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. […]
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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 […]
Winterhawks hold off Americans to earn split
After missing over two months with a leg injury, Portland Winterhawks left wing Ryan Hughes has struggled a bit to regain his form. After potting four goals and two assists over the four games prior to his injury, Hughes has not put up the same production since coming back. A […]
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 […]
Portland avoids weekend sweep with gutsy effort
The Portland Winterhawks were sick of the Don Hay celebration weekend. They were on the losing end twice at the Sandman Centre this weekend as Hay grabbed wins 742 and 743 and became the winningest coach in WHL history. Sunday evening, after both teams made the nine-hour trip down, the […]
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 […]
Royals double up Winterhawks in battle of depleted teams
With Kieffer Bellows joining Jake Gricius and Lane Gilliss on the injury list prior to the game Wednesday night in Portland and Ryan Hughes leaving after the game was 20 minutes old, the Winterhawks were down to just eight forwards and were forced to use two defensemen heavily as forwards. […]
Americans fall to Portland 5-1
Kennewick, Wa. Both the Tri-City Americans (22-14-5-0, 49 pts.) and the Portland Winterhawks (25-13-1-2, 53 pts.) made some moves this week at the trade deadline to build for a deep playoff run. Defenseman Jake Bean made his debut for the Americans last night to the delight of the home crowd. […]