The Portland Winterhawks, tiring at the end of a long weekend, give themselves a chance to win late, but Ethan Eskit and the Victoria Royals penalty kill comes through, and they hold off Portland 3-2.

Eskit stopped 40 of 42 shots as Portland was surprisingly good on offense, given that it was their 3rd game in 3 nights. The Royals went 4 for 4 killing penalties, including a 5 on 3 in the 2nd period when the Winterhawks were trying to get back into it.

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Scoring summary 1st 9:33 VIC Nolan Stewart 0-1 A poor sideways pass by Nathan Free in the Portland zone is intercepted by Stewart. Stewart takes it to the right dot and beats Ondrej Štěbeták with a shot that probably should have been stopped. 2nd 9:34 VIC

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