Canes' Lose 8-5 to Portland

The Lethbridge Hurricanes are struggling to hit the win column here in the pre-season.

The Canes' lost 8-5 to Portland Saturday afternoon in Kennewick, WA. Lethbridge battled back from a 7-0 deficit in the 3rd period to make the game interesting. The loss drops the Hurricanes exhibition record to 0 and 5. Lethbridge was heavily outshot 58-22. They were, at one point Saturday being outshot 23-3. Ville Kolppanen played nets for the Hurricanes and by all reports he played well. I'd say so looking at the lop-sided shot total! Lethbridge wraps up the pre-season Sunday when they take on Tri-City.

Here's the game summary from Andy Kemper's blog, the radio voice of the Portland Winterhawks:

1st Period:
12:21 – P – Nino Niederreiter (Troy Rutkowski, Joe Morrow) — Rutkowski from the left point feeds Niederreiter down the right wing alone….a premier backhand to forehand move for the open net slam.
16:27 – P – Radim Valchar (Troy Rutkowski, Chris Francis) — Rutkowski from the left half-wall feeds Valchar between the hash marks for a one-time slapper under the arm of Kolponnen.
Penalties: 1:45 – L – Graham (Tripping); 4:44 – P – Bench (Too Many Men); 10:12 – L – Bench (Too Many Men)

2nd Period:
4:53 – P – Brad Ross (Unassisted) SH — Ross pokes the puck free for a two on one, uses Johansen as a decoy before roofing it high glove.
5:14 – P – Oliver Gabriel (Taylor Aronson, Colin Reddin) 4 on 4 — Aronson from the left point finds a cutting Gabriel in front of the net who slams it home.
8:00 – P – Nino Niederreiter (Troy Rutkowksi, Brad Ross) — Rutkowski finds Niederreiter alone behind the ‘d’ and he files a backhand high glove on the breakaway.
13:00 – P – Gasper Kopitar (Troy Rutkowski) — Kopitar from behind the goal line banks it home off a d-man’s skate.
17:22 – P – Colin Reddin (Oliver Gabriel, Tyler Wotherspoon) 5 on 3 PP — Gabriel on the cycle in the corner finds Reddin who roofs it from the bottom of the right faceoff circle.
Penalties: 4:24 – P – Watt (Hooking); 5: 06 – L – Kolppanen (Delay of Game); 5:48 – P – Wotherspoon (Hooking); 10:53 – L – Ryckman (Cross Check); 15:56 – L – Ryckman (Hooking); 15:56 – L – Graham (Roughing)

3rd Period:
5:02 – L – Max Ross (Craig Orfino, Nils Moser) PP — Ross’ shot hits Rutkowski and goes in off the post.
11:29 – L – Phillip Tot (Drew Graham) SH — Graham pokes it to Tot behind the defense and his shot barely slips through Hamilton and across the line.
15:16 – L – Brett Henke (Mark Reners, Garrett Taylor) PP — Reners shot hits high on the shoulder of Hamilton and it bounces over him and Henke taps it in.
16:14 – L – Garrett Taylor (Reid Jackson, Brett Henke) PP — Taylor wrists it home from the right faceoff circle through a crowd.
16:35 – L – Craig Orfino (??? no assists announced) — Orfino from a bad angle puts it in on the long side.
18:27 – P – Oliver Gabriel (Nino Niederreiter) — Gabriel on a breakaway fires a wrister low stick side.

Penalties: 1:38 – L – Henry (Tripping); 4:03 – P – Johansen (Interference); 6:04 – P – Kopitar (Boarding); 6:04 – P – Boychuk (Fighting); 6:04 – L – Castro (Instigating/Fighting/Game Misconduct); 6:11 – L – Orfino (Tripping); 10:59 – L – Sutter (Interference); 13:38 – P – Aronson (Cross Check); 15:42 – P – Reddin (Interference)

Shots:
Portland: 21 – 18 -19 — 58
Lethbridge: 3 – 6 – 13 — 22

Power Plays:
Portland: 1 for 8
Lethbridge: 3 for 6

Thanks,
Pat