WHL Seattle Thunderbirds

Winterhawks Soar Over T-Birds

Published on March 11, 2012 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Seattle Thunderbirds News Release


Nic Petan had four goals and Brad Ross had a hat trick to lead the Portland Winterhawks to an 11-3 win over the Seattle Thunderbirds Saturday at the ShoWare Center.

Seattle will face the Everett Silvertips Sunday at the ShoWare Center at 5:05pm in a game with significant playoff implications. The T-Birds are tied with the Prince George Cougars for ninth place in the Western Conference playoff standings. Seattle (22-43-1-1) is four points behind the eighth place Victoria Royals with two games in hand. They are five points behind the seventh place Silvertips with a game in hand.

Calvin Pickard broke the WHL record for career minutes played by a goalie seven minutes into the third period. The record was previously held by Kurtis Mucha, who played 13,708 minutes with the Winterhawks and Kamloops Blazers from 2005-2010. Pickard now has 13,721 career minutes played in 236 games with the T-Birds.

Braeden Laroque got the Thunderbirds on the board at 14:15 of the first. Shea Theodore and Branden Troock had the assists.

Seth Swenson scored Seattle's second goal at 12:40 of the second period, to make the score 8-2. Luke Lockhart and Shea Theodore had the assists.

Connor Sanvido scored at 17:46 of the second to make the score 8-3. Luke Lockhart had the assist.

Cam Reid, Taylor Leier, and Brendan Leipsic also scored for the Winterhawks.

Portland (48-17-3-1) outshot Seattle 54-25 in the game.

Pickard made 42 saves on 52 shots and his record falls to 22-35-1-1. Daniel Cotton played 1:47 of the first period and made one save on two shots.

Portland goal Mac Carruth saved 18 out of 21 shots and his record improves to 42-15-0-2-0. Brendan Burke finished the game and saved all four shots he faced.

T-Birds single game tickets for the 2011-12 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.

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