One more loss and their season is done.
Danielson was virtually unstoppable creating offence. For the third straight game he set up three goals and also put one in the net himself, scoring the fifth Portland goal. A breakdown in defensive zone coverage led to the second Winterhawks goal six minutes later. Josh Zakreski carried the puck around the Cougar net and one-handed a pass to a wide-open Buttazzoni, who had an open net to shoot at with Young committed to opposite post expecting a wraparound from Zakreski.
As disorganized as they looked in the opening 20 minutes it was a different story for the Cougars in the second period. Two minutes into the period, Koehn Ziemmer was sent in alone on a breakaway chance that ended with a shot into Spunar’s chest. Led by the Funk-Riley Heidt-Borya Valis line, the Cats controlled the puck and pressured the “Hawks with some sustained zone time and their shots started getting through to Spunar, but the Czechian netminder seemed bullet-proof.
“I thought they had too many shots from the front of our net,” said Playfair. “There were times our net was wide-open and they’re standing there jumping pucks into the open net and we haven’t seen that much this year. So now we have to regroup and get ready to defend a lot harder.”
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