Game Day Hub: January 25
January 25, 2020 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Portland Winterhawks News Release
Portland Winterhawks vs. Seattle Thunderbirds
The Hawks make their third trip to Seattle this season and are looking to extend their six game winning streak and 20 game point streak.
Puck Drop: 7:00 p.m. PT
Venue: accesso ShoWare Center (Seattle, WA)
Listen Live: Winterhawks Radio Network and on the Winterhawks App.
Watch Live: WHL Live or on Portland's CW
FOLLOW ALONG: Box Score
The Winterhawks are 3-0-0-2 this season against Seattle and they are facing a Thunderbirds team that has scored just twice during a three game losing skid. Last night, Seattle squandered a late lead in Kelowna and lost in overtime when former Thunderbirds captain Matthew Wedman netted the OT winner.
The Hawks offense has really clicked in recent weeks, out-scoring their opponents 38 to 12 during the win streak. Wingers Seth Jarvis and Jaydon Dureau stole the show in last night's 8-2 win against Tri-City, becoming the first teammates to each score five points in the same game since Joachim Blichfeld and Cody Glass accomplished that on December 2, 2018. With the second period goal, Jarvis became the 127th Winterhawk to ever reach 100 points in his Portland playing career, doing so in just 112 games.
From Seattle's side, 20 year old forward Conner Bruggen-Cate is one point shy of the century mark and Andrej Kukuca is three points away from triple digits. Both the Hawks and T-Birds are good at holding leads this season, but Seattle tends to have the most success when they out-shoot their opponent. The Hawks have taken 50+ shots in three of the last four meetings with Seattle. Tonight is the sixth of 12 meetings in the I-5 Rivalry.
Thanks to a perfect week against three separate opponents, Portland rose to number two in the CHL Top Ten Rankings. It is the highest ranking of the season for the Hawks.
Western Hockey League Stories from January 25, 2020
- T-Birds Fall to Winterhawks in Shootout - Seattle Thunderbirds
- Raiders Fall In Shootout to Tigers - Prince Albert Raiders
- Portland Pots Six in Shootout Win against Seattle - Portland Winterhawks
- ICE Score 5 Unanswered Goals to Beat the Royals - Winnipeg Ice
- Royals Slip against Ice - Victoria Royals
- Kastelic and Stotts Pace Hitmen over Rebels 5-2 - Calgary Hitmen
- Warriors Out-Shoot Broncos But Fall at Mosaic Place - Moose Jaw Warriors
- Comeback Kings Rally for 3-2 Road Win over Blades - Edmonton Oil Kings
- Game Day Hub: January 25 - Portland Winterhawks
- Gameday Hub: January 25th - Saskatoon Blades
- ICE Look to Regain 1st in the East Division. - Winnipeg Ice
- Game 46 at Prince Albert - Medicine Hat Tigers
- Calgary Hitmen Game Preview - Saturday, January 25 at Red Deer - Calgary Hitmen
- Young Americans Team Falls 8-2 in Portland - Tri-City Americans
- Rockets snap losing streak - Kelowna Rockets
- Robins, Crnkovic Shine as Blades Top Tigers 6-5 in Thriller - Saskatoon Blades
- A Proud Performance from Portland - Portland Winterhawks
- Blazers Blank Cougars 3-0 - Prince George Cougars
- Rockets Slip Past T-Birds in Overtime - Seattle Thunderbirds
- Royals Doubled up by Wheat Kings - Victoria Royals
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