Music: {allcanada} WHL: WINTERHAWKS EVEN SERIES WITH ROCKETS

Sunday, April 10, 2011

{allcanada} WHL: WINTERHAWKS EVEN SERIES WITH ROCKETS

PORTLAND, Ore. -- Ryan Johansen scored three goals to lead the Portland Winterhawks over the Kelowna Rockets 6-3 in Game 2 of their Western Hockey League second-round series Sunday.

Ty Rattie had a goal and two assists and Riley Boychuk chipped in three assists. Craig Cunningham and Joe Morrow also scored for Portland.

Johansen got his third goal on the power play as Portland was 1 for 3 with the man advantage.

Shane McColgan, Jessey Astles and Colton Sissons scored for Kelowna. The Rockets were 1 for 4 on the power play.

Rockets goalie Adam Brown made 46 saves, while Portland's Mac Carruth stopped 25 shots.

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Mitch Holmberg struck twice and added an assist Sunday as the Spokane Chiefs downed the Tri-City Americans 6-3 in Western Hockey League playoff action.

Levko Koper had the eventual game-winning goal for Spokane, while Tyler Johnson and Matt Marantz both had a goal and an assist. Steven Kuhn added a single.

Ottawa Senators prospect Jared Cowen helped out the Chiefs with four assists.

Jordan Messier, Justin Feser and Brendan Shinnimin replied for the Americans.

The series is now tied 1-1, with Game 3 in Kennewick, Wash., on Tuesday night.

James Reid made 12 saves to earn the win. Tri-City's starting goaltender Drew Owsley stopped 22 of 27 shots he faced in two periods of work. Eric Comrie made 12 saves on 13 chances in relief.

The game was exceedingly physical by moments, with a couple of fights and a total of 89 penalty minutes.

Spokane scored on three of its five power plays, while the Americans went 1-for-4 with the man advantage.