WHL Portland Winterhawks

Dureau Hat Trick Helps Hawks Thump T-Birds 4-1

March 20, 2022 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Portland Winterhawks News Release


Jaydon Dureau grabbed his second hat-trick of the year, Taylor Gauthier made 33 saves and the Winterhawks picked up their fourth straight road win over the Thunderbirds with a 4-1 victory on Saturday night.

Dureau's three-goal showing was the first by a Portland player against Seattle since Seth Jarvis did so in April 2021.

The 20-year-old Tampa Bay Lightning prospect got on the board early as Portland's power play worked its magic. Clay Hanus found Cross Hanas on the half-wall, who then threw a pass to James Stefan at the goal line for a quick cross-crease feed to the waiting Dureau.

After more than 40 scoreless minutes, Dureau netted his second, collecting Hanus' stretch pass at Seattle's blue line and flying past the T-Birds defenders for a tidy breakaway finish. Seattle responded two minutes later with Jordan Gustafson's penalty-shot strike, but Dureau capped off the hat-trick just over 60 seconds later with a third straight power-play marker, lifting home a rebound from Tyson Kozak's shot.

Marcus Nguyen put the game to bed at 10:08 of the third when he outmuscled a Seattle defender and slotted the puck through Thomas Milic's five hole to make it 4-1 Hawks.

The two teams will face off once again back in Portland on Sunday at 5:00 P.M.

QUOTE OF THE NIGHT presented by BBF TECHNOLOGIES:

"It's coming down to the final end here and a lot of our games are against Everett and Seattle, so it's getting us ready for that playoff mentality. They're a good team and they were missing a few key guys tonight, so it's good to get these two points and keep climbing in the standings."

Winterhawks forward Jaydon Dureau

Game #59: Portland (4) at Seattle (1)

SOG: POR (27) - SEA (34)

PP: POR (3/5) - SEA (0/4)

Saves: Gauthier (33/34) - Milic (23/27)

SCORING:

POR - 0:22 - First Period - Jaydon Dureau (15) from James Stefan and Cross Hanas

POR - 0:59 - Third Period - Jaydon Dureau (16) from Clay Hanus and Cross Hanas

SEA - 2:19 - Third Period - Jordan Gustafson (22) Penalty Shot

POR - 3:27 - Third Period - Jaydon Dureau (17) from Tyson Kozak and Clay Hanus

POR - 10:08 - Third Period - Marcus Nguyen (18) from Kyle Chyzowski

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