WHL Portland Winterhawks

Hawks Strike Twice Late to Earn Point on Tuesday

March 22, 2023 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Portland Winterhawks News Release


Another hard-fought comeback saw the Hawks force overtime, but the Giants took the extra point late in the frame.

Game #66: Portland (2) vs Vancouver (3) *OT

SOG: POR (39) - VAN (18)

PP: POR (1/6) - VAN (0/3)

Saves: Špunar (15/18) - Mirwald (37/39)

COMPLETE BOX SCORE

SCORING:

VAN - 2:10 - First Period - Ty Halaburda (19)

VAN - 3:28 - Third Period - Tyler Thorpe (4) from Connor Dale

POR - 7:14 - Third Period - Robbie Fromm-Delorme (33) from Jack O'Brien and Luca Cagnoni

POR - 13:35 - Third Period - Diego Buttazzoni (6) from Luke Schelter and Josh Zakreski

VAN - 4:24 - Overtime - Ty Halaburda (20) from Skyler Bruce and Mazden Leslie

The Story:

Another third-period comeback helped the Winterhawks (39-19-5-3) snag a well-earned point, but Ty Halaburda's two-goal night nudged the Vancouver Giants (27-31-5-3) to a 3-2 win in overtime.

For the second straight game, the Winterhawks climbed out of a two-goal hole in the third period to level the score. After Vancouver's Tyler Thorpe made it 2-0 early in the final frame, Robbie Fromm-Delorme once again kicked off the comeback with a one-time, power-play blast at 7:14. Six minutes later, Diego Buttazzoni knotted things up as he hammered home a Luke Schelter centering feed to force overtime.

Despite the late fireworks, it was the man who started the scoring that ended up finishing it. Vancouver's Halaburda tallied the only other goal of regulation time just two minutes into the contest, then grabbed the overtime winner 4:24 into overtime to seal the extra point for the Giants.

The Winterhawks are back on home ice on Friday to close out the home portion of their regular-season slate against the Seattle Thunderbirds. Puck drop is set for 7:00 P.M. before both teams head north for a rematch in Kent on Saturday.

QUOTE OF THE NIGHT presented by BBF TECHNOLOGIES:

"(It's a) big confidence boost (playing with Gabe Klassen and James Stefan). Just helps when they're always giving me pointers, congratulating me on things that I did good (and pointing out) things that I need to work on, just being good teammates. Makes me feel comfortable to be out there and play with them."

Winterhawks forward Kyle McDonough

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