Celebration interrupted: Winterhawks rally for 5-2 win
Updated Apr 30, 2021;
The Portland Winterhawks scored four goals in the last 6:50 of the game, with Simon Knak getting the tying goal and Mason Mannek the winner, to defeat the Everett Silvertips 5-2 at Memorial Coliseum. The win prevented Everett from clinching the US Division of the Western Hockey League on Portland’s home ice, and snapped Portland’s 9-game losing streak to the Tips going back to last season.
Why the Winterhawks won: They played a good final two periods and finally got rewarded for it. They outshot Everett 30-8 over the last 40 minutes and finally got the breakthroughs they didn’t get during the previous five losses this season to the Tips. Knak tipped a pick home for his second goal, Mannek’s long shot made it through traffic, Kade Nolan hit the empty net, and then Tyson Kozak added a late one after the game was pretty much decided.
Wolf stops 37, Silvertips beat Winterhawks 3-2
Updated 10:07 PM;
Wolf stops 37, Silvertips beat Winterhawks 3-2: Dustin Wolf stopped 37 of 39 shots, and Gage Goncalves’s shorthanded goal 39 seconds into the 3rd period gave the Everett Silvertips a lead they never relinquished, as they beat the Portland Winterhawks 3-2 at Memorial Coliseum Tuesday night. It’s Everett’s ninth straight win over Portland going back to last season, and their fifth this season.
Why Everett won: An unspectacular but steady game from Wolf, the WHL’s best goalie. He has now stopped 169 of 179 shots in five games against Portland this season, all wins.
Winterhawks survive early goal, beat Thunderbirds 4-1
Updated 10:24 PM;
Winterhawks survive early goal, beat Thunderbirds 4-1: The Portland Winterhawks gave up a goal 22 seconds into the game, but came back with 4 goals in the game’s last 31 minutes, beating the Seattle Thunderbirds 4-1 Sunday night at Memorial Coliseum.
Why the Winterhawks won: Linemates Simon Knak and Gabe Klassen, heavily supported by third linemate Reece Newkirk. Knak set up Klassen for the Winterhawks’ tying goal in the 2nd period, then won a board battle leading to Newkirk setting up Klassen for the game-winner. He then scored an insurance goal with a good individual effort in the 3rd.
Seattle Thunderbirds at Portland Winterhawks (Sunday rematch): Preview, updates, chat, how to listen and watch
Updated 8:53 AM;
When: Sunday, April 25, 5pm.
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Two major positives for the Portland Winterhawks Saturday night: Seth Jarvis finally getting some reward for effort, and the power play breaking out. Jarvis had a hat trick against the Seattle Thunderbirds in a season where his puck luck hasn’t always been there. Two of those goals were on the power play, boosting the numbers of a unit that surprisingly has been near the bottom of the league. The win put them three points ahead of Seattle for 2nd place in the WHL’s US Division, and another win in the Sunday rematch would put them in the driver’s seat for finishing 2nd.