Raider vs. Hawks - Game 54 · Saturday February 2, 2008

In the first 54 seconds two goals from Ryan McDonald (21) and Matt Robertson (22) put the Portland Winter Hawks in a hole that they could not quite crawl out of losing to the Prince Albert Raiders for a final score of 4-2.

After the Hawks spotted the Raiders two goals they settled down and got back into the game when Tristan King (6) made a nice move to get free in front of the net and put it into the open side, 12 minutes into the period.

The Hawks evened up the score in the second half of the second period when Radim Valchar (9) took a long outlet from Travis Ehrhardt, beat Dustin Butler on a partial breakaway. The goal was a power play goal. Valchar, who assisted on King’s first period goal, had a two-point night.

The Raiders took the lead early in the third period when Justin Bernhardt corralled his own rebound in the slot and beat Kurtis Mucha over the glove on the power play just 2:07 into the final period. The Raiders wrapped up the scoring when Dustin Cameron scored into the empty net with just 12 seconds remaining.

Butler finished up the night stopping 42 of 44 shots in the win while Mucha stopped 42 of 45 for Portland. The 44 shots for Portland was a season high.

Portland went 1 for 5 on the power play while the Raiders were 1 for 4.

Overall a nice effort by the Hawks. This is a game the Hawks deserved to win, but not being ready to play at the drop of the puck cost them two quick goals that were the difference makers.

A competitive effort lead by Mucha at goal and strong floor checking by Valchar and Schmermund. Tonight was a sign of an improving team.

Next up Seattle home.

Attendance: 5466
MC – Portland, Or.

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

SHOTS  1  2  3  Total 
Raiders  14  16  16  46
Hawks  13  17  14  44

Game Description
Summary

Three Stars

Bernhardt (PA), Butler (PA), Mucha (POR)

Fight Card

None.

— S. Blanchard

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