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Chyzowski's Heroics Help Hawks to 4-3 OT Win

October 9, 2022 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Portland Winterhawks News Release


The Winterhawks held off the Tigers to pick up their fourth straight win to start the season.

Game #4: Portland (4) vs Medicine Hat (3) *OT

SOG: POR (41) - MH (23)

PP: POR (0/0) - MH (0/2)

Saves: Giannuzzi (20/23) - Langkow (37/40)

COMPLETE BOX SCORE

SCORING:

POR - 13:11 - First Period - James Stefan (2) from Jack O'Brien and Carter Sotheran

POR - 16:48 - First Period - Luca Cagnoni (2) from Josh Zakreski

MH - 5:02 - Second Period - Tomas Mrsic (1)

POR - 12:48 - Second Period - Josh Zakreski (1) from Jack O'Brien

MH - 17:23 - Third Period - Alex Drover (2) from Dru Krebs

MH - 18:13 - Third Period - Brendan Lee (4) from Dallon Melin and Bogdans Hodass

POR - 2:36 - Overtime - Kyle Chyzowski (1) from Ryder Thompson and Robbie Fromm-Delorme

The Story:

After a furious Tigers comeback in the final three minutes of play, the Winterhawks responded in overtime as Kyle Chyzowski potted the game-winner to seal a 4-3 win for Portland.

With the win, the Winterhawks are 4-0-0 for the first time since the 1993-94 season.

As he did in the Hawks' home opener, James Stefan got the scoring started in the first period for an early Portland lead. After Carter Sotheran put a shot off the glass behind the net, Jack O'Brien corralled the loose puck and found Stefan in the slot for the one-timed tally. The Hawks made it 2-0 three minutes later on Luca Cagnoni's second of the year from Josh Zakreski. The 2023 NHL Draft prospect collected a pass from Zakreski in the neutral zone, chipped it past the Tigers' defenseman and coolly slotted it home between the legs of Medicine Hat netminder Beckett Langkow.

The Tigers got one back on a breakaway strike from Tomas Mrsic in the second period, but Zakreski soon restored the hosts' two-goal lead before the second intermission. Chipping in his second primary helper of the evening, O'Brien picked off a Medicine Hat pass in the Winterhawks' zone and carried it across the Tigers' blue line before holding up and hitting a streaking Zakreski on the left-wing side for a quick snap shot past Langkow.

Medicine Hat began to mount its game in the final frame, culminating in a pair of late tallies from Alex Drover and Brendan Lee to force overtime, but Chyzowski wrapped up the second point for Portland with a breakaway tally midway through the extra period. Ryder Thompson picked up the primary assist with a stretch pass to Chyzowski at the far blue line to send him in alone on Langkow.

Dante Giannuzzi remained perfect on the young season with 20 saves on 23 shots to move to 3-0-0.

Portland now travels to Spokane to take on the Chiefs tomorrow at 5:05 P.M.

QUOTE OF THE NIGHT presented by BBF TECHNOLOGIES:

"(After the late goals) we knew we were still in it and we've won one in overtime already. We know we're a skilled team and three-on-three is to our advantage...we knew we were gonna score in overtime.

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