Friday night’s Game 1 win for Portland at Angel of the Winds Arena in Everett was a message delivered to the U.S. Division champions. They jumped on the Silvertips early and took control after Everett pushed back on their way to a 5-2 win. Everett responded with an emphatic 6-0 […]
U.S. Division
Rested Tri-City Americans rout Victoria Royals in Game 1
The Tri-City Americans looked rested and ready Game 1. After sweeping their first round opponents the Kelowna Rockets in four games, Tri-City had seven days in between the start of this series with the Victoria Royals. With that length of rest there are generally two ways a team can respond. […]
Portland rolls over Everett 5-2 to take Game 1
The Portland Winterhawks went into Angel of the Winds Casino, home of the Everett Silvertips fresh off their Game 7 win over the Spokane Chiefs three days previous and played the first period as if it was another Game 7 and not Game 1 of their second round series. They […]
WHL Playoff Preview: Everett Silvertips vs Portland Winterhawks
Regular season meetings: 9/23/17 – Portland 7 @Everett 4 10/29/17 – Everett 3 @Portland 2 11/4/17 – Portland 3 @Everett 1 12/6/17 – Everett 4 Portland 1 12/9/17 – Everett 2 @Portland 1 12/17/17 – Everett 8 Portland 3 1/6/18 – Portland 4 @Everett 3 1/14/18 – Everett 4 Portland […]
WHL Playoff Previews: Tri-City Americans vs Victoria Royals
DUBNetwork writers Aaron Piper and Ryan Sinclair take a look at the second round series between the Tri-City Americans and Victoria Royals. Season Series: Tri-City 2-2-0-0 Victoria 2-1-1-0 October 10th, 2017 / TC 2 at VIC 8 October 11th, 2017 / TC 5 at VIC 4 OT November 18th, 2017 […]
Portland gets by Spokane in Game 7 and moves on
The Portland Winterhawks and Spokane Chiefs got together on Tuesday night at Veterans Memorial Coliseum for a winner-move-on Game 7. The 3,898 fans who hastily made plans to attend after Spokane forced the deciding game with a win at home Monday night, were treated to a high-flying and energetic game, […]
Portland vs Spokane Game 7 preview – by the numbers
Game 7 of the first round series between the Spokane Chiefs and Portland Winterhawks goes tonight at 7pm in Veterans Memorial Coliseum. With both teams’ seasons on the line, let’s preview the game by taking a look inside the numbers. 30.1 – As in the number of seconds Portland was […]
Spokane staves off elimination and forces Game 7 with hard-fought 5-2 win
The Spokane Chiefs were given a second life after the strange end to Game 5 at Veterans Memorial Coliseum Saturday. To make use of that second chance they would need to do something they had not done against Portland since April 29th, 2011 – beat the Portland Winterhawks at Spokane […]
Everett exacts revenge – eliminates Seattle
Carter Hart never did get that 27th WHL regular season shutout that would have made the WHL record his alone. The one he got on Saturday night at Angel of the Winds Arena probably felt way better than that one would have. Hart stopped all 36 shots he faced and […]
Yamamoto nets OT winner – extends series
A side story for the entertaining series that has taken place between the Spokane Chiefs and Portland Winterhawks has been the lack of scoring from the player on the ice who has the most NHL games under his belt. Kailer Yamamoto after averaging 1.60 points per game in the regular […]