With the news that the Portland Winterhawks are officially in the playoffs this week, the rest of the regular season is chance to see where the team can improve. On Wednesday, the Winterhawks lost a tough home game against Calgary 4-3. Calgary is the second best team in the Eastern Conference behind Edmonton, and are undoubtedly motivated by their provincial rivals' Ed Chynoweth win last year. Friday and Saturday promised to be a litmus test for where Portland was in their game, as Kelowna had carried a 23-game home winning streak into those games. That streak ended on Friday with a Winterhawks 5-3 win with Taylor Leier providing two of the goals. Ty Rattie netted four points on Saturday en route to a 5-1 win, giving Kelowna an unfamiliar feeling of a losing streak at home. Monday, the Winterhawks travel to Vancouver to face the Giants and will return home for home games on Friday against Tri-City and Saturday against Vancouver.
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