This past weekend was exciting and new for many members of the Portland Winterhawks. Portland had seven players in their lineup who qualified as rookies in the WHL. With so many players graduating to the professional ranks and others missing, Portland head coach, general manager and vice president Mike Johnston […]
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Seattle’s second period surge takes down Portland 5-3
(Kent, WA) The Interstate 5 rivalry is alive and well. The Seattle Thunderbirds and Portland Winterhawks took to the ShoWare Center ice on Saturday night and played the first of 12 games between the two squads this season. With the WHL season being cut down to 68 games, those 12 […]
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 […]
Kyle Gustafson has a new title but it’s business as usual for him and the Winterhawks
Kyle Gustafson has been an Assistant Coach with the Portland Winterhawks since 2004. He has seen a lot of good and bad times while behind the bench. His bosses may have changed over the years as Mike Williamson, Richard Kromm, Mike Johnston, Jamie Kompon and Johnston again have taken turns […]
Portland Winterhawks notebook: the Mike Johnston executive tree
Since he joined the Portland Winterhawks in 2008, Mike Johnston has done a good job of recruiting players to come and play in the WHL with Portland. Along the way he has brought in a strong group of individuals to help him in scouting and recruiting. The success that he […]
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 […]
WHL Playoff Preview: Everett Silvertips vs Portland Winterhawks
Regular season meetings: 9/23/17 – Portland 7 @Everett 4 10/29/17 – Everett 3 @Portland 2 11/4/17 – Portland 3 @Everett 1 12/6/17 – Everett 4 Portland 1 12/9/17 – Everett 2 @Portland 1 12/17/17 – Everett 8 Portland 3 1/6/18 – Portland 4 @Everett 3 1/14/18 – Everett 4 Portland […]
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 […]