The Portland Winterhawks easily take care of a struggling Regina Pats team that only had 16 skaters, running out to an easy 7-2 win, while outshooting the Pats 52-27.
Alex Weiermair, Jordan Duguay, and Nathan Free all scored two goals for the Winterhawks. Weiermair finished with 4 points and Cole Slobodian added 3 assists.
Ryan Miller increased his point streak to 18 games.
Portland takes on another struggling team from the Eastern Conference, the Swift Current Broncos, on Saturday.
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Scoring summary 1st 9:57 POR Alex Weiermair (Nathan Brown, Cole Slobodian) 1-0 1st 16:26 POR (PP) Jordan Duguay (Alex Weiermair, Nathan Free) 2-0 1st 19:36 POR Jordan Duguay (Alex Weiermair, Griffin Darby) 3-0 2nd 1:01 PO

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