PORTLAND WINTERHAWKS HOCKEY PORTLAND AT SPOKANE | APRIL 9, 2021 | 6:10 p.m. PT | SPOKANE VETERANS MEMORIAL ARENA | GAME #10 of 24 2020-21 BY THE NUMBERS TALE OF THE TAPE THE LAST MEETING... The Winterhawks jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first head-to-head meeting of the season in Kent, REGULAR SEASON SERIES: WA, eventually beating the Chiefs 4-3. Brock Gould earned his first win as a Winterhawk turning aside 30 of 33 shots in the SPOKANE 0-1-0-0 | PORTLAND 1-0-0-0 game. Seven different Winterhawks recorded a point in the win, including four different goal scorers and three multipoint performers. Spokane battled back from a 4-1 deficit with a little over 12 minutes to play in the game and made it a one goal contest. Adam Beckman, Reed Jacobson and Mac Gross (WHL first) scored in the game for the Chiefs. The Hawks struck twice shorthanded on Campbell Arnold. NOTABLES... Portland is currently fourth in the WHL and first in the U.S. Division in shots for per game (34.44). Three Winterhawks (Knak, Newkirk, Jarvis) are all on point-per-game paces to start the season. The Hawks have added affilate 1-4-2-1 4-3-2-0 player and forward Luke Schelter to the roster. Schelter signed a WHL Standard Player Agreement in March. This weekend 5TH IN U.S. 3RD in U.S. marks an end to an extended stretch of road games... 10 of the team’s first 12 games were played in Washington. On the other HEAD-TO-HEAD side of the bench, Spokane Head Coach Adam Maglio earned his first WHL victory on Wednesday night at home against Tri-City. 1-1-1-0 HOME 2-0-1-0 0-3-1-1 AWAY 2-3-1-0 1-2-2-0 LAST 5 2-3-0-0 1-4-2-1 Last 10 4-3-2-0 2.13 (21st) Goals For/Game 3.44 (10th) 3.50 (12th) Goals Against/Game 3.11 (10th) #36 | SIMON KNAK #20 | REED JACOBSON 22.6% (9th) Power PlAY 16.1% (17th) The Swiss winger set a new career high with goals in five The Swift Current, SK native is coming off a career 83.3% (9th) Penalty Kill 83.9% (8th) straight games (7G). He leads the Winterhawks and Western performance, posting four points (2G-2A) in Spokane’s 0 SHG For 6 (1st) Conference in goal scoring. Three of his goals have come 5-2 win against Tri-City on Wednesday. The recently turned 8.63 (lowest) PIM/Game 11.3 shorthanded (he had two PPG last year for comparison) and 19-year-old player already matched his goal production as an individual, he has more SHG than 20 WHL Clubs do this from a season ago (4) and he has three multipoint nights VERSUS STATS season. Knak is a C-rated prospect according to NHL Central during the abreviated 2020-21 season. Scouting for the 2021 NHL Draft. CHIEFS WINTERHAWKS Skater G A PTS Skater G A PTS Jacobson 1 1 2 Cicek 1 1 2 Beckman 1 0 1 Klassen 1 1 2 NEWS AND NOTES Gross 1 0 1 Newkirk 1 1 2 Fricker 0 1 1 Knak 1 0 1 LONG TIME COMING... Per Winterhawks historian Andy Kemper on his After the Whistle Blog, the latest regular MacNeil/Wiles 0 1 1 Three Tied 0 1 1 season game played in Portland’s history was played on March 28, 1977 (the first season in Portland for the Hawks) at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum. The opponent that night was the Kamloops Chiefs (the team that would later relocate GOALIES to Seattle and become the Breakers and then eventually the Thunderbirds) and it was not close…Portland thumping GOALIES W L OTL GAA SV% SO Brock Gould (POR) 1 0 0 3.00 .909 0 Kamloops by a margin of 10-2. Campbell Arnold (SPO) 0 1 0 4.06 .895 0 Since then, the Hawks have ended their regular season later than March 18 a total of 26 times (the latest being in 2016-17 when it ended on March 19), having played a total of 63 out of their 3155 regular season games after March 18. Surprisingly, 46 of those games were played in the Rose City with a record of 31-13-2-0-0. On the road, in 17 games, their record has been 6-9-1-0-1 for a combined record of 37-22-3-0-1. UPCOMING MEETINGS CAPTAIN CICEK… Nick Cicek was honored as the franchise’s 45th captain in team history, assuming the role from DATE LOCATION RESULT SF-SA PP PK Florida Panthers prospect Johnny Ludvig. The 20-year-old defenseman finished the 2019-20 campaign with career-highs March 21 ShoWare Center 4-3 W 38-33 0/2 3/3 April 9 Spokane Arena 6:10 pm in goals (4), points (14), plus/minus (+30) and penalty minutes (91). He joins quite the fraternity of Winterhawks cap- April 10 Spokane Arena 5:10 pm tains that include 1998 Memorial Cup Champion Brenden Morrow and recent Stanley Cup Champion Braydon Coburn. April 14 Memorial Coliseum 5:00 pm The now veteran blueliner hopes to have his best year and set an example for Portland’s eight rookies on the roster, May 8 Memorial Coliseum 5:00 pm including four on the back end. REIGNING CHAMPIONS... Though it’s an abbreviated 24-game schedule, the Portland Winterhawks enter the 2020-21 season as reigning WHL Scotty Munro Champions after finishing the year with a 45-11-3-4 record. Last year’s team cemented themselves in history becoming the fourth fastest Winterhawks team to reach 40 wins (55 games... 50 games was the fastest ever in 1997-98 and 2012-13). The Winterhawks return their top three scorers from the championship roster, including first-round NHL Draft selection Seth Jarvis who was second in the WHL with 98 points. LET’S GO SCOUTING... The Portland Winterhawks are proud to announce three players have been named to NHL Central Scouting’s Players to Watch List for the 2022 NHL Draft. Forward Jack O’Brien was listed as a B-rated prospect for the summer’s draft and Simon Knak and Tyson Kozak each tabbed C ratings before the start of the WHL’s season. PORTLAND WINTERHAWKS HOCKEY PORTLAND AT SPOKANE | APRIL 9, 2021 | 6:10 p.m. PT | SPOKANE VETERANS MEMORIAL ARENA | GAME #10 of 24 SENSATIONAL SETH... Winterhawks forward Seth Jarvis finished second in the WHL in league scoring with 98 2020-21 points (42G-56A) in 58 games and he averages more than a point-per-game in his WHL career. After his sensational SCHEDULE & RESULTS season, the Carolina Hurricanes drafted Jarvis 13th overall in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. Following a stint with Hockey MARCH (3-1-2-0) Canada at their World Junior training camp, Jarvis was assigned to the Hurricanes AHL affiliate Chicago Wolves and he THUR. 18 AT TRI-CITY AMERICANS 3-2 OTL SAT. 20 AT SEATTLE THUNDERBIRDS 4-1 W helped lead the Wolves to an AHL-best start. Through his first nine pro games, the Winnipeg, MB native led the entire SUN. 21 VS. SPOKANE CHIEFS 4-3 W AHL as a 19-year-old with 11 points. He scored in four straight games to being his pro career and had points in six FRI. 26 VS. EVERETT SILVERTIPS 2-1 OTL SAT. 27 AT SEATTLE THUNDERBIRDS 3-2 L straight before getting reassigned to Portland for the abbreviated WHL season. SUN. 28 AT SEATTLE THUNDERBIRDS 7-4 W APRIL (1-2-0-0) Jarvis, a former 11th overall WHL Bantam pick, notched his 40th goal during his first year NHL Draft eligible season, FRI. 2 VS. TRI-CITY AMERICANS 6-2 W SAT. 3 AT EVERETT SILVERTIPS 4-1 L becoming just the ninth Winterhawk to do so and the first since Nic Petan. The Winnipeg native also participated in the TUE. 6 AT EVERETT SILVERTIPS 6-4 L 2020 CHL/NHL Top Prospect game in Hamilton, Ontario and was the 17th Winterhawk to participate in the event this FRI. 9 AT SPOKANE CHIEFS 6:10 PM decade, the first since Henri Jokiharju and Cody Glass attended in 2017. SAT. 10 AT SPOKANE CHIEFS 5:10 PM WED. 14 VS. SPOKANE CHIEFS 5:00 PM SAT. 17 VS. SEATTLE THUNDERBIRDS 5:00 PM COMIN’ FOR THAT NO.1 SPOT... With Joel Hofer graduating to the pro game, Dante Giannuzzi and Brock SUN. 18 AT EVERETT SILVERTIPS 4:05 PM SAT. 24 VS. SEATTLE THUNDERBIRDS 5:00 PM Gould both have aspirations of becoming the number one netminder for the Winterhawks. Giannuzzi (’02) enters his SUN. 25 VS. SEATTLE THUNDERBIRDS 5:00 PM third season with the club after a fantastic nine-game record in 2019-20. Giannuzzi went 7-1 with a .931 SV% and a TUE. 27 VS. EVERETT SILVERTIPS 5:00 PM 1.68 GAA. Portland acquired Gould (’01) in February to fill the vacancy left by World Junior gold medalist Hofer. The FRI. 30 VS. EVERETT SILVERTIPS 5:00 PM 6-foor-5, 205 pound goaltender from Colorado Springs, CO is hoping to establish some consistency after splitting his MAY (0-0-0-0) SAT. 1 VS. TRI-CITY AMERICANS 5:00 PM second WHL season with Victoria and Moose Jaw. Gould was also invited to play in the NHL/CHL Top Prospects Game. SUN. 2 AT SEATTLE THUNDERBIRDS 5:05 PM WED.