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WHL Portland Winterhawks

Five-Goal First Carries Hawks Past Tips on New Year's Eve

December 31, 2022 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Portland Winterhawks News Release


The Winterhawks won their eighth straight game with a 7-2 romp past Everett.

Game #33: Portland (7) vs Everett (2)

SOG: POR (37) - EVT (36)

PP: POR (3/5) - EVT (0/5)

Saves: Giannuzzi (34/36) - Palmer (30/37)

SCORING:

POR - 5:34 - First Period - Marcus Nguyen (11) from Aiden Sotas

POR - 7:09 - First Period - Robbie Fromm-Delorme (16) from Jack O'Brien and Luca Cagnoni

POR - 16:01 - First Period - Robbie Fromm-Delorme (17) from James Stefan and Luca Cagnoni

POR - 17:28 - First Period - Aidan Litke (10) from Robbie Fromm-Delorme

POR - 17:43 - First Period - Nicholas Johnson (3) from Diego Buttazzoni and Luke Schelter

POR - 0:38 - Second Period - Gabe Klassen (20) from James Stefan and Luca Cagnoni

EVT - 1:02 - Second Period - Ryan Hofer (20) from Ben Hemmerling

EVT - 4:30 - Second Period - Niko Tsakumis (2)

POR - 2:23 - Third Period - Aidan Litke (11) from Alex Thompson and Robbie Fromm-Delorme

The Story:

Two-goal showings from Robbie Fromm-Delorme and Aidan Litke, plus an explosive five-goal first period, propelled the Winterhawks (26-4-2-1) past the Everett Silvertips (16-17-1-0) by a 7-2 final on New Year's Eve and pick up a second win in as many nights over their division rival.

With the win, Portland has won eight consecutive contests and has points in ten straight (9-0-1-0). Dante Giannuzzi also stopped 34 of 36 shots to pick up his fifth consecutive victory.

The Hawks' onslaught began early as Marcus Nguyen deftly juked past an Everett defender at the top of the right circle, then fired a pass that deflected off another Tips player and into the net for his 11th of the year. Just over a minute later, Fromm-Delorme grabbed his first of the evening by hammering home a power-play rebound, then potted his second at 16:01 in the same fashion. Wrapping up a rampant first frame, the Hawks tallied two in the final three minutes with Litke's first goal - a top-shelf wrist shot from the slot after Fromm-Delorme forced a turnover behind the net - and, for the second straight evening, a Nick Johnson strike set up by Diego Buttazzoni.

Portland's potent power play struck again just 38 seconds into the third as Gabe Klassen potted his team-leading 20th of the year, ripping home a seam pass from James Stefan. Everett soon responded with two goals from Ryan Hofer and Niko Tsakumis to break the shutout, but Portland's damage was done, and the Hawks finished the job with another Litke goal in the third. After the faceoff was won to Alex Thompson, Portland's 16-year-old blueliner teed up Litke for a bomb from the blue line and sealed the 7-2 win for the Hawks.

The Winterhawks now head east to take on teams from the East Division for the first time in over two seasons. Portland is next in action on Friday, Jan. 6 against the Brandon Wheat Kings.

QUOTE OF THE NIGHT presented by BBF TECHNOLOGIES:

"It's tough when you travel overnight and then you're playing a five o'clock game, you don't get a ton of rest, but I thought the guys put a really good game together and were real solid in front of me...kept shots to the outside, always selling out blocking shots, which is huge and makes my job a lot easier. Overall, really good performance from the guys."

Winterhawks goaltender Dante Giannuzzi

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