What: Portland (29-11-3-2) takes on Spokane (12-27-3-1) in Western Hockey League action.
When: Saturday, February 12, 7pm.
Where: Spokane Arena, Spokane, Washington.
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The streak continued for Portland on Friday night, as they blew out Spokane 8-1 for their 11th straight win. They broke the game open in the 2nd period on a penalty shot by Cross Hanas, on the way to his first career hat trick.
So now they have two games left in a five-game series in which so far they’ve outscored Spokane 24-4. They’re heavy favorites in their next three games, and have to be favored to push the win streak to at least 14. Dante Giannuzzi will probably get the call Saturday as they go for number 12.
| Forwards | |
|---|---|
| 20 | 22-Jaydon Dureau (189 games) |
| 19 | 11-Robbie Fromm-Delorme (160) 18-Tyson Kozak (135) 71-Cross Hanas (178) |
| 18 | 9-Aidan Litke (51) 13-James Stephen (100) 16-gift classes (94) 21-Jonah Bevington (40) 67-Dawson Pasternak (34) 92-Jack O’Brien (106) |
| 17 | 17-Luke Shelter (47) 19-Kyle Chyzowski (65) 72-Marcus Nguyen (61) |
Hanas, with 4 points to go along with his hat trick, is tied for 11th in the league in scoring.
The point streaks continue: three for Litke and Dureau, five for Stefan, Schelter, and Nguyen, six for Kozak and Hanas (all six of Hanas’s have been multi-point games).
Leading forwards: Hanas (55 points/40 games), Kozak (52/45), Stefan (47/45), Klassen (37/45), Dureau (36/26).
| defensemen | |
|---|---|
| 20 | 58-Clay Hanus (240) |
| 19 | 23-Kurtis Smythe (95) |
| 18 | 6-Ryan McCleary (58) |
| 17 | 8-Josh Mori (19) 26-Marek Alscher (38) 43-Ryder Thompson (50) 73-Luca Cagnoni (50) |
Hanus increased his point streak to 11, which is tied for the 2nd-longest current streak in the league.
McCleary had the first 2-goal game of his career.
Leading defensemen: Hanus (45/45), Cagnoni (28/40), McCleary (20/40).
| goalies | |
|---|---|
| 20 | 35-Taylor Gauthier (176) |
| 19 | 31-Dante Giannuzzi (61) |
Gauthier’s team-record shutout streak stopped at 251:11, but he still had an easy game.
If their pattern continues they will go with Giannuzzi. He didn’t have a great game last Saturday against Spokane but picked up his third straight win and and seventh in his last eight tries.
Save percentages: Giannuzzi .890, Gauthier .935.
Spokane changed coaches after Wednesday game and it didn’t have the immediate impact they’d hoped for. After about 10 good minutes and getting a power play with a chance to cut the lead to one, they gave up the shorthanded goal to Hanas and fell off dramatically after that. And the loss of goalie Mason Beaupit has been too much to overcome–their goalies the last two games have allowed 17 goals on 100 shots.
As Portland hasn’t gained much ground with teams around them winning, Spokane hasn’t lost much ground as the teams around them have been losing, save for Tri-City’s upset of Kamloops on Wednesday. They’re still only 2 points out of a playoff spot, and they’ll hope to, somehow, find a way to do the same to Portland.
| Forwards | |
|---|---|
| 20 | 8-Bear Hughes (105) 29-Nick McCarry (154) |
| 19 | 12-Erik Atchison (140) 16-Cade Hayes (112) 20-Reed Jacobson (87) |
| 18 | 10-Blake Swetlikoff (73) 11-Ty Cheveldayoff (53) 13 Grady Lane (42) 27-Yannick Proske (40) 28-Chase Bertholet (74) |
| 17 | 17-Carter Street (45) 23-Michael Cicek (20) |
| 16 | 15-Kooper Gizowski (30) 19-Jake Gudelj (30) |
| 15 | 34-Berkly Catton (1) |
Catton, the 1st overall pick, made his WHL debut Friday. He looked OK for a 15-year-old.
Bertholet, who has been very good since coming over in the trade for Jack Finley, was a -6 on Friday. In a lot of ways you have to be good to be -6 without getting benched. He’s -10 in the three games of this series.
They need more impact from Hughes.
Leading forwards: Hughes (39/39), Bertholet (39/47), McCarry (37/45), Hayes (19/46), Proske (18/40), Swetlikoff (18/41).
| defensemen | |
|---|---|
| 20 | 6-Mac Large (73) 25-Raegan Wiles (98) |
| 19 | 7-Graham Sward (106) 21-Timafey Kovgoreniya (26) |
| 18 | 2-Logan Cunningham (51) 3-Brayden Crampton (35) |
| 17 | 24-string tartar (42) |
Leading defensemen: Sward (31/39), Wiles (13/39), Gross (6/30), Weinstein (6/37).
| goalies | |
|---|---|
| 18 | 30-Mason Beaupit (44) |
| 17 | 31-Manny Panghli (19) |
| 16 | 33-Cooper Michaluk (1) |
They desperately need Beaupit back.
Save percentages: Beaupit .884, Panghli .847, Michaluk .714.
| Portland | spokane | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|
| records | 29-11-3-2 | 12-27-3-1 | |
| Goal difference | +61 | -84 | |
| goals/game | 4.2 | 2.5 | 3.4 |
| Goals allowed/game | 2.8 | 4.5 | 3.4 |
| power play | 22.8% | 20.7% | 21.6% |
| Penalty kill | 83.2% | 74.6% | 78.4% |
| Power plays for/game | 4.6 | 3.9 | 4.1 |
| Power plays against/game | 4.1 | 4.5 | 4.1 |
| Outshooting opponents | 31-14 | 13-30 | |
| After 1 period | 21-13-11 | 11-21-11 | |
| After 2 periods | 22-15-8 | 14-26-3 | |
| Score, last 10 games | 63-18 | 20-58 | |
| Score, last 20 games | 103-42 | 49-105 |
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