Spokane Chiefs at Portland Winterhawks
Memorial Coliseum, Portland, Oregon
Saturday, November 7, 6pm PST
Tigers 6, Winterhawks 5, plus Chiefs-Winterhawks weekend preview
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Friday: Spokane trailed 5-1 with 2 minutes left in the 2nd period and came all the way back, mostly in a 3rd period where they scored 4 goals and outshot the Winterhawks 13-1. A game that could have lasting repercussions for Portland if they don’t react well to it.
| Portland | Spokane | Average | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Record | 6-6-2-1 (.500) | 12-1-0-1 (.893) | .560 |
| Goals/game | 2.8 | 3.6 | 3.2 |
| Goals allowed/game | 3.1 | 2.2 | 3.2 |
| Shots/game | 29.9 | 32.7 | 31.3 |
| Shots allowed/game | 34.3 | 25.1 | 31.3 |
| Team shooting % | .092 | .107 | .101 |
| Team save % | .912 | .915 | .899 |
| Power play | 16.7% | 21.7% | 19.8% |
| Penalty kill | 82.0% | 80.7% | 80.2% |
| Power plays for/game | 3.6 | 4.3 | 4.0 |
| Power plays against/game | 4.1 | 4.1 | 4.0 |
| After 1 period | 5-3-7 | 9-2-3 | 6-6-5 |
| After 2 periods | 6-6-3 | 11-2-1 | 7-7-3 |
| Score, last 10 | 28-31 (-3) | 36-25 (+11) | 33-32 |
| Score, last 20 | 51-73 (-22) | 68-53 (+15) | 62-68 |
| Total WHL games | 1602 | 2615 | 1832 |
| WHL drafted top 60 | 5 | 8 | 8 |
| NHL drafted | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| NHL drafted top 80 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Players 6’2 or over | 7 | 3 | 8 |
| Players 5’10 or under | 8 | 8 | 5 |
With two 6-5 losses, the Winterhawks have dropped from 2nd in the league in goals against to 10th.
It should be said that Spokane, while they seem like a juggernaut and have points in 8 straight games, winning 7, 7 of their games in that span have been by one goal (winning 6, losing 1, with an overtime win, a shootout win, and a shootout loss).
Make your picks
In the comments, give your pick for
- the winner
- “over” or “under” 6.5 total goals scored by both teams
- the game winning goal scorer (based on hockey’s GWG rules; shootout winner does count.)
One point for each correct pick; high score wins. Ties are broken by the last game’s score, and the ones before that if still tied. All 3s win the night regardless of tiebreaker.
Resident Genius: Randy (2nd this season).
Last: Spokane, over, Sparks.
Randy 2 [Spokane/over]
Dylan 1 [all 1s Spokane]
Manwithaputter 1
Keltoi 1
Faxplease 1
Benny G 1
If you change your pick, please do it in a new comment instead of editing the old one.
On this site, it’s a jinx to NOT mention the shutout.
Players
| F | Portland | Spokane |
| 20 | 14-Ben Miller (45 – 0/3) 28-Nathan Brown (73 – 7/14) | 91-Ethan Hughes (208 – 1/14) 94-Smyth Rebman (172 – /) |
| 19 | 7-Sam Spehar (86 – 8/14) 18-Kyle McDonough (215 – 8/11) 37-David Hoy (89 – 6/15) | 21-Owen Martin (200 – 16/11) 23-Tristen Buckley (61 – 0/13) 26-Chase Harrington (236 – 24/13) 86-Jan Brabenec (13 – 5/13) |
| 18 | 8-Sam Auld (13 – 2/13) 9-Jordan Duguay (167 – 15/15) 27-Jake Gustafson (86 – 4/14) 72-Reed Brown (165 – 6/15) 96-Luke Wilfley (91 – 10/15) | 11-Cohen Harris (123 – 4/11) 15-Luca Jarvis (14 – 7/14) 17-Brody Gillespie (166 – 11/14) 88-Tyus Sparks (144 – 16/12) 96-Matěj Tománek (14 – 9/14) |
| 17 | 19-Jordin St. Louis (16 – 3/14) 92-Alessandro Domenichelli (57 – 4/15) | 12-Gavin Burcar (81 – 7/14) 16-Caden Zasada (4 – 0/4) 19-Ossie McIntyre (66 – 0/8) |
| 16 | 81-Trevor Toyne (15 – 8/15) | 10-Parker Colmer (13 – 8/13) |
| D | Portland | Spokane |
| 20 | 2-Avery Laliberte (14 – 1/14) | 5-Nathan Mayes (236 – 3/13) 44-Marek Howell (268 – 7/14) |
| 19 | 4-Stevie Grumley (15 – 8/15) 77-Max Pšenička (102 – 0/3) | 7-Owen Schoettler (233 – 3/12) |
| 18 | 3-Cameron Jacobson (39 – 1/9) 24-Will McLaughlin (86 – 10/14) | 2-Nolan Saunderson (66 – 3/11) 47-Rhett Sather (128 – 8/12) |
| 17 | 16-Liam Reed (8 – 0/5) 20-Luke Christopherson (52 – 1/15) | 4-Bryson Roberts (23 – 2/11) 22-Harry Mattern (62 – 1/9) |
| 16 | 13-Easton Dozark (15 – 2/15) |
| G | Portland | Spokane |
| 19 | 1-Ondřej Štěbeták (127 – .919/10) 32-Cruz Chase (26 – .907/6) | |
| 18 | 30-Carter Esler (79 – .931/10) 31-Alexander Watren (1 – .000/) 35-Bryce Francisco (4 – .861/4) |
Drafted Spokane players: Harrington (36-Calgary), Martin (92-Winnipeg), Sparks (101-Washington), Mayes (225-Toronto). Drafted Portland players: Pšenička (46-Utah), McLaughlin (159-Vegas), Wilfley (172-New Jersey), Gustafson (174-San Jose).
Central Scouting Players to Watch: Burcar (B), Sather (B), Jarvis (W).
Pšenička is still week-to-week, and has missed the last 11 games. McIntyre (6) and Rebman (hasn’t played all season) are week-to-week. Esler (missed the last 2 games) is day-to-day. Sather was suspended for Friday’s game but will be back.
Sparks has an 8-game point streak; Harrington has a 4-game streak. For Portland, McLaughlin has a 3-game point streak.
