Portland, Oregon – Portland Winterhawks Ty Rattie scored a powerplay goal in overtime in a 4-3 win over the Kootenay ICE, in game 1 of the WHL Finals, in WHL playoff action on Friday.
ICE trailed by scores of 1-0, 2-1 and 3-2.
Hayden Rintoul, Joe Antilla and Kevin King scored for the ICE.
Brayden McNabb extended his point and assist streak to a Franchise Record setting 10 games, Cody Eakin has points in 6 straight games and Kevin King has a 4 game point streak.
The loss ends the ICE winning streak at 11 games.
ICE scratches – Adam Rossignol, Brock Montgomery, John Neibrandt,
Winterhawks scratches – Josh Hanson, Brett Ponich, Oliver Gabriel, Pearce Eviston, Seth Swenson, Jason Trott.
Game Summary
Portland leads the series 1-0.
Game 2 is in Portland on Saturday
Kootenay 2 0 1 0 - 3
Portland 3 0 0 1 - 4
1st Period-1, Portland, Bartschi 6 (Rattie, Rutkowski), 2:06. 2, Kootenay, Rintoul 1 (Boomer, Czerwonka), 6:31. 3, Portland, Bartschi 7 (Johansen, Rutkowski), 12:51. 4, Kootenay, Antilla 8 (McNabb, Eakin), 17:50. 5, Portland, Niederreiter 9 (Morrow, Johansen), 19:57. Penalties-Jordan Por (checking from behind), 9:29; Boychuk Por (roughing), 13:01; McNabb Ktn (checking from behind), 14:00; Fraser Ktn (slashing), 16:00; Carruth Por (usc diving), 16:00.
2nd Period- No Scoring.Penalties-served by Ismond Ktn (too many men), 7:16; Reinhart Ktn (roughing), 10:22; Leipsic Por (roughing), 10:22; Pouliot Por (elbowing), 10:22; Eakin Ktn (interference), 14:06; McNabb Ktn (holding), 19:52.
3rd Period-6, Kootenay, King 2 (McNabb, Eakin), 11:11. Penalties-Pouliot Por (hooking), 2:06; Martin Ktn (interference), 6:30; Ross Por (high sticking), 17:28; Martin Ktn (tripping), 19:04.
OT Period-7, Portland, Rattie 7 (Cunningham, Pouliot), 0:55 (PP). Penalties-No Penalties
Shots on Goal-Kootenay 14-13-15-0-42. Portland 14-11-7-2-34.
Power Play Opportunities-Kootenay 0 / 5; Portland 1 / 6.
Goalies-Kootenay, Lieuwen 12-3-0-0 (34 shots-30 saves). Portland, Carruth 13-3-1-0 (42 shots-39 saves).
A-7,595
Referees-Pat Smith (12), Derek Zalaski (8).
Linesmen-Justin Hull (49), Trent Knorr (42).