The Portland Winterhawks have played just over 25% of the season so far, and I’ve taken a quick look at the numbers to spot anything which catches the eye. The goal is to provide information beyond what someone could quickly view on the season statistics page. For this report I […]
Tag: Jared Freadrich
Tomas Pacina elevating Winterhawks skill level
Tomas Pacina is a name not many around Portland are familiar with; however, inside the Veterans Memorial Coliseum or Moda Center, it is a completely different story. The Portland Winterhawks maximize their on-ice practices through small-area games, conditioning skates, special teams work, but also through individual skill drills. The Winterhawks’ […]
Portland Winterhawks Practice Report 11/1
The Portland Winterhawks practiced Thursday afternoon inside the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in preparation for their second weekend with three games in three nights. Portland has two home games on Friday & Saturday against the Victoria Royals and an away contest against Spokane on Sunday. Victoria will be well rested as […]
John Ludvig relishing top-four role for Winterhawks
Portland Winterhawks defenseman John Ludvig, an 18-year-old from Kamloops, has improved year-after-year after playing in Junior B two years ago to now playing top-four minutes with the Winterhawks this season. Ludvig is a player who so far has flown under the radar during his hockey career. He went undrafted in […]
Jared Freadrich Makes Immediate Impact in Portland
Jared Freadrich was acquired by the Portland Winterhawks during the Bantam Draft in May to provide veteran leadership and impact the Winterhawks power play this year. The Winterhawks are five games into their season. Freadrich already has seven points (1G, 6A) and all have come via the power play. Suffice […]
Winterhawks feed off home-ice advantage with 4-2 win over Seattle
Portland had to wait until their fourth game of the season before experiencing home-ice advantage. The 8,208 Winterhawks faithful were fired up early and often on Saturday night at the Moda Center as fans were treated to an excellent game with 74 combined shots. In the end, Portland secured their […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Three Stars of the Night, more dealing by the Royals, Sutter signs with Washington
Royals ship Zablocki to Rockets in inter-divisional deal Rockets have acquired forward Lane Zablocki from the Victoria Royals in exchange for picks. Details: https://t.co/0fdnjDGLzo #WHLRockets #WelcomeAboard #Kelowna #WHLTrades ?? pic.twitter.com/NTjYFXLEuz — Kelowna Rockets (@Kelowna_Rockets) September 29, 2018 The Victoria Royals made their sixth deal since the WHL bantam draft, sending […]
2018-19 WHL season previews: Portland Winterhawks
2017-2018: The Winterhawks entered the season with high expectations and those expectations only increased when Kieffer Bellows, New York Islanders 1st Round selection in 2016, signed his entry-level contract resulting in him joining the Winterhawks from Boston University. As the season progressed the Winterhawks experienced a number of winning and […]
Portland Winterhawks Mike Johnston looks back on 2017-18 campaign and forward towards next year
The 2017-18 season was the eighth in the WHL for Mike Johnston, the head coach, general manager and vice president of the Portland Winterhawks, over the past 10 years. His two different tenures in that span has seen four trips to the WHL final and one Ed Chynoweth Cup as […]
Winterhawks acquire Freadrich from the Royals
The Portland Winterhawks announced in a press release today that they had acquired 1998-born defenseman Jared Frearich from the Victoria Royals in exchange for a conditional draft pick in 2019. The conditions were not announced, but likely revolve around Freadrich coming back to the WHL as an overage player and […]
