Game Day Hub: January 18
January 18, 2020 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Portland Winterhawks News Release
Portland Winterhawks vs. Kelowna Rockets
The Portland Winterhawks welcome the 2020 Memorial Cup host team to town for the first and only time this season. The Hawks and Rockets face-off tonight and tomorrow evening to wrap up their respective three-in-three weekends.
Puck Drop: 6:00 p.m. PT
Venue: Veterans Memorial Coliseum (Portland, OR)
Listen Live: Winterhawks Radio Network and on the Winterhawks App. You can also listen live in the arena by tuning your radio to 87.9 FM.
Watch Live: WHL Live
Tickets: Portland vs. Kelowna
Kelowna enters tonight's match-up on a four game losing streak, including a 3-2 loss on Friday night against the Silvertips. They are entering the weekend banged up with eight players listed on the WHL Weekly Report as either injured or suspended through Monday.
With leading scorers Nolan Foote and Kaedan Korczak expected out of the line-up this weekend, the Rockets look to former Seattle Thunderbirds Matthew Wedman, Jake Lee and Dillon Hamaliuk for offense. Former first round Bantam pick Pavel Novak leads all Rockets with three goals in January.
The Winterhawks have remained status quo, beating the Spokane Chiefs last night on the road and remaining in third place on the CHL Top Ten rankings. Portland has a three game winning streak and a 17 game point streak in tact entering tonight's match-up. Overage forward Lane Gilliss netted both game-winning goals this week for Portland and thanks to his goal last night, Portland has now scored a power play goal in five straight games.
A different forward line has emerged in each January game for the Hawks, and recently, the combo of Tyson Kozak, Simon Knak and Cross Hanas have gotten it done. They have fifteen combined points in the last two wins. Tonight's focus is going to be about the Winterhawks jump and taking a lead early. Kelowna has been a part of 22 one goal games, which is the most in the WHL, so it will favor Portland to pull away early.
Western Hockey League Stories from January 18, 2020
- Raiders Drop Shootout to Rebels in Red Deer - Prince Albert Raiders
- ICE Special Teams Help Knock off Hitmen 5-2 - Winnipeg Ice
- Weekend Ends with Loss to Wheat Kings - Moose Jaw Warriors
- Quick Start Leads ICE over Hitmen, 5-2 - Calgary Hitmen
- Broncos See Strong Stretches in Loss to Blades - Swift Current Broncos
- Game Day Hub: January 18 - Portland Winterhawks
- ICE and Hitmen Clash at the ICE Cave - Winnipeg Ice
- Gameday Hub: January 18, 2020 - Saskatoon Blades
- Game 43 vs Lethbridge - Medicine Hat Tigers
- Calgary Hitmen Game Preview - Saturday, January 18 at Winnipeg - Calgary Hitmen
- Game Day Preview: Pats Conclude U.S. Road Trip in Spokane Saturday Night - Regina Pats
- Goncalves Helps Tips Top Kelowna - Everett Silvertips
- Oil Kings Earn Single Point in Overtime Loss to Raiders - Edmonton Oil Kings
- Thomas Milic Backstops T-Birds to Win in WHL Debut - Seattle Thunderbirds
- Florchuk's Hat-Trick Lifts Giants over the Royals 4-1 - Vancouver Giants
- MacInnes' 2nd Career Shutout, Robins' Two Goals Sink Broncos - Saskatoon Blades
- Royals Halted by Giants - Victoria Royals
- Americans Fall in High-Scoring Battle against Blazers - Tri-City Americans
- Rockets fall to Tips - Kelowna Rockets
- Rebels Fall to 'Canes in Overtime - Red Deer Rebels
- Seattle Rally Tops Pats - Regina Pats
- Wheat Kings Beat Hitmen 3-1 for 8th-Straight Win - Brandon Wheat Kings
- Chiefs Can't Solve Portland, Lose 5-3 - Spokane Chiefs
- Gustafson Earns First Head Coaching Win in Spokane - Portland Winterhawks
- Cougars End Trip with Win at Moose Jaw - Prince George Cougars
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