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Hawks Stay Hot with Fifth Straight Win

January 29, 2022 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Portland Winterhawks News Release


Portland, Ore. - Led by two-point efforts from Jack O'Brien and Luke Schelter, the Portland Winterhawks topped the Prince George Cougars 4-1 during Pride Night at the VMC on Friday.

Taylor Gauthier (go-CHEE-yay) - traded to Portland by the Cougars on Dec. 27 - got the best of his old club with 26 saves on 27 shots. Gauthier has won all six games he has started with the Winterhawks, and the club has now recorded a point in 12 consecutive contests, including wins in five straight.

The Cougars got the best of the Winterhawks at the start of the game, culminating in an early 1-0 lead behind Riley Heidt's (HEIGHT) 11th tally of the year. Portland's offense began to materialize as the team settled into the game, though, and Aidan Litke (lit-KEY) knotted things up at one apiece with his 11th of the year. Litke located a bouncing puck at the mouth of the crease and chipped it home at 11:30.

Heading into the middle frame deadlocked at one, the Hawks began to take over the shot count and Clay Hanus (HAW-niss) broke through early in the frame to give the home team its first lead of the night. James Stefan (steh-FAWN) broke in the zone alone, but Prince George netminder Tyler Brennan managed to separate him from the puck, only to see it end up on the stick of Hanus who easily deposited it into a mostly empty net. The goal was Hanus' ninth of the year, and Portland's co-captain now ranks tied for fourth among WHL defensemen with 35 points on the year.

Schelter put the game out of reach 10 minutes later with a one-timed blast from the top of the left circle. Schelter's tally was his fifth of the season and marked his second point of the night - his first multi-point outing of the year. Jack O'Brien added an insurance goal on the power play in the third period, finishing off a pretty passing play from Marcus Nguyen and Ryan McCleary to make it 4-1 Hawks and seal the win.

Now winners of five straight, the Hawks are back in action tomorrow night on the road against Seattle.

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