The Portland Winterhawks extended their incredible Western Hockey League winning streak to 21 games with a 2-0 victory over the Spokane Chiefs on Friday at Spokane.
The Hawks (47-12-2-3) extended their franchise record, and are one win from the WHL record for a single-season winning streak. That mark is held by the Estevan Bruins, who won 22 straight during the 1967-68 season.
Portland have a chance to tie the record Saturday at Seattle.
Corbin Boes made his eighth straight start in goal in place of Brendan Burke, who’s out with an illness. Boes earned his first shutout of the season, stopping all 30 Spokane shots he faced. It was his first shutout since Oct. 1, 2011, when he was a member of the Brandon Wheat Kings.
The Hawks struck early, as Alex Schoenborn scored just 1:40 into the game for a 1-0 Portland lead, which was the lone goal of the period.
The second goal came 1:51 into the second period when Chase De Leo scored his 35th goal of the season to give the Hawks the 2-0 lead.
