Kyle Gustafson has been an Assistant Coach with the Portland Winterhawks since 2004. He has seen a lot of good and bad times while behind the bench. His bosses may have changed over the years as Mike Williamson, Richard Kromm, Mike Johnston, Jamie Kompon and Johnston again have taken turns […]
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Everett scores twice late to shock Portland in Game 4
Fate has had some strange and dramatic turns for the Portland Winterhawks in the 2018 WHL playoffs. Up by one with 30 seconds left in Game 5 of their first-round series against Spokane and about to eliminate the Chiefs, they had a shot deflect off of their overage center Alex […]
Glass helps Portland keep U.S. Division title hopes alive
Cody Glass is known far more for his set up abilities than for his goal-scoring prowess. Coming into the Portland Winterhawks game Friday night at the Moda Center, he had 61 assists, to go with 34 goals, keeping him five points short of 100 points. Glass would use the expectation […]
Winterhawks hold off Silvertips 2-0
Cole Kehler has not had a great last month of his overage WHL season. Since February 10th, Kehler lost three of his last five starts, with the only two wins coming against the last place team in the Western Conference, the Prince George Cougars. Kehler had only one game with […]
Americans fall flat big time against Portland
Kennewick, Wa. The Tri-City Americans (32-22-7-1, 72pts.) had to feel pretty confident coming into tonight’s contest with the Portland Winterhawks (38-20-1-3, 80pts.). The Americans were riding a three game win streak with wins against Kamloops, Prince George, and division rival Seattle. They won those games by a combined score of […]
Winterhawks overcome poor first period in beating Wheat Kings 4-3
Skating undermanned again and playing their seventh game in ten days, the Portland Winterhawks (28-15-1-3) came out flat. Evan Weinger and the Brandon Wheat Kings (28-15-3-1) did not. The former Winterhawks forward scored twice in the opening 20 minutes and had his squad leading 3-0 over the team that he […]
Seattle edges under-manned Portland in overtime 4-3
With Cody Glass going out injured in Portland’s overtime win against Tri-City on Friday, captain Keoni Texeira not even able to play in that game due to an injury and three players participating in the U-20 World Junior Championships, the Winterhawks were without five of their top players Saturday night. […]
Americans fall 3-2 to Portland in overtime
Kennewick, Wa. The Tri-City Americans (19-10-4-0, 42 pts.) and Portland Winterhawks (22-12-0-1, 45 pts.) are going to get real familiar with each other again. Playing in the tail end of a home-in-home, the teams will play each other another seven times during the second half of the season. They have […]
Ice fall 5-2 to ‘Hawks
The Portland Winterhawks are making their case as one of the top teams in the WHL, as a 5-2 win over the Kootenay Ice on Tuesday put them into first place in league standings with a 0.800 win percentage. Their 16 wins, ties them for second most in the WHL, […]
