Everett vs. Portland: lineup notes (updated with possible delay)

Published 6:43 pm Wednesday, October 7, 2009

EVERETT

Forward lines:

Maxwell-Froese-Tochkin

Iwanski-Langkow-Harper

McCrea-Dailey-Hunt

Van de Velde-Winquist-Abney

Defensive pairings:

Murray-Gudas

Rissanen-de la Lande

Theriau-Sohor

Starting goalie:

Heemskerk

Scratches: Minville, Elynuik, McGrath, McDermott.

Notes: The Tips are in full health, so forwards Campbell Elynuik and D.Jay McGrath and defensemen Gabe Minville and Drew McDermott were once again the healthy scratches. One change in the lines as the left wingers are rotated. Dan Iwanski moves up on the line with Shane Harper and Chris Langkow, with Markus McCrea and Paul Van de Velde filing in behind.

PORTLAND

Forward lines:

Walker-Francis-Bennett

Ross-Johansen-Niederreiter

Reddin-Berglund-Rattie

Peters-Schneider-Jordan

Defensive pairings:

Ponich-Bobbee

Rutkowski-Aronson

Johnston-Wotherspoon

Starting goalie:

Curtis

Scratches: Morrow, Gabriel, Boychuk, Swenson, Kopitar

Notes: The big news for Portland is that right wing Ty Rattie, the second-overall pick in the 2008 bantam draft, makes his 2009-10 debut. Rattie had been out with a thumb injury. Left wings Riley Boychuk (concussion) and Oliver Gabriel (spleen) are out injured. Forwards Seth Swenson and Gasper Kopitar and defenseman Joe Morrow are healthy scratches.

—- UPDATE, 6:40 p.m.

The game will be starting a little late as one of the glass panels shattered during the warm-up period. Portland had to cut its warm-up a little short, and now the Winterhawks are back on the ice taking their final four minutes on Everett’s side while they clean the glass off the ice on Portland’s side.