T-Birds Defeat Winterhawks In Shootout
Published on October 3, 2010 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Seattle Thunderbirds News Release
Portland - For the second night in a row Marcel Noebels scores a shootout winning goal to help the Seattle Thunderbirds to a victory.
Friday night Noebels scored the shootout winner in a 3-2 T-Bird victory over the Lethbridge Hurricanes at ShoWare Center. Saturday night at the Rose Garden Noebels scored the shootout winner to give the T-Birds a 3-2 victory over the Portland Winterhawks.
The game was tied 2-2 after 60 minute of regulation play and five minutes of sudden death overtime. The Winterhawks shot first in the shootout and Ty Rattie was the first Portland shooter. Rattie shot wide on Seattle goalie Calvin Pickard. Burke Gallimore was the first Seattle shooter and Portland goalie Keith Hamilton made a blocker save on Gallimore.
Brad Ross was the second Portland shooter and Pickard stopped him with a pad save. Noebels was the second Seattle shooter. He came down on Hamilton and waited for the goalie to make a move and then snapped a quick shot over the goalie's blocker into the upper left corner of the net.
Pickard had to stop Ryan Johansen, who returned Saturday afternoon from the Columbus Blue Jackets training camp, to seal the victory for Seattle. Johansen made a move to his left with the puck but Pickard slid over and denied him.
Pickard made 44 saves on 46 shots to improve his record to 3-2-0-0.
Gallimore put Seattle (3-2-0-0) in front 1-0 at 7:19 of the first period. Chance Lund chased the puck down in the left corner of the Portland zone. Lund centered the puck to Gallimore coming down the slot. Gallimore redirected the puck past Portland goalie Keith Hamilton on the blocker side for his fourth goal of the year. Defenseman Brenden Dillon had the second assist.
Portland (2-1-0-1) tied the game 1-1 at 10:45 of the first on a goal by Taylor Peters. Brendan Leipsic and Tayler Jordan had the assists.
Brad Ross gave the Winterhawks a 2-1 lead when he scored at 15:48 of the first. Ryan Johansen and Taylor Aronson had the assists.
The T-Bird tied the game 2-2 at 15:39 of the second period on a goal by Mitch Elliot. Colin Jacobs took a slap shot from just outside the blue line that hit the boards behind the Portland net. Hamilton misplayed the rebound off the boards and the puck slid into the crease. Elliot was charging the net and backhanded the puck past Hamilton for his first goal of the season.
Portland led in shots, 34-15, after two periods.
Seattle outshot Portland 16-10 in the third period and the Winterhawks had a 44-31 lead in shots after 60 minutes of regulation.
Hamilton stopped 31 of 34 shots and his record is now 2-1-0-1.
The T-Birds next game is Saturday, October 9, against the Chilliwack Bruins at 7:05 p.m. at Prospera Centre.
T-Birds single game tickets for the 2010-11 season are available online at the T-Birds website and at the ShoWare Center box office. The ShoWare Center Box Office is open Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday game days at 10 a.m. and Sunday game days at noon.
T-Birds Group tickets are currently on sale. Group tickets can be purchased by calling the T-Birds office at 253-239-7825.
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