PORTLAND (Interstat) — Reed Brown recorded a hat trick on 4 shots and was named the top star as the Portland Winterhawks defeated the Kamloops Blazers 5-3 in Western Hockey League play Saturday at Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Collin Kim had a goal and an assist with 5 shots for Kamloops. Jordan Duguay added 3 assists and 1 shot for Portland. Max Pšenička recorded 3 shots. Nathan Brown scored on 2 shots. David Hoy had 2 assists and 1 shot. Vit Zahejsky scored once and assisted another with 3 shots. Finn Spehar scored on his only shot. Andrew Thomson had 6 shots for Kamloops. Ty Bonkowski scored and had 4 shots, opening the scoring 4:02 into the first period. Brown scored in the first and second periods before completing his hat trick with 7 seconds remaining in the third. Portland led 4-2 after the second period. Portland improved to 2-0, and Kamloops fell to 1-2. The attendance was 5,372.