Hawks Notes: Portland @ Tri City – January 28, 2009
Previous Game – Portland 1 @ Seattle 3: Greg Scott scored two second period power play goals and added an assist to lead the Seattle Thunderbirds to a 3-1 win over the Portland Winter Hawks on Saturday night at the ShoWare Center in Kent. Portland got on the scoreboard first when newly acquired Max Brandl got his first goal as a Winter Hawk, chipping in a backhand set up by Travis Bobbee and Tayler Jordan five minutes into the second period. Scott evened the score six minutes later when he fired a slapshot from the right circle and then he snagged the lead when he finished an up-ice rush with five minutes remaining the second period. Jim O’Brien would round out the scoring with an empty net goal for Seattle in the final minute of the third period. Kurtis Mucha stopped 31 of 33 shots in net for Portland while Calvin Pickard handled 25 of 26 for Seattle. On special teams, Seattle went 2 for 5 on the power play while Portland went 0 for 2.
Team Notes: Portland is (12-31-1-2); (7-13-1-1) at home (1-4-0-0 in Rose Garden); (5-18-0-1) on the road. The Hawks last home win was on January 2, 2009, a 4-0 win over Everett. The last road win was on January 3, 2009, a 2-1 win over Spokane.
Portland vs. Tri City: This is the fourth of nine meetings between the two teams, with the series even at 2-2-0-0, with both teams having scored 14 goals. Portland is 4 for 22 (18.2%) on the power play in the series while Tri City is 8 for 30 (26.7%). Tri City has out-shot Portland 142-104 in the series.
Game Schedule:
10/31/08 – Portland 4 @ Tri City 1 11/15/08 – Tri City 3 @ Portland 4
12/28/08 – Tri City 4 @ Portland 3 1/10/09 – Portland 3 @ Tri City 6
1/28/09 – Portland @ Tri City 1/30/09 – Tri City @ Portland
2/6/09 – Tri City @ Portland 2/22/09 – Tri City @ Portland
3/1/09 – Portland @ Tri City
All-Time vs. Tri City:
Total: 198 GP – 90 (W) – 90 (L) – 9 (T) – 7 (OTL) – 2 (SOL)
At Home: 98 GP – 56-34-4-3-1 – On Road: 100 GP – 34-56-5-4-1
Portland All-Time:
Total: 2350 GP – 1139 (W) – 1045 (L) – 127 (T) – 29 (OTL) – 10 (SOL)
At Home: 1174 GP – 717-384-61-8-4 – On Road: 1176 GP – 422-661-66-21-6
Regular Season Leaders:
Goals: Luke Walker (15)
Assists: Chris Francis (24)
Points: Chris Francis (33)
Penalty Minutes: Tayler Jordan (98)
GAA: Kurtis Mucha (3.72)
Save Percentage: Kurtis Mucha (89.4%)
Power Play: 30 for 221 (13.6%) overall
Penalty Kill: 164 of 225 (72.9%) overall
Current Streaks: No Current Streaks.
Injuries & Roster Updates: Jason Grecica, F, Knee (Indefinite); Brock Cornish, D, Shoulder (Indefinite). The Hawks have lost 116 man games to injury in 2008-09.
Milestones: Kurtis Mucha needs one win to reach 50 in his WHL career. Travis Bobbee needs three games played to reach 150 in his WHL career.
Winter Hawks Season Highs and Lows:
Most Goals Scored: 7 (11/9/08 vs. Kamloops, 7-5 win)
Fewest Goals Scored: 0 (Seven Times)
Most Goals Allowed: 8 (1/7/09 @ Kamloops, 8-6 loss)
Fewest Goals Allowed: 0 (1/2/09 vs. Everett, 4-0 win)
Most Power Play Chances: 10 (10/18/08 @ Moose Jaw, 5-4 loss)
Most Power Play Chances Against: 11 (12/28/08 vs. Tri City, 4-3 loss)
Most Power Play Goals Scored: 3 (1/11/09 vs. Everett, 5-4 SO loss)
Most Power Play Goals Allowed: 4 (Twice)
Most Shots Taken: 40 (9/20/08 vs. Spokane, 3-0 loss)
Fewest Shots Taken: 17 (9/21/08 vs. Kelowna, 2-1 win)
Most Shots Allowed: 53 (1/10/08 @ Tri City, 6-3 loss)
Fewest Shots Allowed: 19 (Twice)
Last Shutout: 1/2/09 vs. Everett (Mucha, 38 Saves – 4-0 win)
Last Time Shutout: 11/28/08 @ Everett (Barrie, 22 Saves – 3-0 loss)
Overtime Game Winning Goals: Rutkowski 10/22 vs. Saskatoon
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