Winterhawks win Game 2, 5-3, get the road split [Video]

The Portland Winterhawks rebound from their worst loss of the season Friday, playing a very strong game and coming up big in the 3rd period, evening up their Western Hockey League Western Conference final series at one game apiece.

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James Stefan broke a 2-2 tie with a power play goal early in the 3rd. Diego Buttazzoni added to the lead with a bad-angle goal, and then Marcus Nguyen wrapped up the decision with an empty-net goal, making a late goal by Oren Shtrom meaningless.

After it looked like the Winterhawks were going to waste a great early start after conceding the first goal, Kyle Chyzowski and Jack O’Brien scored Portland’s first two goals of the series to make it 2-1 Portland. Borya Valis tied it a minute later to complete a stretch of four goals in less than two minutes, setting the stage for Portland’s fireworks in the 3rd.

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