The Portland Winterhawks defeated Tri-City 5-1 Wednesday in Kennewick.
Then win gives the Hawks 101 points on the season, the fourth straight season the team has reached the 100-point mark. They become just the second team in league history to reach 100 points in four straight seasons, joining the Vancouver Giants, who did it from 2005-06 through 2008-09.
Portland’s Keegan Iverson opened the scoring 9:53 into the first period when his wrist shot beat Americans netminder Eric Comrie. Defenseman Anton Cederholm extended the lead when he hammered a shot past Comrie at the 18:56 mark..
The Hawks notched the lone goal of the second when Chase De Leo scored his 37th of the season..
The Americans got on the board 48 seconds into the third on a goal by Rodney Southam to cut Portland’s lead to 3-1, but the Hawks got that one back when Paul Bittner scored at the 3:53 mark to regain a three-goal lead. They padded the lead when defenseman Josh Hanson scored on a wrist shot to make it 5-1 at the 12:30 mark.
Bittner, De Leo, Iverson and Alex Schoenborn all had two points in the win.
