Four times the Vancouver Giants cut the Portland Winterhawks’ lead from two goals to one, but Portland never gives up the tying goal and finishes a 6-5 win, and they can now play at home after playing the season’s first 11 games on the road.

Portland got multipoint games from seven players, and in goal Blake Clark won in his Western Hockey League debut.

The Winterhawks now return to the newly renovated Memorial Coliseum on Saturday for their home opener.

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Scoring summary 1st 2:33 VAN (PP) Ty Halaburda (Cameron Schmidt, Ryan Lin) 0-1 Blake Clark’s first WHL shot faced was a save, but an unsuccessful one as Schmidt shot gets through him and Halaburda knocks it home from the middle of the paint. Lin got i

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