Friday evening in the WHL saw long-time U.S. Division rivals face off against one another. So far this season, the Seattle Thunderbirds (22-28-3-3) and Portland Winterhawks (40-8-3-4) have needed more than 60 minutes to find a winner in four of the seven games played — including the last two. Both […]
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The 2010s: Vancouver Giants All-Decade Team
Tuesday will see the end of not just the calendar year, but the decade as a whole. As their 2010 through 2019 record of 340-345-34-30 shows, the 2010s were very average for the Vancouver Giants. Ten years saw two BC Division titles, a Western Conference championship banner, a WHL Final […]
Portland Winterhawks: Introducing Simon Knak and Jonas Brøndberg
The Portland Winterhawks are 21 games into their season and are currently tied for first place in the U.S. Division. A big portion of their success has been the play of their two 2019 CHL Import Draft selections, Simon Knak and Jonas Brøndberg. Portland selected Knak with the 40th overall […]
Winterhawks at the 15 game mark with Dean “Scooter” Vrooman
Portland leads the Western Conference in goals, is 2nd in points, while carrying 9 players who are 16 or 17 years old. Dean “Scooter” Vrooman sat down with Josh Critzer looking at the state of the Winterhawks, 15 games into the season
Early season musings with Bill Wilms
Longtime WHL colour analyst Bill Willms joined us looking at the young WHL season, Winnipeg, Vancouver, Prince Albert, & beyond TSN Discount Golf Cards
#NeelyCup Day 2 Recap
Josh Critzer & Chad Balcom sat down in a deserted Memorial Coliseum & reflected on Day 2 of Portland’s training camp. Josh brings us bonus audio from Carter Streek, Blake Samida, & Shai Buium
All-Time WHL Lineups: Kamloops Blazers
Folks, it is August 12th, and we are almost there. Training camp is just around the bend, and we are ready to get things moving into the hockey season. In the meantime, we have wound back the clock and taken a crack at assembling an all-time Blazers roster: (Here at […]
Adam Purner: Winterhawks Video Coordinator
Adam Purner wears many hats: Events Manager in Portland’s business office, Video Coordinator working with the on-ice coaching staff, & Goaltender Development Coordinator for USA Hockey for the state of Oregon. He joined Josh & Chad to break down some of his duties in each role
End of June Report: Portland Winterhawks
The last two weeks have been eventful for the Portland Winterhawks. Johnny Ludvig and Reece Newkirk were selected on day 2 of the NHL Draft; Clay Hanus, Jaydon Dureau, and Jake Gricius were invited to NHL development camp rosters as undrafted players; Cross Hanas was named to the US Select […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Gustafson, Hay re-sign with Winterhawks and so much more
The Portland Winterhawks have announced contract extensions for Associate Coach and Assistant to the General Manager Kyle Gustafson and Assistant Coach Don Hay.
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