Tbirds vs. Hawks - Game 58 · Sunday February 10, 2008

Seattle goalie Jacob DeSerres stopped 22 shots to get his third shutout of the season for a final score of 3-0.

The Hawks have lost all nine games in the 12- game season series with the Tbirds.

The Tbirds took a 1- 0 lead at 1:08 of the first period when Prab Rai beat Portland goalie Kurtis Mucha from the slot. David Richard had the only assist on the goal when he fed Rai the puck from the right of the goal.

Seattle took a 2-0 lead at 7:01 of the second period when Greg Scott converted a rebound. Bud Holloway came down the right wing on a three-on-one break with Scott and Lindsay Nielsen. Holloway passed the puck from the right circle to Nielsen in the high slot. Nielsen put a backhand shot on goal that Mucha stopped but the rebound fell to the left of the net. Scott slammed the puck past Mucha for his 24th goal of the year.

Seattle scored a third goal at 10:18 of the second when Holloway put a rebound past Mucha.Jeremy Boyer fed the puck up the right boards to Holloway who came in on goal and then passed across the slot to Ian McKenzie. McKenzie put a shot on goal that hit the left post and rebounded to Holloway in the crease. Holloway backhanded the puck into an empty net for his 27th goal of the year.

T-Birds defenseman Brenden Dillon was awarded a penalty shot when he was hooked from behind on a breakaway at 13:07 of the third period. Dillon shot just wide left on the penalty shot.

Mucha stopped 32 of 35 shots and his record is now 7-30-1-1.

Next up at Seattle on the road.

Attendance: 5626
Key Arena – Seattle, Wa.

 SCORING  1  2  3  Total 
Tbirds  0  3  0  3
Hawks  0  0  0  0

SHOTS  1  2  3  Total 
Tbirds  9  15  11  35
Hawks  5  7  10  22

Game Description
Summary

Three Stars

Holloway (SEA), DeSerres (SEA), Acolatse (SEA)

Fight Card

Gabriel/Olson – Could have been a fight, should have been a fight but it wasn’t…just a few missed blows and they went down.

— S. Blanchard

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Tbirds vs. Hawks - Game 55 · Sunday February 3, 2008

In Sparta, 300 could stop thousands (for a while), for Jordan White the Portland Winter Hawk goalie his 68 saves must of felt like it.

The end was the same though and the sacrifice was complete with 7 minutes to go in the third period when Bud Holloway caught him out of position to score Seattle’s first goal. This was after White stopped 66 shots.

White was the only one holding off the marauding hordes from Seattle adding to their point totals. The Hawks were constantly pinned in their own end.

Isak Quakenbush scored three minutes after Holloway to boost Seattle’s lead to two and then Holloway put the game away with an empty net goal 90 seconds later.

Charles Wells scored Seattle’s final goal with 36 seconds left.

The Tbirds (26-18-5-2) have now taken all eight contests between the two I-5 rivals this season. Holloway has 14 points (11-3-14) in those eight games.

Kudos to Seattle, they are looking like one of the top defensive teams in the WHL. Maybe they just revel in crushing Portland no matter what the record.

Kudos to Gervais and Ponich for letting Seattle know that you don’t get the win without a few lumps.

Next up Vancouver home.

Attendance: 5662
MC – Portland, Or.

 SCORING  1  2  3  Total 
Tbirds  0  0  4  4
Hawks  0  0  0  0

SHOTS  1  2  3  Total 
Tbirds  20  30  22  72
Hawks  11  3  8  22

Game Description
Summary

Three Stars

White (POR), Holloway (SEA), Acolatse (SEA)

Fight Card

Gervais/Hickey – Spirited fight by both.

Edge to Gervais

Ponich/Quakenbush – Nice work Ponich. You gave me something else to praise with that decisive right hand.

Clear winner Ponich.

— S. Blanchard

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US Divisional News · Friday January 18, 2008

— S. Blanchard

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