PORTLAND -- The Tri-City Americans have done a poor job of protecting their lead in the U.S. Division on their latest road trip.
Playing their sixth straight on the road, the Americans dropped a 6-3 game to Portland on Saturday at the Rose Garden before a crowd of 10,194, putting them in a tie with Everett atop the division standings.
Tri-City (45-20-1-2, 93 points) has lost two in a row and has just four games left in the regular season, including tonight's game at Seattle.
Everett, which has earned points in its last 11 games, also has four games left -- none against the Americans.
Saturday, the Americans opened the scoring just 1:43 into the game as Brooks Macek took a pass from behind the net from Sergei Drozd and beat Portland goalie Mac Carruth.
The Winterhawks' Ty Rattie tied the game a minute later, only to see Tri-City go back out front 2-1 on a power-play goal by Patrick Holland at 6:12.
That would be the Americans' last lead as Portland closed out the first period with goals by Ryan Johansen and Brad Ross.
Drozd pulled Tri-City even 2:53 into the second period, but it was all Portland the rest of the way.
Alex Pechurskiy finished with 26 saves for the Americans.
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Tri-City's Olli Dickson got the ball rolling just 4:54 into the first period. Portland responded with two goals in a 3 1/2-minute span to take a 2-1 lead at the first period.
Rookie Brian Williams tied the game at 2 in the second, but the Winterhawks scored two goals late in the period for a 4-2 lead.
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To say the Everett Silvertips have had their struggles this season would be putting it nicely.
Everett is 5-18-0-4 (14 points) and has the worst record in the league. The Tips dropped a 5-1 game to Portland on Friday and have lost five in a row. To compound their woes, they have lost 11 of their last 12 games.
On the bright side, of Everett’s five wins, one is against Tri-City (6-3), back on Oct. 16 at Comcast Arena.
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Justin Feser gave the Ameri-cans a 1-0 lead in the second on a short-handed tally, only to have Everett's Josh Birkholz answer a minute later.
Michal Plutnar started the Americans' flood of goals in the third, scoring just 4:44 into the period. Mitch Topping, Marcus Messier and Lucas Nickles followed for a 5-1 lead at 15:24.
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The Tri-City Americans scored four goals in the third period en route to a 5-2 preseason victory Friday night over the Everett Silvertips at the Everett Tournament at Comcast Arena.
Justin Feser gave the Ameri-cans a 1-0 lead in the second on a short-handed tally, only to have Everett's Josh Birkholz answer a minute later.
Michal Plutnar started the Americans' flood of goals in the third, scoring just 4:44 into the period. Mitch Topping, Marcus Messier and Lucas Nickles followed for a 5-1 lead at 15:24.
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VICTORIA, British Columbia — The Tri-City Americans finished their back-to-back Western Hockey League series against the Victoria Royals with a 5-3 victory Wednesday night at the Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre in Victoria, British Columbia.
At 7:59 of the third period, Connor Rankin scored his second goal of the game to break a 3-3 tie and give the Americans (23-7-0-0, 46 points) the lead for good.
Marcus Messier added an insurance goal less than 2 minutes later, and Eric Comrie totaled 15 saves against the Royals (12-18-1-1, 26 points).
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