The current rules allow each Western Hockey League team to include three 20-year-old players on their roster. These are seemingly interchangeable spots on a WHL roster throughout the season, often devoted to players with high-end skills or, perhaps just as important, high-end character. At 20 years of age, a WHL […]
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Daily Dose of the Dub: WHL hands out year-end awards, Stanley commits to Bisons, Vancouver Sportswriter Jason Botchford passes away at 48
The WHL handed out its year-end awards on Wednesday, a day before the 2019 WHL Bantam Draft takes place.
Portland Winterhawks and Joachim Blichfeld pick up WHL awards
(Red Deer, AB) On Wednesday afternoon the WHL announced the 2018-2019 awards in Red Deer, Alberta. The Portland Winterhawks, along with Joachim Blichfeld, heard their name called. The afternoon of accolades kicked off well for the Winterhawks as they were announced as the WHL Scholastic Team of the Year. This […]
2019 Playoff Preview: U2) Spokane Chiefs vs. U3) Portland Winterhawks
Franchise Playoff History: The U.S.Division rivals face-off for the second straight year as the second and third place finishers in the division. This year, Spokane has the home-ice advantage should the series go seven games. Last season the Winterhawks used their home-ice advantage to defeat the Chiefs in seven games. […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Winnipeg wins draft lottery; WHL hands out yearly awards
Winnipeg picking first The @WHLWpgICE will select first overall at the 2019 #WHLBantamDraft after winning the 2019 WHL Bantam Draft lottery earlier today. DETAILS ? | https://t.co/i1acQOCZps pic.twitter.com/Vo55NLtgWo — The WHL (@TheWHL) March 20, 2019 The newly named Winnipeg ICE will be selecting first overall on May 2nd at the […]
2019 DUBNetwork Player Awards: MVP, Rookie of the Year and Goalie and Defensemen of the Year
Eastern Conference MVP: Trey Fix-Wolansky (Edmonton Oil Kings) -Fix-Wolansky may not have led the Eastern Conference in scoring but his 102 points were 40 more than anyone else on his team had. It’s hard to find someone out there on a division-leader to lead their team by quite so much. […]
Blichfeld wins scoring title, Winterhawks fall in season finale
In the final regular season game of the 2018-2019 season, the Portland Winterhawks (40-22-3-3) met the Seattle Thunderbirds (31-29-6-2) for the 12th and final time. Seattle, already locked into their playoff position as the second wild card in the Western Conference, rested their top three scorers (Matthew Wedman, Noah Philp, […]
2019 DUBNetwork WHL Awards: Western Conference First, Second and Third Teams
It’s that time of year again folks. The 2018-19 regular season has concluded and our team at DUBNetwork has watched a ton of games. I reached out to our beat writers and those associated with the site and had them votes on a variety of categories, just like we did […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Blichfeld claims scoring title in final second; ICE win last game in Cranbrook
Blichfeld wins scoring title With tonight’s assist, @joachimblich is @TheWHL scoring champion with 114 points! Congrats, Joachim! pic.twitter.com/ZjhS9hApod — Portland Winterhawks (@pdxwinterhawks) March 18, 2019 Just when it looked like there was going to be a shared scoring title, Portland’s Joachim Blichfeld earned an assist with just 1.1 seconds left in their […]
Portland Winterhawks overagers reflect on WHL career
With only two games remaining in their final regular season in the WHL, Portland Winterhawks overagers Brendan De Jong, Jared Freadrich, and Joachim Blichfeld spent a few minutes discussing their time in the WHL. All three players have left their mark on the league as well as in Portland. Head […]