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Nguyen Strikes Twice as Hawks Take Point against Cougars

November 4, 2022 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Portland Winterhawks News Release


The Winterhawks picked up a point against Prince George thanks to a final-40 surge and two Marcus Nguyen markers.

Game #11: Portland (4) vs Prince George (5) SO

SOG: POR (40) - PG (31)

PP: POR (1/4) - PG (1/6)

Saves: Špunar (27/31) - Young (36/40)

SCORING:

PG - 8:04 - First Period - Carter MacAdams (4) from Noah Boyko

POR - 4:29 - Second Period - Marcus Nguyen (4) from Josh Zakreski

PG - 9:18 - Second Period - Ondrej Becher (2) from Carter MacAdams

POR - 16:18 - Second Period - Marcus Nguyen (5) from Josh Zakreski

POR - 9:07 - Third Period - Gabe Klassen (10) from Robbie Fromm-Delorme and James Stefan

POR - 9:58 - Third Period - Luke Schelter (4) from Nicholas Johnson and Ryan McCleary

PG - 12:16 - Third Period - Chase Wheatcroft (6) from Hudson Thornton and Koehn Ziemmer

PG - 13:05 - Third Period - Ondrej Becher (3) from Hudson Thornton

SHOOTOUT GOALS:

PG:

Chase Wheatcroft

Koehn Ziemmer

Noah Boyko

POR

Gabe Klassen

Marcus Nguyen

The Story:

Marcus Nguyen scored twice and Gabe Klassen tallied his team-leading 10th goal of the season, but the Winterhawks fell short in the shootout as the Prince George Cougars picked up a 5-4 victory following the breakaway contest.

Portland moves to 8-1-1-1 heading into a three-in-three this weekend.

Prince George opened the scoring and carried a 1-0 lead into the second period thanks to Carter MacAdams' fourth of the season, but Portland mounted a response early in the middle frame with Nguyen's first of the night. Driving through the middle lane, Nguyen collected a pass from Josh Zakreski on the wing before quickly lofting a shot past Ty Young to tie the game.

After the Cougars again took the lead on an Ondrej Becher marker five minutes later, Nguyen knotted things up at two heading into the third with a highlight-reel, one-handed deflection into the top corner after Zakreski once more found him with a slick pass from the left wing.

The Winterhawks assumed control of the game early in the third with two quick tallies in the first 10 minutes. Gabe Klassen capped off a beautiful tic-tac-toe tally on the power-play at 9:07 for his 10th goal of the year, followed just 51 seconds later by Luke Schelter hammering home a rebound for a 4-2 Hawks lead. But Prince George again punched back, forcing overtime with a goal from Chase Wheatcroft and another from Becher.

After a scoreless overtime, Klassen and Nguyen each found twine in the shootout for Portland, but were matched by Wheatcroft and Koehn Ziemmer before Noah Boyko netted the winner for the visitors.

The Winterhawks return to the VMC this Friday, Nov. 4 for the first 2022-23 installment of the I-5 Rivalry against the Seattle Thunderbirds on Hawks Fight Cancer night.

QUOTE OF THE NIGHT presented by BBF TECHNOLOGIES:

"It's always nice to score some goals and I think we battled hard...kind of a tough way to lose in the shootout but we've got to refocus, we've got Seattle coming up and a three-in-three. I think we're really excited for that, just got to bounce back."

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