The Portland Winterhawks held a public video conference to introduce the new team ownership on Tuesday night. During the video conference, they also hosted a Q&A with head coach Mike Johnston and president Doug Piper. From the new ownership New owners, Michael Kramer, and Kerry Preete took time to […]
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WHL Prospects Review: Central Division
As the summer rolls on, so does our WHL prospects review series. In our first post, we took a look at the seven players selected by NHL teams in the Pacific Division in 2018 and 2019. Today, we’ll dive into the prospects in the Central Division. Chicago Blackhawks In […]
Past vs present: Winterhawks Memorial Cup chances – goaltending
With the early conclusion of the 2019-20 WHL season, many fans are left questioning which team would have been sitting atop the standings at the end of the full regular season, the Portland Winterhawks or Everett Silvertips. Instead, I am wondering how the 2019-20 Portland Winterhawks compare to the […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Silvertips sign Ryan Hofer
The Everett Silvertips signed Ryan Hofer to a WHL Education Contract on Monday.
Daily Dose of the Dub: Thunderbirds sign Ludwig, Hayes and Tendeck sign professional contracts and more
The Seattle Thunderbirds have signed forward Gabe Ludwig to his WHL Education Contract
Daily Dose of the Dub: Silvertips sign Courtney, Winterhawks announce team awards
The Everett Silvertips have signed Beau Courtney to a WHL Education Contract.
DUBNetwork Awards: Western Conference first, second and third teams
The 2019-20 WHL season came to an unexpected end with the outbreak of Covid-19 across North America and the world. That meant us at DUBNetwork had to scramble and put together our fourth annual awards. I reached out to our beat writers and those associated with the site and […]
One point – Portland Winterhawks Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy winners
The Portland Winterhawks were awarded the Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy for finishing the WHL season as Regular Season Champions. With the regular season suspended, and not all 68 games played, the WHL elected to hand out awards based upon points percentage. Portland not only led the league in points […]
Portland wins rematch with Victoria 4-1
Sunday evening in the Moda Center marked the fourth, and final, regular season meeting between the Victoria Royals (31-24-6-2) and the Portland Winterhawks (45-11-3-4). After the first three meetings required overtime to determine a winner, the Winterhawks won 4-1 behind a 37 save, bounce back effort by goaltender Joel […]
Winterhawks tie game late, win in overtime over Royals
With seven games remaining in the 2019-2020 regular season, Saturday night in Portland was a key meeting between two teams looking to secure playoff positioning. The Victoria Royals (31-23-6-2) made the trip south to face the Portland Winterhawks (44-11-3-4) in the first of a back-to-back series. Entering the night […]