With the season upon us, it’s time for my annual tour around the league. I’m going to pick out one subject for each team and say what it is that I’m looking for and why it’s important. At the end of the year I’ll look back and see what the […]
Tag: Portland Winterhawks
Daily Dose of the Dub: WHL kicks off 2019-20 season
1999-born defenseman Brayden Pachal won’t be returning to the Prince Albert Raiders this season as he has signed an entry-level contract with the Vegas Golden Knights after attending training camp on an amateur try-out contract.
Daily Dose of the Dub: McGrew back to Spokane, Newkirk back to Portland, WHL teams make final cuts before opening day
The Washington Capitals have assigned Aliaksei Protas (Prince Albert Raiders), Eric Florchuk (Saskatoon Blades) and Alex Kannok-Leipert (Vancouver Giants) back to the WHL.
Portland Winterhawks practice report – Introducing Isaiah DiLaura
On Wednesday, I went to the Portland Winterhawks practice in advance of their first two games of the regular season this weekend. The Winterhawks host the Tri-City Americans on Saturday before the Kamloops Blazers visit the Rose City. Unfortunately, due to being involved in a bad car accident on Wednesday […]
DUBNetwork’s 2019-20 WHL team predictions
This past week, 21 different individuals that work for DUBNetwork in some scope voted on who they thought would win each of the WHL’s four divisions, who would be left on top of each conference in the playoffs and who would win the final. We also picked which team we […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Chiefs release Klassen, Blazers release Caller, More players return from NHL Camps
The Spokane Chiefs have released goaltender Reece Klassen and he is now a free agent and can pursue other hockey opportunities.
Daily Dose of the Dub: Winterhawks acquire DiLaura, Wheat Kings acquire Ginnell and so much more
The Portland Winterhawks have acquired Isaiah DiLaura from the Prince George Cougars in exchange for a 2022 seventh-round pick.
Daily Dose of the Dub: WHL Opening Week begins with flurry of moves around the league
The Ottawa Senators made 11 cuts yesterday which included sending Mads Sogaard back to the Medicine Hat Tigers and releasing Conner McDonald from his pro-tryout contract which allows him to return to the Edmonton Oil Kings for his overage season.
2019-2020 WHL Season Previews: Portland Winterhawks
Portland Winterhawks Last Season: 40-22-3-3-86 points. The Portland Winterhawks finished third in the U.S. Division and made the playoffs for the 10th straight season. Joachim Blichfeld led the WHL in scoring with 114 points in his overage season to take home the Bob Clarke Trophy. Blichfeld, along with Winterhawks captain […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Kral, Stotts, Rybinski and Ludvig coming back to WHL, Wedman, Scott and Sapego off to AHL camps and more
The Florida Panthers have made some cuts to their training camp roster.