Portage take 2 points from Thunder

In their second to last weekend of Hockey before Christmas break the Voyageurs were able to take 2 out of 4 points from Concordia, winning at home 4-1 but losing in Edmonton; 3-2.

Before the weekend series Coach Terry Ewasiuk made the decision to completely re-vamp his forwards lines, as his team had only grabbed one win in it's last seven games; The approach seemed to work for the home team as they jumped out to a lead after the first period, Cody Mapes took a quick feed from Matt Foster to open the scoring on Friday evening.

The Voyageurs scored 2 in the second frame; Shawn Shackleton netted a power-play goal before Matt Foster took advantage of 2 on 1 later in the period, Concordia's only game in the game came in the 2nd, off the stick off Andre Herman after a Voyageur turnover.

Only one goal in the 3rd period, an empty netter by Blair Hawes, Matt Foster was named player of the game with a goal and two assists.

Justin Borsa made 23 saves, his best work came with no score in the 1st.

On Saturday in Edmonton the Voyageurs attempted to do something they havent had a lot of luck with; winning on an olympic ice surface.

Jackson Wilson got Portage on the board in the 1st after potting a free puck in a scramble out front of the net, the 1st ended with a 1-1 dead-lock.

The Voyageurs took the lead in the 2nd on a goal from Cory Giroux as he notched the puck upstairs from the top of the circle, Concordia was able to manage a tying goal late; making it once again a tie game, now 2-2.

Concordia took the lead in the 3rd; Portage had many great chances to tie it up but were unable to capitalize, leaving the Thunder with a 3-2 Saturday victory,

In the last 6 games Portage has outshot it's opponents 233-177, but has only one win to show for it, The Voyageurs need to find the back of the net to improve their playoff positioning.