Bruins vs. Hawks - Game 24 · Sunday November 25, 2007

Kurtis Mucha Portland’s goalie put together a record breaking performance in front of 6383 screaming fans at the MC making Teddy Bear Toss night a memorable one. The 4-3 win is the second in a row.

The Bruins set a team record for most shots in a game with 68 and Mucha set a Portland team record of 65 saves.

Mucha’s save percentage is now at 91.9%, second in the WHL.

Mucha had a lot of help tonight. The Hawk defense seemed to be styming the Bruin offense all night long not giving Moller and Santorelli, the quality shots that we are use to seeing. It seemed like the Hawks were on the penalty kill most of the night.

In the first period, the Hawks jumped on the Bruins for two power play goals from Walker (2) at 4:36 and Ehrhardt (5) at 7:40.

In the second period, Portland stretched its lead to 3-0 with a short handed goal by Matt Schmermund (5) started from a two-on-one rush with Tyler Swystun as the assist.

Schmermund found a loose puck in his skates in the crease and fired it into the open net to increase the lead to 4-0 after two periods.

The Third period was the Mucha show as the Bruins fought back with goals from Mark Santorelli (9) at 3:47, Moller (23) at 15:18 and Campos (13) pp at 19:31. The Hawks would not be denied. Mucha saw a record breaking 32 shots in the third and stopped 29 to seal the win.

Chilliwack was 1/10 on the power play. Portland went 2/9.

Next up Chillawack at their place.

Attendance: 6383
Memorial Colisiem

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

SHOTS 1 2 3  Total 
Bruins 17 19 13 68
Hawks 12 13 5 30

Game Description
Game Summary

Kemper’s Three Stars

Mucha (POR), Schmermund (POR), Moller (CWK)

Fight Card

All business tonight…No fights.

— S. Blanchard

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Bruins vs. Hawks - Game 11 · Monday October 22, 2007

The Hawks looked like they were going to get their first win of the season with a 3-2 lead into the final period, but the Chilliwack Bruins scored two goals, one each by Michael Proudley and Colby Kulhanek in the first 3:30 of the third period to skate away with a 4-3 win.

Sunday nights game came with a small but enthusiastic crowd looking for the Hawks first Home win. It’s hard to not be negative about a team that can’t hold a lead and does not come back when down in the scoring column. But on the positives the team showed no quit, Sceviour’s goal in the second period was a real beauty that could make any highlight screen.

As a fan I found this one of the most entertaining games of the year. The Bruins wanted to go up and down the ice, the young Hawks where right with them, and the officials did not call many penalties.

Attendance: 2281
MC

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

SHOTS 1 2 3  Total 
Bruins 12 19 7 38
Hawks 4 9 10 23

Game Summary

Game Notes:

Here are some of the highlights.

Period 1

Hawks came out of the box slow with only 4 shots on goal compared to the Bruins 12 and gave up an easy goal on a mistake by White in goal.

4:02 – Goaltender White got caught out of the goal mouth making it an easy score for Proudley (3) assists Moller and Santorelli.

Period 2

This is one of the best periods of the year for the Hawks.

1:55 – Goal of the year: Sceviour (1) jukes into the goal area then goes one-on-one with Esposito assists Swystun and Sjodin

6:03 – Another nice goal by the Hawks with a nice pass floor-check turnover by King behind the net that created a centering pass to Betker (1) for the Chilliwack natives first goal of the season.

7:02 – Moller hits the post, breaks his stick, gets another stick, finds the puck and screams it passed White off his glove hand to tie the game at 2-2 Moller (10).

14:41 – The Hawks break their PP streak with Swystun (5) goal assists King and Sceviour

14:43 – McCue/McLaren 2 – McLaren got in some nice shots in on McCue for the second scrap of the year. Give McLaren the edge and a 2-0 year advantage.

Period 3

1:57- Another early goal from Proudley (4) assists Potter and Campos.

3:30 – Bad turnover behind the net created by Proudley that feed Kulhanek (7) camping out in the front the net. White had no chance to stop this goal.

Pulled White with 1:57 in the period and created a torrid of activity in the Bruins in but could not get the tying goal.

Andy’s Three Stars

Proudley (CHK), Sceviour (POR), Swystun (POR)

Hit of the game: Portland’s Gabriel on Smuk. Clean centered hit chest high at mid-ice. Best hit of the year.

— S. Blanchard

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US Divisional News · Friday January 18, 2008

— S. Blanchard

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