T-Birds Fall To Winterhawks
Jeri-Leon scores in 3-1 loss to Winterhawks
PORTLAND, April 17, 2021 — The Portland Winterhawks defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 3-1 Saturday night at Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
The T-Birds game scheduled for Wednesday, April 21 against the Tri-City Americans at accesso ShoWare Center at 6:05pm has been postponed. The WHL announced Saturday afternoon a member of the Americans team cohort has tested positive for COVID-19 and all team activities have been suspended.
The T-Birds will return to Portland for back-to-back games on Saturday, April 24, and Sunday, April 25. Both games start at 5pm and will be broadcast on JOEtv Cable 22/Channel 110.
Keltie Jeri-Leon’s tenth goal of the season at 13:23 of the second period opened the scoring. Henrik Rybinski won a faceoff in the left circle that Sam Oremba got a stick on. Jeri-Leon skated into the circle and near the outside hash marks snapped a shot on goal. Jeri-Leon’s shot beat Portland goalie Dante Giannuzzi over the left shoulder.
The Visit Kent first goal of the game tonight was scored by Keltie Jeri-Leon. 💪 Find out more about Kent now https://t.co/zpbZIoaqny pic.twitter.com/PUgszLtAGu
— Seattle Thunderbirds (@SeattleTbirds) April 18, 2021
Portland tied the game 1-1 at 15:41 of the second on a power-play goal from Reece Newkirk.
The Winterhawks got goals from Nick Cicek 12 seconds into the third period and Brody Tallman at 5:59 to take a 3-1 lead.
Seattle pulled goalie Jackson Berry with 3:35 left in the third period for an extra attacker. They had several good chances but were not able to get a goal.
SCORING SUMMARY
First period – No scoring. Penalties – Dureau, Por (hooking), 3:40. McNelly, Sea (interference, major-fighting), 6:31. Gervais, Por (unsportsmanlike conduct, major-fighting), 6:31. Rybinski, Sea (tripping), 11:57. Penner, Sea (tripping), 14:56.
Second period – 1, Seattle, Jeri-Leon 10 (Oremba, Rybinski), 13:23. 2, Portland, Newkirk 7 (Knak, Dureau), 15:41 (pp). Penalties – Klassen, Por (tripping), 6:29. Ciona, Sea (roughing), 10:24. Jarvis, Por (roughing), 10:24. Bateman, Sea (interference), 14:50.
Third period – 3, Portland, Cicek 3 (Newkirk, Cagnoni), :12. 4, Portland, Tallman 1 (Schelter), 5:59. Penalties – Newkirk, Por (cross checking), 6:31. McNelly, Sea (elbowing), 9:32. Mannek, Por (roughing), 13:25. Gottfried, Sea (roughing), 13:25.
Shots on goal – Seattle 7-11-11 29, Portland 8-3-10 21. Goalies – Seattle, Berry 21 shots-18 saves (2-3-0-0); Portland, Giannuzzi 29-28 (6-5-0-0). Power plays – Seattle 0-3; Portland 1-4. Referees – Mark Heier, Jackson Kozari. Linesmen – Connor Haye, Joe Mahon.
