Bartschi, Winterhawks throttle Chiefs

| February 25, 2012 8:00 PM

PORTLAND, Ore. - Sven Bartschi scored one goal and added two assists as the Portland Winterhawks routed the Spokane Chiefs 8-3 on Friday night in Western Hockey League play in front of 10,547 at the Rose Garden.

Portland lead 1-0 after the first period before Spokane's Mitch Holmburg tied the game with his 23rd goal of the season 2:17 into the second period.

Portland scored three unanswered goals to go up 4-1 before Spokane's Dominik Uher scored his team-leading 26th goal of the season to make it 4-2 after two.

Liam Stewart added his fourth goal in the last six games for Spokane, but Portland scored two goals 28 seconds apart and capped the scoring on a power-play goal with under three minutes remaining.

Portland won the season series against Spokane 6-2.

Spokane (32-20-4-3, 71 points) hosts Tri-City tonight at 7:05 at the Spokane Arena.