T-Birds fall to Winterhawks; Sanvido, Swenson, Gallimore score in 7-3 loss to Portland

The Portland Winterhawks defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds 7-3 in a Saturday afternoon game at Memorial Coliseum in Portland behind four goals from Sven Bartschi.

Bartschi scored a shorthanded breakaway goal at 15:24 of the first period to put the Winterhawks up 1-0.

Portland outshot Seattle 10-8 in the first period.

Connor Sanvido tied the game 1-1 at 7:45 of the second period. Sanvido took a shot that Portland goalie Brendan Burke stopped. Sanvido got his own rebound and beat Burke with a second shot hit. Sanvido’s sixth goal of the season was unassisted.

Portland (45-15-3-1) took a 2-1 lead on a power-play goal by Cam Reid at 8:45 of the second. Brendan Leipsic had the only assist.

Bartschi scored at 10:38 of the second to extend the Winterhawks lead to 3-1. Marcel Noebels and Joe Morrow had the assists.

Seattle (21-40-1-1) cut the lead to one goal at 13:25 of the second when Seth Swenson scored a power-play goal. Shea Theodore sent the puck behind the Portland net to Connor Honey. Honey centered the puck to Swenson in the high slot. Swenson one-timed Honey’s pass and beat Burke over the glove and just under the cross bar.

Portland got the two-goal lead back at 13:56 of the second when Ty Rattie scored. Noebels had the only assist.

The Winterhawks led 28-22 in shots after two periods.

Bartschi got a hat trick when he scored shorthanded at 2:29 of the third period. Rattie assisted on the goal.

Bartschi made it a 6-2 lead for Portland at 10:44 of the third when he scored a power-play goal. Morrow and Derrick Pouliot had the assists.

Burke Gallimore struck at 11:22 of the third to cut the Portland lead to three goals. Gallimore beat Burke high off assists from Braeden Laroque and Jake Doty.

Pouliot scored at 16:25 of the third to make it a 7-3 Portland lead. Nic Petan and Chase De Leo had the assists.

Portland outshot Seattle 47-28 in the game.

Seattle goalie Calvin Pickard stopped 40 of 47 shots and his record is now 21-33-1-1.

Burke made 25 saves on 28 shots and his record is now 6-2-1-1.

The T-Birds travel to Prince George to face the Cougars on Tuesday and Wednesday at CN Centre. Both games are at 7 p.m.

T-Birds single-game tickets for the 2011-12 season are available online at the T-Birds website and at the ShoWare Center box office. The ShoWare Center Box Office is open Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday game days at 10 a.m. and Sunday game days at noon.

T-Birds season tickets are on sale. Season tickets can be purchased by calling the T-Birds office at 253-239-7825.

SCORING SUMMARY

First period – 1, Portland, Bartschi 28, 15:24 (sh). Penalties – Bartschi, Por (goaltender interference), 1:12. Leipsic, Por (interference), 5:51. Wrenn, Por (roughing), 7:34. Gallimore, Sea (roughing), 7:34. Hanson, Por (holding), 13:41.

Second period – 2, Seattle, Sanvido 6, 7:45. 3, Portland, Reid 10 (Leipsic), 8:45 (pp). 4, Portland, Bartschi 29 (Noebels, Morrow), 10:38. 5, Seattle, Swenson 7 (Honey, Theodore), 13:25 (pp). 6, Portland, Rattie 53 (Noebels), 13:56. Penalties – Deagle, Sea (hooking), 8:42. Pouliot, Por (hooking), 12:27. Peters, Por (elbowing, charging), 19:32.

Third period – 7, Portland, Bartschi 30 (Rattie), 2:29 (sh). 8, Portland, Bartschi 31 (Morrow, Pouliot), 10:44 (pp). 9, Seattle, Gallimore 20 (Laroque, Doty), 11:22. 10, Portland, Pouliot 10 (Petan, De Leo), 16:25. Penalties – Wardley, Sea (holding), 8:40. Rouse, Sea (delay of game), 9:22. Morrow, Por (hooking), 12:24. Deagle, Sea (tripping, cross checking),18:15. Sutter, Sea (10-minute misconduct), 18:15. Elliot, Sea (10-minute misconduct0, 18:15. Sanvido, Sea (10-minute misconduct), 18:15. Wotherspoon, Por (10-minute misconduct), 18:15.

Shots on goal – Seattle 8-14-6 28. Portland 10-18-19 47. Goalies – Seattle, Pickard 47 shots-40 saves (21-33-1-1); Portland, Burke 28-25 (6-2-1-1). Power plays – Seattle 1-7; Portland 2-5. A – 6,456. Referee – Chris Crich, Matt Kirk. Linesmen – Jarrod Bowman, Chris Carlson.