WHL Portland Winterhawks

Hawks Strike Late Again, Knock off T-Birds for 2-0 Series Lead

Published on May 8, 2022 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Portland Winterhawks News Release


Round 2, Game 2: Portland (2) vs Seattle (1) [Portland leads series 2-0]

SOG: POR (31) - SEA (29)

PP: POR (0/3) - SEA (0/4)

Saves: Gauthier (28/29) - Milic (29/31)

COMPLETE BOX SCORE

SCORING:

SEA - 9:05 - First Period - Lucas Ciona (4) from Lukas Svejkovsky and Jared Davidson

POR - 11:02 - Second Period - Tyson Kozak (1) from Cross Hanas and Robbie Fromm-Delorme

POR - 16:22 - Third Period - Gabe Klassen (4) from Jaydon Dureau

The Story:

The story from Game 1 rolled right into Game 2 as the Winterhawks struck late - this time shorthanded - to take a 2-1 win over the Seattle Thunderbirds at Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Sunday.

The Winterhawks now hold a 2-0 series lead with Game 3 set for Wednesday night at 7:00 P.M. at the VMC.

Gabe Klassen grabbed the game-winner - his team-leading fourth goal of the playoffs - after an excellent individual effort from Jaydon Dureau gave the Hawks some offensive zone time while on the penalty kill. Dureau carried the puck in on Thomas Milic, who then attempted to play it to a defenseman, but was intercepted by Dureau once more for a quick cross-ice pass through a pair of Thunderbirds for Klassen on the back door at 16:22 of the third.

Seattle scored first for the second straight game when Lucas Ciona converted at 9:05 of the first, but Portland again knotted things up in the second behind Tyson Kozak's first of the postseason. Cross Hanas found Robbie Fromm-Delorme out front from behind the net for a quick shot which rebounded to Kozak at the side of the net.

The third period see-sawed back and forth for 10 minutes before the teams began to parade to the penalty box. Following a pair of strong kills from both sides, Seattle again went on the man-advantage at 14:51 with a chance to go ahead, but coughed up the game-winning goal to Klassen instead.

Taylor Gauthier remained solid with 28 saves on 29 shots in Portland's win.

QUOTE OF THE NIGHT presented by BBF TECHNOLOGIES:

"Things might not go our way for 58 minutes, they might be up one for the entire game and we might just be fighting it, but it all comes down to the full 60. There's no quit...you've just got to keep playing, and as long as you leave everything on the ice, that's all our team asks of each of us."

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