WHL Portland Winterhawks

Hawks Take Early Lead, Fall to 'Birds 7-2

Published on February 14, 2009 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Portland Winterhawks News Release


Kent, WA - The Portland Winter Hawks grabbed an early lead in the second period, but the Seattle Thunderbirds scored the final six goals to defeat the Hawks by a score of 7-2 at the ShoWare Center in Kent on Saturday night.

Colin Reddin scored in the first period for Portland and Chris Francis added a goal in the second period for Portland to give the Hawks a 2-1 lead two minutes into the second period.

Seattle got two goals from Greg Scott and Jim O'Brien in the victory while Prab Rai added one goal and three assists for the Thunderbirds. Jeremy Boyer and Erik Fleming also got goals for Seattle.

Ian Curtis started in net for Portland, stopping 22 of 26 shots before giving way to Kurtis Mucha who stopped 15 of 18 in 27 minutes of action. Calvin Pickard made 27 saves on 29 shots for Seattle.

On special teams, Seattle went 3 for 4 on the power play while Portland went 0 for 7 with a short-handed goal against.

Next up, the Hawks return home to take on the Kelowna Rockets in a 2:00 matinee on Monday afternoon at the Memorial Coliseum.

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