Wings Fall Short in Portland
Saturday, February 28, 2009
PORTLAND, OR – The Wings (4-6) gave up the first
five goals to the Lumberjax (5-3) and were unable to make up for their slow
start. The Philadelphia duo of Merrick Thomson and Kyle Wailes both
had three goals and two assists but it was not enough to defeat Portland.
“They came out fast in
the first quarter and that was the difference tonight,” said Head Coach Dave
Huntley.
Philadelphia was shutout in the first quarter
of play. Portland started the
scoring one minute into the game and would add four more goals in the opening
period which prompted the Wings to replace starting goaltender Brandon Miller
with veteran backup Rob Blasdell.
Wailes got the Wings going 30 seconds into the second quarter with their
first goal of the game. Philadelphia added three
more goals and cut the Lumberjax lead to 7-4 at halftime.
Wailes and
Thomson continued to pull the Wings closer in the third quarter. Wailes scored his third goal of the
night on a powerplay and Thomson added two goals of his own. Mat Giles scored the fourth goal of the
period for the Wings which got his team within one, but that would be the
closest the Wings would come to overtaking the Lumberjax. Portland’s three fourth quarter goals were
enough to give them the 12-10 victory and hand the Wings their sixth loss
of the season.
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