Day 3

September 3, 2022 – Western Hockey League (WHL) – Portland Winterhawks News Release

Portland, Ore. – The four teams competed hard during the third day of Neely Cup competition and our championship Sunday match-ups are now set.

Team Petan will play Team Pouliot Sunday at 8:00 a.m. in the third place game followed by Team Carruth and Team Rattie battling for the Neely Cup Championship at 10:00 a.m.

The four teams, named after Winterhawks alumni Mac Carruth, Nic Petan, Derrick Pouliot, and Ty Rattie, filled with roster hopefuls are competing against one another at Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

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Today’s game format consists of two 22-minute periods, followed by an eight-minute, running clock three-on-three. The winner of each 22-minute game and three-on-three game receives two points in the standings, allowing for a team to pick up a maximum of six points each day.

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Game One: Team Carruth (4) defeats Team Petan (3)

Scoring Summary:

2:01 – Team Carruth – Gabe Klassen

13:32 – Team Carruth – Luke Schelter from Tyce Penrod and Fritz Berback-Rosengreen

15:16 – Team Petan – Josh Zakreski from Robbie Fromm-Delorme

16:07 – Team Carruth – Ryan Miller from Diego Buttazzoni and Marcus Nguyen

19:50 – Team Petan – Lucas Schoenborn from Carter Sotheran

Dante Giannuzzi (Team Petan) made 11/14 saves and Kolter Gans (Team Carruth) made 6/8 saves.

Game Two: Team Carruth (5) defeats Team Petan (4)

Scoring Summary:

3:38 – Team Petan – Lucas Schoenborn from Kyle McDonough and Josh Mori

7:17 – Team Carruth – Kurtis Smythe from Diego Buttazzoni and Cohen Massey

8:04 – Team Carruth – Ryan McCleary (penalty shot)

10:26 – Team Carruth.- Diego Buttazzoni (penalty shot)

11:49 – Team Carruth – Ryan McCleary (2)

12:01 – Team Petan – Josh Mori from Marek Alscher and Cole Cairns

12:13 – Team Petan – Josh Mori (2)

20:29 – Team Petan – Carsyn Dyck from Marek Alscher

21:29 – Team Carruth – Gabe Klassen (unassisted)

Dante Giannuzzi (acting Team Carruth) made 14/18 saves and Jake Torget (Team Petan) made 13/18 saves.

Game Three (8-Minute 3-on-3): Team Carruth (2) defeats Team Petan (0)

Scoring Summary:

7:12 – Team Carruth – Diego Buttazzoni (2) from Kurtis Smythe and Tyce Penrod

7:43 – Team Carruth – Diego Buttazzoni (3) (empty net) from Ryan Miller

Kolter Gans (Team Carruth) made 4/4 saves and Jake Torget (Team Petan) made 3/4 saves.

Game Four: Team Pouliot (1) ties Team Rattie (1)

Scoring Summary:

13:59 – Team Rattie – Luke Myhre (penalty shot)

21:14 – Team Pouliot – Tyson Kozak from Dawson Pasternak

Donavan Bodnar (Team Rattie) made 8/9 saves and Connor MacKenzie (Team Pouliot) made 19/20 saves.

Game Five: Team Rattie (3) defeats Team Pouliot (1)

Scoring Summary:

4:24 – Team Rattie – Jack O’Brien from Jonah Bevington and Hudson Darby

4:40 – Team Rattie – Jonah Bevington from James Stefan

7:57 – Team Rattie – James Stefan (unassisted)

16:36 – Team Pouliot – Alex Thompson from Liam Goertzen

Marek Schlenker (Team Rattie) made 12/13 saves and Luke Brunen (Team Pouliot) made 12/15 saves.

Game Six (8-Minute 3-on-3): Team Rattie (2) ties Team Pouliot (2)

Scoring Summary:

0:26 – Team Pouliot – Luca Cagnoni from Keeghan Dunn and Callas Pierce

1:13 – Team Rattie – James Stefan (2) from Jonah Bevington

5:49 – Team Rattie – Sam Kline from Casey Black

7:07 – Team Pouliot – Keeghan Dunn from Cooper Jones and Nathan Brown

Marek Schlenker (Team Rattie) made 5/7 saves and Luke Brunen (Team Pouliot) made 7/9 saves.

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Day Three Tournament Standings:

Team Record 3-on-3 Record Points in Standings Goals Scored Goals Allowed

Team Carruth 4-2-0 3-0-0 14 28 20

Team Rattie 3-2-1 1-1-1 10 17 18

Team Petan 3-3-0 0-3-0 6 17 20

Team Pouliot 1-4-1 1-1-1 6 17 21

Click to download the Neely Cup Schedule

Neely Cup games conclude on Sunday at 8:00 a.m. PT. Parking is free in the Garden Garage and tickets to the Neely Cup finale are available in the Winterhawks ticket office for $5.

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