The Seattle Thunderbirds (30-24-7-2) and Portland Winterhawks (38-20-1-4) played a wild game at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in front of 6,124 enraptured fans Friday night. The game had a wild, playoff feel to it as Seattle rode strong goaltending by Liam Hughes and the hot stick of Zack Andrusiak to take […]
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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
WHL at the World Junior Championships day eight
Czech Republic 4 Finland 3 (SO) Red Deer Rebels forward Kristian Reichel has produced more as the the U-20 World Junior Championships has gone on over the last week. He scored twice in their last preliminary game and added another marker on Tuesday. Reichel then got the Czech Republic started […]
WHL at the World Junior Championships day six
Czech Republic 6 Switzerland 3 The Czech Republic (3-1) locked up second place in Group B with a 6-3 win over Switzerland (1-3). Outside, of their loss to Sweden, the Czechs scored five or more goals in every game. This one was no different. Switzerland narrowly avoided going to the relegation […]
WHL at the World Junior Champiosnhips day five
Czech Republic 6 Belarus 5 Belarus (0-4) and the Czech Republic (2-1) played a thriller in the opening game on Saturday. Belarus took a 2-0 lead in the second period but the Cezchs reeled off five goals in a row to take a 5-2 lead in the third period. Red […]