Hawks Down Canes 3-1, Push Point Streak to Three Games
Published on November 5, 2023 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Portland Winterhawks News Release
A balanced effort saw the Winterhawks knock off the Lethbridge Hurricanes 3-1 on Saturday night.
Game #15: Portland (3) at Lethbridge (1)
SOG: POR (31) - LET (23)
PP: POR (1/3) - LET (0/2)
Saves: Špunar (22/23) - Meneghin (28/30)
COMPLETE BOX SCORE
SCORING:
POR - 15:15 - First Period - Jack O'Brien (5) from Gabe Klassen and Luca Cagnoni
POR - 8:13 - Second Period - Marek Alscher (1) from Carter Sotheran
LET - 13:56 - Second Period - Kooper Gizowski (5) from Brayden Edwards from Elias Knoester
POR - 18:21 - Third Period - James Stefan (9) from Gabe Klassen and Luca Cagnoni
The Story:
Scoring in all three periods, the Winterhawks pushed their point streak to three games (2-0-1) with 3-1 victory over the Lethbridge Hurricanes on Saturday night.
The Winterhawks move to 10-4-0-1 with the win.
A dominant first period from Portland saw the team outshoot Lethbridge 14-0 and take a 1-0 lead on Jack O'Brien's fifth of the year. The 20-year-old alternate captain was the first to a Gabe Klassen rebound and wired a shot from the right circle at 15:15.
Lethbridge upped their pressure in the second period, but it was the Winterhawks notching the next goal on a Marek Alscher breakaway at 8:13. The Czech defenseman came out of the penalty box, collected a loose puck in the defensive zone and blazed past a Hurricanes' defender before tucking the puck past the outstretched pad of Harrison Meneghin. The hosts got on the board five minutes later as Kooper Gizowski tapped home a rebound chance, sending the teams to the second break with the same deficit as the first.
Any comeback bid was snuffed out in the third by a stout Portland defense and a dialed-in Jan Špunar, who finished with 22 of 23 saves in the win. James Stefan put the game on ice with an empty-netter in the closing moments of play for a 3-1 victory.
Portland's trek through the Central Division is now concluded, but the road trip continues through Kamloops and Vancouver on Wednesday and Friday next week.
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