The Calgary Hitmen (9-13-2-0) are currently on their U.S. Division road trip and were looking for a strong defensive performance after losing to the Portland Winterhawks (13-8-0-2) the last two seasons by a combined score 16-5. The Hitmen received such a performance both by their 18-year-old goalie Carl Stankowski as […]
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Nick Cicek: Dependable Defensively for Portland
Portland Winterhawks defenseman Nick Cicek is developing into a reliable defensive, defenseman. The WHL season is slightly over a quarter complete and the Winterhawks are rotating their younger defenseman in and out of the lineup. Portland, under GM and head coach Mike Johnston, uses the first portion of the season […]
Portland Winterhawks Practice Report 11/20
The Portland Winterhawks practiced on Tuesday in advance of three games in five nights. Wednesday the Calgary Hitmen (8-13-2-0) make their bi-annual visit to the Rose City. Calgary’s offense is led by 19-year-old Mark Kastelic (19-11–30) and James Malm (11-13–24). Malm scored a goal against Portland with Vancouver prior to […]
Seattle beats Portland 6-4, ends losing streak
(Kent, WA) Scoring had been an issue for the Seattle Thunderbirds (8-9-3-0) through their recent seven-game losing streak. In those seven games, they had just eight goals. Instead of going away from the game plan though, against a team riding in on a seven-game streak of getting at least a […]
Farkas and Winterhawks shut out Rockets 3-0 for fourth straight win
The Portland Winterhawks (11-6-0-1) hosted the Kelowna Rockets (8-11-0-0) on Saturday night in the Moda Center. The Winterhawks were off all week after completing a sweep last weekend. Portland returned to the ice to face the Rockets who were on a four-game winning streak of their own. Something had to […]
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’ […]
Winterhawks hold on 2-1 for win against Royals
Saturday night the Veterans Memorial Coliseum hosted the rematch of the Victoria Royals (9-5-0-0) and the Portland Winterhawks (9-6-0-1). The Winterhawks won the first contest on Friday, and were able to defeat the Royals 2-1 on Hawks Fight Cancer night. Prior to the game, the Winterhawks honored several cancer survivors […]
Balanced scoring helps Portland in win against Victoria
Friday evening in Portland was an offensive night as the Winterhawks (8-6-0-1) defeated the Victoria Royals (9-4-0-0) 7-3. Portland finally found some depth scoring as seven different players scored while Victoria was paced by 18-year-old Kaid Oliver. Jared Freadrich scored the first of four goals between the teams in the […]
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 […]
Dante Giannuzzi strong in first WHL game for Portland
The Portland Winterhawks just completed their first weekend playing three games in three nights. The weekend didn’t go how they hoped as they lost all three games. One positive was backup goalie Dante Giannuzzi’s performance in his first WHL game on Friday night against the Spokane Chiefs. Shane Farkas started […]
