New ownership, new schedule, a temporary new home, but the same winning style. That’s the plan the Portland Winterhawks will be working to uphold over the shortened season. The Winterhawks are the reigning WHL regular-season champions with 97 points in 63 games before the season’s early end. They finished […]
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Winterhawks new ownership and season update
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 […]
Newkirk’s natural hat trick propels Portland
Sunday evening marked the third game in three nights for the Portland Winterhawks (39-8-3-4). After splitting the first two games against Everett and Spokane, Portland welcomed the Moose Jaw Warriors (12-36-4-0) to the Veterans Memorial Coliseum. Facing each another only once a season, the two teams have not met since […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: T-Birds sign Myatovic, Winterhawks sign Litke, Weekly Report and more
The Seattle Thunderbirds have signed 2019 sixth-round pick Nico Myatovic to a WHL Education Contract.
Winterhawks point streak hits 20 with win on Friday
Friday marked the fifth meeting of the 2019-2020 season between the Tri-City Americans (14-24-4-1) and Portland Winterhawks (34-6-2-3). The first four games went in favor of Portland who currently sits atop the U.S. Division standings. An eventful first period helped pace the Winterhawks to a 8-2 win, their 34th of […]
Portland Winterhawks complete longest road trip of the season
The Portland Winterhawks recently completed their longest road trip of the season after playing seven in a row away from the Rose City. Prior to six games against the Central Division, the road trip officially kicked off in Vancouver back on September 27th. In the seven games, Portland went 3-3-0-1. […]
Special Teams take center stage as Hurricanes down Winterhawks
In a game that featured a combined 12 power play chances, It was the Lethbridge Hurricanes that were able to cash in and outlast the Portland Winterhawks 4-2 in thrilling fashion. Rookie netminder Bryan Thomson made 18 saves to record the win. The game didn’t start well for the Hurricanes. […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Blades clinch playoff spot; Giants clinch division; Raiders clinch division and conference
Blades clinch We're back.#BladeCity pic.twitter.com/BFsNEzUB7T — x – Saskatoon Blades (@BladesHockey) February 24, 2019 The Saskatoon Blades became the fifth team in the league to clinch a playoff spot with a 4-3 shootout win over Kootenay. This will be their first trip to the playoffs since 2013 when they hosted […]
Portland Winterhawks practice report 1/25
On Friday afternoon I made my way to the Veterans Memorial Coliseum to attend the Portland Winterhawks practice. Fresh off their first victory against Tri-City this season on Wednesday, the Winterhawks are preparing to face the red-hot Seattle Thunderbirds on Saturday and Lethbridge Hurricanes on Sunday. Entering Friday night, the […]
Four goal first period propels Portland over Moose Jaw 6-0
(Moose Jaw, SK) Reece Newkirk and the Portland Winterhawks (23-11-3-2) continued their eastern road trip Saturday in Moose Jaw against the Warriors (21-9-5-1). Newkirk, a Moose Jaw native, playing for the first time as a WHL player back in his hometown came out flying early. The momentum never ceased, and […]
