By RON OLSON
of The Oregonian staff
KELOWNA, British Columbia - Winger Grant Sasser, softspoken off the ice made a lot of noise on the ice Wednesday night with five goals to propel the Portland Winter Hawks to a 7-5 victory over the Kelowna Wings. The win was Portland's first in three games in the young Western Hockey League season and kept the Hawks from slipping into the West Division cellar, a position thy have not seen for seven seasons.
Wednesday's game was Sasser's show from the outset. He collected one goal in the first period, then netted two each in the last two. "Grant Sasser has been our hockey player, our on ice inspirational leader since the day he returned from Pittsburgh's National Hockey League camp." said Portland Coach Ken Hodge. "It's kind of ironic that the one player we have who is playing hurt did the job for us tonight. He's playing with a positive attitude and with lots of confidence."
Portland opted to go with 16 year old back up goalie Peter Fry and the youngster overcame first period jitters with several clutch saves early in the second period when Kelowna had momentum on its side.
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