Examiner.com: Ams fall hard in Portland

By Rene Ferran | Examiner.com

Seemingly every game in every sport has a turning point.

For Friday’s WHL game between the Tri-City Americans and the Portland Winterhawks at the Rose Garden, that point was when the Americans stepped off the team bus.

At no time in the Winterhawks’ 5-1 victory were the Americans in the game. Portland scored less than 5 minutes into the contest and controlled it throughout.

“We got outworked and outclassed,” said Ams coach Jim Hiller. “They scored one early, we gave them a couple of odd-man rushes, and they made some nice plays and scored two goals.

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