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 at 5:05 p.m. today at the ShoWare Center 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.

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SCORING SUMMARY

First period – 1, Portland, Petan 10 (Rattie), 0:45. 2, Portland, Leier 12 (Peters), 1:05. 3, Portland, Reid 12 (Ross, Leipsic), 2:52. 4, Seattle, Laroque 2 (Theodore, Troock), 14:15. 5, Portland, Ross 40 (Reid), 15:52. 6, Portland, Petan 11 (Rattie, Morrow), 16:47. Penalties – Peters, Por (interference), 6:41. Wagner, Sea (interference), 9:46. Honey, Sea (roughing), 13:18. Leipsic, Por (roughing), 13:18. Jacobs, Sea (double minor-roughing), 19:43. Lund, Sea (cross-checking), 19:58.

Second period – 7, Portland, Ross 41 (Rattie, Morrow), 0:52 (pp). 8, Portland, Reid 13 (Rattie, Rutkowski), 1:05 (pp). 9, Portland, Petan 12 (Wotherspoon, Hanson), 1:57 (pp). 10, Seattle, Swenson 8 (Lockhart, Theodore), 12:40 (pp). 11, Seattle, Sanvido 8 (Lockhart), 17:46 (pp). Penalties – Baker, Por (holding), 4:48. Hanson, Por (tripping), 10:14. Gabriel, Por (tripping), 12:32. Honey, Sea (charging, major-fighting), 14:35. Ross, Por (major-fighting), 14:35. Wotherspoon, Por (holding), 17:38. De Leo, Por (instigator, major-fighting, ten-minute misconduct), 19:13. Troock, Sea (interference, major-fighting), 19:13. Hickman, Sea (tripping), 19:48.

Third period – 12, Portland, Ross (Hanson, Leipsic), 13:16. 13, Portland, Petan (Viveiros), 14:54. 14, Portland, Leipsic (Reid), 17:30. Penalties – Honey, Sea (hooking), 8:33.

Shots on goal – Seattle 5-3-3 11. Portland 17-17-20 54. Goalies – Seattle, Pickard 52 shots-42 saves (22-35-1-1), Cotton 2-1, Portland, Carruth 21-18 (42-15-2-0), Burke 4-4. Power plays – Seattle 2-5; Portland 3-7. A – 5,634. Referee – Tyler Adair, Reagan Vetter. Linesmen – Zach Brooks, Bevan Mills.