What: The Portland Winterhawks (12-10) take on the Kamloops Blazers (10-9-2-2) in Western Hockey League action.
When: Friday, November 21, 7pm PST.
Where:Sandman Centre, Kamloops, British Columbia.
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The Portland Winterhawks try to follow up a unique weekend in which they won 3 games with 3 different goalies. 12 different Winterhawks hit the scoresheet on Sunday in a 5-3 win over the Wenatchee Wild, and goalie Cruz Chase picked up his first Western Hockey League win.
Now they try to continue the momentum with a road trip to British Columbia. They’re near the upper portion of a jumbled bunch of teams in the Western Conference, in which 7 points separate 3rd and 11th. It starts with a matchup with team they’re currently tied with.
[stats are subject to late adjustments]
Forwards (Career games - season points/games)
20 39-Tyson Yaremko (112 - 0/0)88-Alex Weiermair (79 - 25/20)
19 14-Ben Miller (10 - 0/10)17-Carsyn Dyck (97 - 6/10)28-Nathan Brown (20 - 13/20)86-Nathan Free (22 - 19/22)
18 15-Sam Spehar (22 - 15/22)18-Kyle McDonough (164 - 12/22)23-Ryan Miller (152 - 26/22)
17 9-Jordan Duguay (102 - 23/22)27-Jake Gustafson (22 - 13/22)72-Reed Brown (100 - 12/16)96-Luke Wilfley (27 - 2/21)
16 46-Finn Spehar (15 - 7/15)92-Alessandro Domenichelli (14 - 3/14)
Ryan Miller has a season league-high 15-game point streak. He has 19 points in that stretch. He’s trying to stay ahead of Lynden Lakovic, who currently has a 14-game streak.
That weekend has produced quite a few forwards with point streaks: Weiermair, 5; Sam Spehar, 4; Duguay, McDonough, Gustafson, and both Browns, 3.
The injury list news is that Tyson Yaremko, who has not yet played in 2025, is now listed as day-to-day.
|Defensemen|
|---|---|
|20|59-Carter Sotheran (261 - 14/20)|
|19|12-Cole Slobodian (103 - 4/21)|
|18|77-Max Pšenička (59 - 9/17)|
|17|3-Cameron Jacobson (13 - 1/13)22-Griffin Darby (68 - 3/13)24-Will McLaughlin (22 - 12/22)93-Aaron Zulinick (8 - 1/3)|
|16|16-Liam Reed (1 - 0/1)20-Luke Christopherson (11 - 0/11)|
Listed as day-to-day are Darby, who has missed 9 straight games and Jacobson, who missed Sunday’s game. Christopherson is week to week. The injuries have given opportunities to Zulinick and Reed.
Goalies (Career games - season save%/games)
18 1-Ondrej Štěbeták (82 - .887/17)32-Cruz Chase (4 - .901/4)
16 80-Blake Clark (3 - .879/3)
You know Štěbeták will get at least one game, but who knows after that.
Since their shootout loss to the Winterhawks on the 1st of the month, the Kamloops Blazers have meandered about: 2 wins, then 3 losses, then 2 wins. Nathan Behm’s overtime winner on Tuesday gave them a 5-4 win in a game in which they led 5 times.
JP Hurlbert, who was a little bit cold when Portland played Kamloops last, has gotten back on track with 12 points in his last 7 games. And Tommy Lafreniere, in game 100, has points in 8 straight.
Their game is offense; they are 6th-best in the league at 4 goals scored per game, 7th-worst at 4 goals allowed.
This is their first of 5 straight at home, so they’re looking to make a move.
|Forwards|
|---|---|
|20|22-Jordan Keller (251 - 25/23)|
|19|14-Cooper Moore (23 - 11/23)23-Josh Evaschesen (22 - 24/22)|
|18|***16-Tommy Lafreniere (99 - 26/22)***19-Andrew Thomson (149 - 3/21)27-Vit Zahejsky (48 - 2/2)29-Nathan Behm (156 - 34/22)|
|17|2-JP Hurlbert (23 - 40/23)7-Logan Lanti (18 - 2/18)15-Owen Cooper (71 - 3/22)24-Ty Bonkowski (87 - 19/23)|
|16|13-Jacob Dumansky (23 - 7/23)32-Asher Gingras (11 - 1/11)|
Beside Lafreniere’s streak, Hurlbert has a 4-game streak. Behm has 13 points in has last 7 games.
|Defensemen|
|---|---|
|20|11-Rhett Ravndahl (158 - 3/10)12-Ryan Michael (188 - 17/23)|
|19|21-Carson Olsen (22 - 5/22)|
|18|5-Isa Guram (80 - 16/23)33-Evan Markel (14 - 1/14)34-Kayd Ruedig (105 - 14/22)|
|17|3-Dryden Deobald (28 - 3/23)|
|16|9-Joaquin Geras (18 - 3/17)25-Madden Tymchak (20 - 1/20)|
Ruedig, since being acquired from Portland, has 11 points in 12 games with the Blazers. Along with Guram, he has a 3-game point streak.
|Goalies|
|---|---|
|18|30-Ivans Kufterins (9 - .868/9)31-Logan Edmonstone (51 - .899/16)|
Goaltending has been OK, just about average, pretty close to where the Winterhawks are, actually.
|Winterhawks|Blazers|Average|
|---|---|---|---|
|Record|12-10 (.545)|10-9-2-2 (.522)|.552|
|Goals/game|3.8|4.0|3.6|
|Goals allowed/game|4.0|4.0|3.6|
|Team shooting %|.115|.121|.115|
|Team save %|.882|.883|.885|
|Power play|24.5%|27.9%|23.9%|
|Penalty kill|70.3%|75.0%|76.1%|
|Power plays for/game|4.5|3.7|3.8|
|Power plays against/game|4.1|3.3|3.8|
|Outshooting opponents|10-12|8-13-2|10-10-1|
|After 1 period|8-8-6|10-8-5|8-8-5|
|After 2 periods|8-11-3|9-10-4|9-9-4|
|Score, last 10 games|40-40 (0)|42-38 (+4)|36-36|
|Score, last 20 games|81-75 (+6)|77-85 (-8)|72-73|
|Total WHL games|1593|1674|2017|
|WHL drafted top 60|7|6|9|
|NHL drafted|4|2|2|
|NHL drafted top 80|1|1|1|
|Players 6’2 or over|6|7|8|
|Players 5’10 or under|8|5|5|
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