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WHL Portland Winterhawks

Portland Strikes Early But Falls to Tri-City

February 4, 2023 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Portland Winterhawks News Release


Portland, Ore. - Marcus Nguyen tallied early for the Winterhawks (34-10-2-1), but the Tri-City Americans (25-16-4-1) roared back with six unanswered goals for a 6-1 victory in Kennewick on Friday.

Nguyen's tally was a spectacular individual effort, collecting the puck just shy of the midway line and slipping it through a defender's legs before racing around the Tri-City skaters down the left side and placing a pinpoint shot into the top corner at 8:30 of the first.

Portland carried that lead into the second stanza but the Americans quickly responded, tying the game just 43 seconds into the period on Marc Lajoie's fourth of the year. Twelve minutes later, Adam Mechura found twine on the power play to make it 2-1.

The third period saw more of the same, as Tri-City's Ethan Ernst and Jordan Gavin each lit the lamp within a minute of one another and Jake Sloan wrapped things up with a late PPG to seal his team's victory.

The two clubs will face off again tomorrow at 6:00 P.M. at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland.

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