Kennewick, Wa. For the second time in five nights, the Tri-City Americans (32-23-8-1, 73 pts.) and Portland Winterhawks (39-20-1-4, 83 pts.) met in Kennewick for a key U.S. Division matchup. Many picked both of these teams to be at the top of the division come playoff time, but both are […]
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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 […]
Late Portland Winterhawks advantage costs the Victoria Royals
It is said that your top players have to be their best to win big games and in two games versus Victoria, Kieffer Bellows showed that he is a big-time player. In a tight-checking affair where each team tried to smother the opposing firepower, Bellows still stood out as a […]
Winterhawks ride big third period to close out big weekend
Alex Overhardt does not score goals, but when he does they are game winners. Overhardt’s goal midway through the third period allowed the Portland Winterhawks to come back from a 3-2 deficit and escape with a 5-3 win over the visiting Seattle Thunderbirds on Sunday evening. The game winner was […]
Portland’s depth too much for under-manned Seattle in 4-1 win
The Portland Winterhawks were heavily reliant upon their top line of Kieffer Bellows, Cody Glass and Skyler McKenzie for much the first half of the year. The rest of the lineup struggled finding chemistry consistently and this showed especially when Bellows and Joachim Blichfeld were away at the World Junior Championships. […]
Winterhawks get key 3-1 win over visiting Americans
Dennis Cholowski finally got a goal as a Portland Winterhawk and his team went on to score twice more and beat the visiting Tri-City Americans 3-1 in front of 7.741 at Mode Center. It was not for lack of trying as the former Prince George Cougars blue liner had fired […]
Winterhawks overcome Royals in high-scoring affair
Ryan Hughes was not expected back into the Portland Winterhawks game Wednesday night against the Victoria Royals. He stretched out for a pass from linemate Joachim Blichfeld and fell awkwardly to the ice midway through the first period. With his serious leg injury earlier this year and the fact that […]
Bellows and Glass return and Portland gets key win over Everett 3-0
Kieffer Bellows had an interesting return to the lineup for the Portland Winterhawks against the visiting Everett Silvertips. Bellows, who had posted seven points in three games after returning from the World Juniors went down with an upper body injury on January 14th. This was his return to the ice […]
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 […]
Estephan and Sissons lead Broncos over Winterhawks 5-3
With Cody Glass joining Kieffer Bellows and Ryan Hughes in the stands, the Portland Winterhawks knew they were going to need a gutsy game from the whole team. They played a more limited, conservative game under coach Danny Flynn, who had the reins with vice president, head coach and general […]