Hawks' goalie turns back 53 shots in a 7-3 triumph - THE OREGONIAN JANUARY 8, 1984

TRY FRY AGAIN- At first they didn't succeed and in all, Seattle Breaker tried a total of 56 shots against Portland goalie Peter Fry. Only three got past him however, as Hawks jumped to early three goal lead and went on to a 7-3 Western Hockey League victory Saturday night.

The Sunday Oregonian January 8,1984
By RON OLSON of The Oregonian staff
Peter Fry must have felt at times that his teammates had deserted him but the 16year old goaltender's remarkable performance helped carry the Portland Winter Hawks to a 7-3 Western Hockey League win over the Seattle Breakers Saturday night at Memorial Coliseum.
Fry received little help in Portland's defensive zone partly due to Seattle's aggressive fore checking and partly due to the Hawks reluctance to move the puck out of the zone with any authority. "We certainly didn't play well in front of Peter" said Portland Coach Ken Hodge. "Our defense got rattled a bit (Friday) at New Westminister and we were too careful, too cautious in moving the puck out of our zone. Sometimes we don't give our defensive partner an outlet pass quick enough; we're hesitant to use it. That's a loss of confidence." While the Hawks struggled in front of Fry, quite the opposite was true at Seattle's end of the rink. The Hawks displayed sharp passing and strong fore checking but more importantly finished strongly around the net. It was another strong night for 15 year old Jamie Nicolls, who scored his second and third goals of the season. David Archibald, a 14 year old forward who has been splitting time between Portlaned amnd his Chilliwack, British Columbia midget team, saw limited duty but set up Curt Brandolini with a picture pass from behind the net for a second period goal. It was Archibald's first point of the season, the youngest in WHL history to score a point. Randy Heath also made his return to the Portland lineup after missing six games because of the World Junior Tournament a successful one with a goal and two assists.
Portland's offensive showing was not lost on Breaker Coach Marc Boileau either. "We had scored 28 goals in four games prior to tonight, but that's not the problem," he said. "We'd given up 29." "We all take a vacation once they get the puck in our end. It's a game of mistakes, but we make the same mistakes game after game." Seattle defensive mistakes paved the way for three first period goals for Portland, an advantage the Hawks would never relinquish.
Grant Sasser got it going with his 27th goal of the season blasting a shot from the slot after a centering pass from Ray Podloski. Nicolls then got into the act with a nifty solo rush around Alan Kerr and Tim Ziola before putting a back handed shot into a wide open net. Podloski made it 3-0 late in the period, again getting around Ziola to go one on one with Breaker goalie Dwayne Murray.
Gary Stewart's first of two goals, a riser from the slot, eluded Fry at 7:28 of the second period, but the Hawks tacked on goals by Brandolini and Nicolls for a 5-1 spread. The Breakers countered with power play goals by Kerr late in the second and Stewart early in the third to close within 5-3. but the rally was stifled when Jeff Rohlicek and Heath pounced on rebounds to pad Portland's lead. "Seattle pressured us the whole game; they were shooting the puck a lot rather than working for the one good shot," said Fry. Most of the shots weren't as tough as they seemed. They came at us in spurts and we had a lot of giveaways." "We made him (Fry) look very good," said Boileau. "All we were doing was shooting the puck at the net, not trying to score. There were rebounds 10-15 feet in front of the net and nobody was there for them. How many times did he save three or four straight shots? He didn't have to."
The Winter Hawks played minus two of their defensemen. Brian Benning still is nursing an injured tailbone and Craig Butz will be sidelined indefinitely with strained ligaments in his right knee. That leaves Portland with 13 skaters, including young Archibald and Nicolls. But, the Hawks will have three days off before meeting Kamloops Wednesday night in the coliseum. Time, maybe, to find additional help for Fry.
SCORE BY PERIODS
Seattle.........................................................0 2 1-3
Portland........................................................2 2 2-7 FIRST PERIOD
1. Portland - Sasser (Podloski, Kordic) 1:10
2. Portland - Nicolls (Heath, B. Walker) 13:29
3. Portland - Podloski (Heath) 16:43
Pentlties - Huscroft (5, major) 2:53 B. Walker (P, minor, major) 2:53 Bechtold (5) 6:38 Stewart (5, misconduct) 6:38, Kerr (5) 11:07, Ruppel (5) 11:07, B. Walker (P) 11:07 Shaw (5) 16:00, Lorenz (P) 18:12
SECOND PERIOD
4. Seattle - Stewart (Ginnetti, Sargent) 7:28
5. Portland - Brandolini (Arthibald, Rohlicek) 10:20
6. Portland - Nicolls (B Walker, Harder) 14:56
7. Seattle - Kerr (Ruppel) 17:32
Penalties - Shaw (5) 2:25, Ziola (5) 7:44, B. Walker (P) 16:23, Davidson (P) 17:32
THIRD PERIOD
8. Seattle - Stewart (Ruppel) 4:52
9. Portland - Rohlicek (Harder) 12:06
10. Portland - Heath (unassisted) 14:41
Penalties - Ruppel (5) 1:10, Lortnz (P) 1:57, B. Walker (P) 4:52 Kordic (P, double minor) 19:34
SHOTS ON GOAL - Seattle 18-17-21-56; Prtland 15-12-16-43
GOALTENDERS - Seattle: Murray, Portland: Fry
REFEREE - Lorass
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