out hot right away in the first period, putting up three unanswered goals at 1:20 (Marcus Nguyen), 9:16 (Clay Hanus) and 14:24 (Tyson Kozak).

Portland piled on another goal to take a 4-0 lead at 7:42 in the second period (Klassen).

The Chiefs answered when rookie forward Jake Gudelj deflected a shot from Saige Weinstein into the net at 13:24 for his second career goal. Spokane kept the birds at bay for the rest of the period to make it 4-1 heading into the second break.

The Winterhawks ran away with it in the third period, though, scoring five unanswered goals the final fight-riddled 20 minutes. It started at 5:27 when Luca Cagnoni netted his seventh of the year. Then Klassen found the twine for the second time of the night at 14:22 to make it 6-1, Portland.

Portland spent the rest of the period on the power play, after Bear Hughes (10-minute misconduct), Chase Bertholet (major - boarding, game misconduct), Ty Cheveldayoff (major - checking to the head) and Brayden Crampton (10-minute misconduct) had all left the ice early due to penalties.

The Winterhawks capitalized on the man-advantage three times, with Jack O'Brien scoring two goals and Luke Schelter putting one in the net to cap the scoring at 9-1.

Mason Beaupit started in net for Spokane and stopped 52-of-61 shots faced. On the other side of the ice, Taylor Gauthier turned aside 20-of-21 Spokane shots. The Chiefs went 0-for-4 on the power play and 1-for-5 on the penalty kill.

Up next, the Chiefs will return home to hose the Seattle Thunderbirds on Friday, February 25 at 7:05 p.m.

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The Spokane Chiefs are a member of the U.S. Division of the Western Hockey League, the world's finest development league for junior hockey players. Since 1985 the Chiefs have been a pillar in the Spokane community, offering family-friendly entertainment and a winning tradition which includes: two Memorial Cup Championships in 1991 & 2008, two WHL Championships in 1991 & 2008 and four Western Conference Championships in 1991, 1996, 2000 & 2008. Over 60 alumni have gone on to play in the National Hockey League.

The Chiefs' next home game is Friday, February 25 versus the Seattle Thunderbirds. It's Shriners Hospitals for Children School Night and Plush Pillow Giveaway. The first 1,000 kids (12 & under) will receive a Boomer The Bear pillow courtesy of Shriners Hospitals for Children. Tickets for all regular season games are available online at spokanechiefs.com/tickets.

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