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Winterhawks struggle late, lose in overtime to Seattle

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February 21, 2026

Winterhawks struggle late, lose in overtime to Seattle

Leading 2-1 going into the 3rd period, the Portland Winterhawks put together a dumpster fire in the 3rd period, being outshot 19-3. Luckily they only give up one goal, so they get one point, but that’s all they get as Cameron Schmidt’s 2nd goal of the game wins it for the Seattle Thunderbirds in overtime.

Schmidt’s winner was assisted by Matthew Gard, who tied the game halfway through the 3rd period.

It was the Thunderbirds’ 5th win in a row, as they’ve come back from looking dead two weeks ago. They’re now one point out of a playoff spot, although still in 10th. Portland remains in 7th, 2 points ahead of the 8th and 9th place Victoria Royals and Tri-City Americans.

Goalie Ondrej Štěbeták was Portland’s best player, but he was slightly outdueled in the end by Seattle’s Grayson Malinoski.


1st 2:35 POR Sam Spehar (Carsyn Dyck, Griffin Darby) 1-0	An outlet pass from Darby finds Spehar at center ice. He passes it to Dyck, gets it back, and wrists it from the right dot, a nice finish.
1st 11:54 SEA (PP) Cameron Schmidt (Coster Dunn, Antonio Martorana) 1-1	After a faceoff goes back to him, Niko Tsakumis tries to pass it behind his net, but hits the side and Martorana gets the puck behind the net. He makes a short pass to Dunn, and Dunn finds Schmidt wide open at the right dot, a dangerous proposition.
2nd 3:59 POR Ryan Miller (Will McLaughlin) 2-1	Miller picks up a loose puck in the right corner, skates all the way up to just beyond the high slot, lets the shot go, and beats Grayson Malinoski. Duguay was in front causing a little bit of a screen, just enough to bother him.
3rd 10:39 SEA Matthew Gard (Matej Pekar, Joe Gramer) 2-2	Gramer and Gard get the puck out of the Seattle zone, with Gard making a nice backhand pass into space for Pekar near the Portland blue line. Pekar makes a touch to get by Cole Slobodian at the left boards, then makes a nice centering pass to Gard who went to the net, and he puts it in.
OT 1:03 SEA Cameron Schmidt (Matthew Gard) 2-3	Ryan Miller tries to stickhandle down the middle in the Seattle zone. He loses control of the puck just a bit, and Gard pushes it ahead for Schmidt, who hung back just a bit as the other Portland players were facing toward to the Seattle net. Schmidt ends up with a breakaway from the Seattle blue line in, and he goes forehand-backhand to beat Ondrej Štěbeták and send it home.


Portland leads by 2+	0:00
Portland leads by 1	35:59
Tied	25:04
Portland trails by 1	0:00
Portland trails by 2+	0:00

Pregame: A big battle for the last spots in the Western Conference’s playoffs. The Thunderbirds looking for their 5th win in a row. Portland trying to bounce back from a really poor game against Spokane a week ago.

1st period: Finished 1-1 with both teams having spurts. The Winterhawks scored on the first shot of the game. Seattle rattled off 5 shots in a row. Then Portland finished the period with 7 of the last 8 shots. They were having issues with turnovers coming out of their own zone, especially from their top defensive pair, Max Pšenička and Niko Tsakumis.

2nd period: The Winterhawks started with the turnover issues continuing, but as the period went on it looked like they were fading away and they held Seattle to 6 shots for the period, while taking the lead 2-1. Tsakumis took a penalty with 4 seconds left that ended up setting the tone for the 3rd.

3rd period: Which turned out to be a mess for Portland. They never got anything going, gave up the lead, and were outshot 19-3, not helped by taking two more penalties. Their penalty kill saved them, as did some poor shooting by the Thunderbirds. They were lucky to get the regulation point.

Overtime: It ended quickly with a turnover by Ryan Miller, the game’s best skater for Portland, and a breakaway by the last player you’d want to see get one.

Top 10		Stat line
Cameron Schmidt	SEA	2 goals	The difference. Moves within 2 points of the WHL scoring lead.
Grayson Malinoski	SEA	23 saves-25 shots	Numbers underrate his game. He made a bunch of big saves in the 2nd period when the Winterhawks could have increased their lead.
Matthew Gard	SEA	1 goal, 1 assist	The tying goal and the setup for the winner. 4 goals and an assist in 4 games against the Winterhawks this season.
Ondrej Štěbeták	POR	30 saves-33 shots	Played well after a poor game in his last outing. Likely the top star if Portland wins.
Coster Dunn	SEA	1 assist	4-game point streak. A nice assist on the power play to Schmidt.
Sam Spehar	POR	1 goal	The opening goal on the game’s first shot.
Matej Pekar	SEA	1 assist	The setup for Gard’s tying goal.
Will McLaughlin	POR	1 assist	The only defensemen for the Winterhawks who had a good game.
Antonio Martorana	SEA	1 assist	Somehow was given the first star in the arena.
Ryan Miller	POR	1 goal	By far was Portland’s best offensive player, but drops based on his final turnover.

Other notables		Stat line
Jordan Duguay	POR		4-game point streak snapped, probably. Originally had an assist on Miller’s goal, but it was taken away, probably correctly. It will be reviewed though.
Ethan Bibeau	SEA		6-game scoreless streak.
Radim Mrtka	SEA		NHL 1st-rounder didn’t have much impact, which would have been a key if the Thunderbirds lost.
Max Pšenička	POR		He and Niko Tsakumis weren’t on the ice for any goals, luckily, but they had a lot of big turnovers in their own zone. Which contributed some to Portland’s 3rd period deficit and made it hard for the Winterhawks to get much going. A key to Seattle’s win.
Alex Weiermair	POR		6-game point streak snapped. Which was another key; the Thunderbirds did a good job on him.
Brock England	SEA		3-game scoreless streak.
Carsyn Dyck	POR	1 assist	Assist on the first goal, snapping a 3-game scoreless streak.

	POR	SEA
Record	25-24-5-1 (.509)	23-23-4-3 (.500)	Portland in 7th, Seattle in 10th, but the Thunderbirds only 3 behind Portland.
Score	2	3	Thunderbirds were burned for 2 goals after giving up just 1 in each of the previous 4, but good enough.
Shots	25	33	20-3 Seattle in the 3rd and overtime.
Shoot %	.080	.091	Both teams below average in shooting percentage, and the goalies were on top of their games.
Power play	0 / 3	1 / 5	Usually it’s Seattle taking a lot of penalties, but it was the Winterhawks here. The penalty kill helped earn Portland a point, going 3 for 3 in the 3rd.
Even strength	2	2	Winterhawks were probably fortunate to be even here.

Portland Winterhawks

Not the end of the world; they have points in 5 of their last 6 games after all. But the huge drops in the last 2 games are concerning. They have an overnight trip to Vancouver, while the Giants have a long, grueling trip from Spokane, but they might not have a favorable goalie matchup. A lost to the last-place Giants would be a big blow.

Seattle Thunderbirds

The 5 wins on their streak are all against teams 6th or worse, so they’ve won a bunch of games where they’ve been about 50-50. But their back in the race, and have a house money game against the top-ranked Everett Silvertips before another big game in Portland on Sunday.

Saturday 2/21 at Vancouver, 7pm PST

Sunday 2/22 vs. Seattle, 4pm PST

Friday 2/27 at Victoria, 7pm PST

next Saturday 2/28 at Victoria, 4pm PST

Looking ahead: Sunday 3/8 vs. Tri-City, 4pm PDT

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WEST SEATTLE WEATHER: Warm day, but far below record

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April 19, 2026

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WEST SEATTLE WEATHER: Warm day, but far below record

Thanks to Carrie Brown for the westward view of our Saturday night sunset. The high today hit 68 at the airport – eight degrees above normal – but nowhere near the record for this date, which was 89 degrees back in 2016. The forecast suggests two more days of partly sunny, almost-70-degree weather, before the chance of rain returns.

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Mets place former Seattle Mariners 2B/DH Jorge Polanco on IL

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April 18, 2026

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Mets place former Seattle Mariners 2B/DH Jorge Polanco on IL

CHICAGO (AP) — The struggling New York Mets placed former Seattle Mariners second baseman/designated hitter Jorge Polanco on the 10-day injured list on Saturday with a right wrist contusion.

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The move was made retroactive to Wednesday, a day after Polanco went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts in a 2-1 loss at the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 32-year-old Polanco is batting .179 (10 for 56) with a homer and two RBIs in his first season with New York, which has lost nine straight.

“When doctors first took a look at him, it looked like he got hit by a pitch when he didn’t,” manager Carlos Mendoza said. “In talking to him, it was just a couple of swings that he took that night. … He didn’t think much of it, but just got worse the following day.

“So you just got to let it calm down a little bit and then we’ll go from there. But we don’t have a timetable for how long this is going to last.”

Polanco, who signed a two-year, $40 million contract with the Mets in December, also has been dealing with an ankle issue.

“He was trending in the right direction,” Mendoza said of the ankle injury. “It’s definitely going to help, obviously now with him being shut down. But the biggest thing now is that we’ve got to take care of that wrist.”

Polanco spent the previous two seasons with the Mariners, who acquired him in a February 2024 trade with the Minnesota Twins.

Polanco struggled during his first season with Seattle in 2024, hitting just .213 with 16 homers in 118 games while playing through a knee injury that didn’t become public knowledge until after the season.

But after the Mariners somewhat surprisingly brought him back for a one-year contract in 2025, Polanco rebounded to hit .265 with 26 homers and an .821 OPS in 138 games last season. He then added three homers during Seattle’s playoff run, along with a 15th-inning walkoff single in Game 5 of the American League Division Series that sent the Mariners to their first ALCS in 24 years.

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Brandon Nimmo hits leadoff homer, Jacob deGrom works 4 scoreless as Rangers beat Seattle Mariners 5-0

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April 18, 2026

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Brandon Nimmo hits leadoff homer, Jacob deGrom works 4 scoreless as Rangers beat Seattle Mariners 5-0

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SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – APRIL 17: Corey Seager #5 of the Texas Rangers tags out Dominic Canzone #8 of the Seattle Mariners during the fourth inning at T-Mobile Park on April 17, 2026 in Seattle, Washington. (Steph Chambers / Getty Images)

SEATTLE – Brandon Nimmo hit a leadoff home run, Jacob deGrom threw four shutout innings and Gavin Collyer earned his first career win as the Texas Rangers beat the Seattle Mariners 5-0 on Friday night.

Seattle lost its fourth straight game, and was shut out for the fourth time in 21 games, falling to 8-13. The Mariners were shut out six times during the 2025 season. Texas won its third straight game.

Nimmo led off the game with a 372-foot shot to right field off Mariners starter Logan Gilbert (1-3). It was Nimmo’s 16th career leadoff homer and second of the season. He also hit a leadoff home run on April 11 in a 6-3 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

DeGrom effectively maneuvered through Seattle’s lineup, and worked out of a one out, bases-loaded jam in the first inning. The two-time Cy Young Award winner recorded two of his three strikeouts after walking Josh Naylor to load the bases. Randy Arozarena fanned on a curveball, and Luke Raley swung through a fastball.

Texas added to its lead after Nimmo’s homer. Wyatt Langford’s single to left scored Corey Seager, who led off the third inning with a double. The Rangers stretched the lead to 3-0 on an RBI single from Jake Burger in the seventh.

The Mariners’ best scoring chance came in the sixth after Collyer (1-0), who worked 1 1/3 scoreless innings, left the game.

J.P. Crawford singled to left off Tyler Alexander with two out, and Mariners third base coach Carlos Cardoza sent Naylor from second base, but he was thrown out by Langford.

Texas added two more runs in the ninth on a sacrifice fly by Andrew McCutchen and an RBI double by Josh Jung.

Seattle third baseman Brendan Donovan left the game early due to a left hip issue.

Mariners right-hander Bryce Miller, who started the year on the injured list with a left oblique injury, was at T-Mobile Park for the first time this season. He will begin a rehab assignment with Triple-A Tacoma on Saturday.

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Mariners RHP George Kirby (2-2, 3.25) will face Rangers righty Nathan Eovaldi (2-2, 5.40) on Saturday afternoon.

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