The Portland Winterhawks defeated the Seattle Thunderbird 5-0 Saturday night at ShoWare Center.
The T-Birds finish out the weekend by travelling to Vancouver to take on the Giants at Pacific Coliseum at 5:05 p.m. on Sunday.
Portland took a 1-0 lead at 17:15 of the first period on a goal by Troy Rutkowski. Nino Niederreiter had the only assist on the goal.
The Winterhawks took a 2-0 lead at 19:29 of the first on a shorthanded goal by Chris Francis. Luke Walker and Brett Ponich had the assists on the goal.
Portland outshot Seattle 11-3 in the first period.
Niederreiter scored at 18:43 of the second period to put Portland in front 3-0. Ryan Johansen and Rutkowski assisted on the goal.
Both teams had nine shots on goal in the second period and Portland led 20-12 in total shots after two periods.
Rutkowski scored a second goal at the three minute mark of the third period to give the Winterhawks a 4-0 lead. Brad Ross and Niederreiter had the assists.
Spencer Bennett scored at 5:45 of the third to make it a 5-0 Portland lead. Walker had the only assist on the goal.
Portland outshot Seattle 14-10 in the third period and 34-22 in the game.
Seattle goalie Jacob Deserres made 29 saves on 34 shots in the loss.
Ian Curtis stopped all 22 shots he faced to get the shutout.
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SCORING SUMMARY
Shots on goal – Seattle 3-9-10 22. Portland 11-9-14 34. Goalies – Seattle, DeSerres 34 shots-29 saves (0-1-0-0); Portland, Curtis 22-22 (1-0- 0-0). Power plays – Seattle 0-2; Portland 0-6. A – 3,077. Referee – Nathan Wieler, Sean Raphael. Linesmen – Zach Brooks, Trent Knorr.
First period – 1, Portland, Rutkowski 1 (Niederreiter), 17:15. 2, Portland, Francis 1 (Walker), 19:29 (sh). Penalties – Jacobs, Sea (roughing), 10:47. Ross, Por (interference), 18:14.
Second period – 3, Portland, Niederreiter 1 (Johansen, Rutkowski), 18:43. Penalties – Boychuk, Por (goaltender interference), 3:32. Rai, Sea (hooking), 8:34. Schappert, Sea (cross checking), 9:24. Aronson, Por (roughing), 9:24. Doty, Sea (cross checking), 12:04. Morrow, Por (tripping), 15:15.
Third period – 4, Portland, Rutkowski 2 (Ross, Niederreiter), 3:00. 5, Portland, Bennett 1 (Walker), 5:45. Penalties – Jacobs, Sea (elbowing), 6:42. Jacobs, Sea (high-sticking), 12:08. Elliot, Sea (checking from behind), 17:02. Lund, Sea (slashing), 19:52.
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