The win and the 2 points puts the Royals into 8th place, above the playoff line, ahead of Spokane by 1 point... 0.00 ... 28.09 ... Max SilverVIC1 goalHis first WHL goal and played well on the top line ... Griffin DarbyPOR1 goalHis first WHL goal after 96 games ... ....
Portland puts out one of their worst efforts of the season, but somehow keeps it close throughout and even goes up 3-0, but crashes after that and ends up losing to Spokane 5-4, as the Western Conference playoff picture again tightens up ... 9.44 ... 5.07.
Talk about the Winterhawks on our off-day thread. With 116 saves on 124 shots, a .935 save percentage, in 3 games, the Winterhawks Player of the Week for February 2 through February 8 is Ondrej Štěbeták. No shutouts or spectacular saves ... 9/15 - 9/21.
Schmidt, who had a 27-game streak earlier in the season, got a point Friday but was pretty quiet; he was tied at the top of the WHL points lead just a little while ago, but JP Hurlbert has gotten hot again and he’s now 7 points behind.
Super Bowl 60 is widely projected to become a showdown tied to the performances of two top defenses. Many bettors seem to be comfortable wagering on the under total of 45.5 on DraftKings Sportsbook ...Best Super Bowl 60 bets that include the over total.
The 7th time is the charm for the Portland Winterhawks, as Alex Weiermair scores in overtime to give the Portland Winterhawks a 3-2 win in a feisty, contentious game with the Seattle Thunderbirds...Ryan Miller tied the game at 2-2 early in the 3rd ... ....
The Portland Winterhawks, playing one of their worst periods of the season in the 2nd period, somehow find 3 goals in 31 seconds, breaking the game open as they beat the Seattle Thunderbirds 7-3 ... A huge game at the bottom half of the WHL standings.
A disaster of a 3rd period threatened to undo the Portland Winterhawks’ good work through 40 minutes ... But Weiermair scored on shot number 3, Portland’s last shot of regulation with 7.16 left. Then Spehar got the breakaway winner ... Scoring summary ... 3.58.
Talk about the Winterhawks on our off-day thread. With 2 goals in 2 games, the Winterhawks Player of the Week for January 26 through February 1 is Luke Wilfley. The 17-year-old now has goals in his last 3 games ... Friday vs. Wenatchee ... Assists on his goals.