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Four-Goal First Period Fuels Hawks 4-2 Win over Rockets

November 21, 2021 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Portland Winterhawks News Release


After seeing a 5-1 lead evaporate in Friday night's 6-5 shootout win, the Portland Winterhawks built up another sizable advantage and held off a Kelowna comeback for a 4-2 win on Saturday.

Game #18: Portland (4) vs Kelowna (2)

SOG: POR (38) - KEL (25)

PP: POR (0/4) - KEL (0/6)

Saves: Gordon (23/25) - Knight (12/16), Boyko (22/22)

COMPLETE BOX SCORE

SCORING:

POR - 5:23 - First Period - Marcus Nguyen (2) from Jaydon Dureau and Clay Hanus

POR - 7:46 - First Period - Gabe Klassen (7) from Luca Cagnoni and James Stefan

POR - 8:41 - First Period - Dawson Pasternak (2)

POR - 11:53 - First Period - Jaydon Dureau (3) from Tyson Kozak

KEL - 0:26 - Second Period - Colton Dach (7) from Gabriel Szturc

KEL - 7:55 - Second Period - Turner McMillen (2) from Jake Lee and Jake Poole

The Story:

The Winterhawks rattled off four goals in under a seven-minute span during the first period and held on from there, allowing just two goals in the final 40 minutes en route to a 4-2 win over the Rockets.

Portland's Marcus Nguyen got the scoring started at 5:23 of the contest, taking a pass from Jaydon Dureau and deftly backhanding the puck past Colby Knight. Gabe Klassen doubled the lead with a rebound tally just over two minutes later, and Dawson Pasternak pounced on a loose puck 55 seconds later to make it 3-0 Hawks. When Jaydon Dureau tipped home a Tyson Kozak centering feed midway through the frame to make it 4-0, Kelowna swapped netminders for a second straight night with Talyn Boyko relieving Knight this time.

The Rockets mounted a comeback with Colton Dach and Turner McMillen goals early in the second period to halve the Hawks' lead, but Lochlan Gordon and the Portland penalty-killing units stepped up to keep Kelowna at bay and cruise to the 4-2 victory.

QUOTE OF THE NIGHT presented by BBF TECHNOLOGIES:

"We were confident in what we were doing and smart defensively. It was a good 60 minutes and we need to keep that going."

Winterhawks forward Dawson Pasternak

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