Winterhawks Weekly: Flying Around

This week, the Portland Winterhawks only had one game, which was the Pink the Rink game against Kamloops on Saturday.  Because it ran in direct conflict with something else that I had going on, I went back and forth on whether to sneak in the game before the show.  I did (for a short time), and there will be pictures to follow after this report.

As for the game, the Winterhawks opened the scoring in the first period when Adam Rossignol put one past Taran Kozun, but Kamloops would tie it on an Aspen Sterzer goal to end the period.  Derrick Pouliot and Brendan Leipsic would put the Winterhawks up two to begin the second frame before Chase Souto would bring the Blazers within one.  However, Presten Kopeck would put the Winterhawks back up two before an Oliver Bjorkstrand penalty shot ended Kozun's night and in would come Bolton Pouliot.  Souto and Alex Schoenborn would exchange goals to end the period with the Winterhawks up 6-3.  Cole Ully would pull the Blazers within two, but that's as close they would get the rest of the way, as Derrick Pouliot added an empty net goal to end the scoring in favor of the good guys 7-4.

Next week, the Winterhawks welcome Tri-City on Wednesday and Swift Current on Friday before hitting the road to Kennewick, WA to face the Americans on Saturday.

And as promised, here are a few pictures from the game in what amounted to the nosebleeds.