The Portland Winterhawks had their 11-game winning streak snapped as they fell 3-2 to the Tri-City Americans on Wednesday at the Moda Center in front of 5,046 fans.
The Hawks (14-4-0-1) struck first when Taylor Leier beat Tri-City netminder Evan Sarthou at the 13:27 mark of the first period to make it 1-0, the lone goal of the opening frame.
Midway through the second Portland made it 2-0 when Chase De Leo took a feed from Oliver Bjorkstrand, got in behind the defense and put it high over Sarthou’s shoulder to extend the lead. The Americans (11-8-0-2) got on the board at the 13:50 mark when Connor Rankin scored to cut the Hawks’ lead to 2-1, then tied it with just 1.2 seconds left in the frame on a goal by Brian Williams to make it 2-2 going into the third.
It remained a tie until with just 26.6 seconds remaining the Americans’ Parker Bowles scored to give the visitors a 3-2 lead. The Hawks tried to get the equalizer in the waning seconds, but the Americans hung on for the win.
