The Portland Winterhawks were awarded the Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy for finishing the WHL season as Regular Season Champions. With the regular season suspended, and not all 68 games played, the WHL elected to hand out awards based upon points percentage. Portland not only led the league in points […]
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Winterhawks start weekend with 3-1 victory
On Friday night the Tri-City Americans (17-36-4-1) painted the Toyota Center’s ice pink and wore special pink jerseys for their 15th Annual Breast Cancer Awareness game. A recently banged up Portland Winterhawks (41-10-3-4) made their first stop on a three games in three nights road trip. Goaltender Dante Giannuzzi […]
First WHL goal – the game winner for Williamson in Seattle’s 3-2 win over Portland
(Kent, WA) Despite the gap in the standings between the to longtime U.S. Division rivals, Seattle Thunderbird (23-28-3-3) and Portland Winterhawk (40-9-3-4) games continue to be tight scoring affairs. That was the case again Saturday night as the teams met for the ninth time this season. Despite how close most […]
Pucklandia February 19 – Winterhawks weekend recap and preview
Our normal host, Chad Balcom, was out with an upper-body injury, but is day-to-day and should be good to go for the weekend. Therefore, Brandon Rivers and Josh Critzer recapped Portland’s three-in-three from last weekend (Spokane, Everett, Moose Jaw) and also took a look ahead to another three-in-three for the […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Appelt gets suspended, Nolan Foote on the move in NHL and more
The WHL has handed out a suspension to Kamloops Blazers forward Ryley Appelt for an undetermined length
Newkirk’s natural hat trick propels Portland
Sunday evening marked the third game in three nights for the Portland Winterhawks (39-8-3-4). After splitting the first two games against Everett and Spokane, Portland welcomed the Moose Jaw Warriors (12-36-4-0) to the Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Facing each another only once a season, the two teams have not met since […]
Winterhawks control puck possession, defeat Rockets 7-0
The 2020 Memorial Cup hosts are in town to face a red-hot Portland team for back-to-back games. On October 3, 2018, the Kelowna Rockets (21-19-1-2) were awarded the rights to host the CHL’s most prestigious event. Saturday marked the first of four meetings between Kelowna and the Portland Winterhawks (32-6-2-3). […]
Dureau and Jarvis shine in Portland’s 5-3 win over Spokane
Whenever the Spokane Chiefs (20-13-4-1) and Portland Winterhawks (28-6-1-3) get together, the game never disappoints. Tuesday at the Moda Center was the latest example as Portland defeated Spokane 5-3. This time, Jaydon Dureau and Seth Jarvis put on a show, combining for seven points (3G, 4A). However, for the sixth […]
Seth Jarvis hat trick helps Portland defeat Tri-City 6-2
Saturday evening marked the first home game of 2020 for the Portland Winterhawks (27-6-1-3). For the first time since September 21, the Tri-City Americans (13-17-4-1) made the journey to the Rose City. Seth Jarvis scored his first WHL hat trick, and Portland won its fourth straight game against Tri-City this […]
Dante Giannuzzi focused in return to Winterhawks
Dante Giannuzzi received the exciting phone call from the Portland Winterhawks about returning to the team while Joel Hofer is away at World Juniors representing Hockey Canada. He joined the Winterhawks last week before Portland’s series of games over the weekend. The 17-year-old Winnipeg, Manitoba native has been playing in […]