(Prince George, BC) The last victory for the Prince George Cougars (18-40-5-3) at home in the CN Centre came on January 21st, eight weeks ago. Friday night the Cougars sent 42 shots onto the net of the Portland Winterhawks (39-20-3-3). Prince George backed it up with another 49 shots on […]
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Shorthanded Winterhawks use power play to fuel comeback over Cougars
(Prince George, BC) With only two weekends left in their regular season, the Portland Winterhawks (39-19-3-3) met the Prince George Cougars (17-40-5-3) on Friday night in the CN Centre. The Winterhawks did not have the start they were looking for falling behind 2-0. However, they used three unanswered power-play goals […]
Gameday Preview: Sunday March 3rd
After a fairly full slate of games this weekend, there are five games on today’s schedule, including eight teams playing their third game in three days. The two freshest teams will be in the spotlight as the earliest game on the day. DUBNetwork Game of the Day: Red Deer Rebels […]
Today’s Gameday Preview: Friday March 1st, 2019
DUBNetwork Feature game of the night: Thunderbirds @ Blazers 7 PM PST A busy schedule in the WHL with playoff implications in nearly every game, we feature Seattle in Kamloops! The Kamloops Blazers take the ice tonight at home against the team directly to the North of them in the […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: WHL hands out monthly awards; six alumni given Canada West awards
Monthly Awards 2019 #NHLDraft prospect @brayden_tracey of @MJWARRIORS is your WHL @CanadianJerky Player of the Month! DETAILS ? | https://t.co/0WkIg3ye96 pic.twitter.com/FBbTG7tRy7 — The WHL (@TheWHL) February 28, 2019 After being named both CHL and WHL Player of the Week, Moose Jaw Warriors rookie forward Brayden Tracey was named WHL Player of the […]
Portland Winterhawks practice report – February 28th
On Thursday afternoon I spent some time attending the Portland Winterhawks practice at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum. This weekend the Winterhawks play a three-in-three starting with a home game against the Spokane Chiefs. On Saturday and Sunday Portland travels to conclude their season series with the Kelowna Rockets. The next […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: WHL hands out weekly awards; Chiefs extend GM
Weekly Awards 2019 #NHLDraft prospect @brayden_tracey of the @MJWARRIORS is your WHL On the Run Player of the Week! DETAILS ?| https://t.co/MmdvSMis0h pic.twitter.com/gCArHdZxnk — The WHL (@TheWHL) February 25, 2019 Moose Jaw Warriors forward Brayden Tracey has been named WHL Player of the Week after posting 11 points (6G, 5A) in four […]
Winterhawks come back from three down to win 4-3 in shootout over Thunderbirds
Saturday night the Portland Winterhawks (37-17-3-3) found themselves down by three goals less than ten minutes into their tenth game of the season with the Seattle Thunderbirds (24-28-5-2). 19-year-old Shane Farkas entered the game and settled Portland down and helped the team escape a slow start in the first period. […]
Exploring the Portland vs Seattle Rivalry: Part Two – The Rookies
Part two of exploring the Portland WInterhawks and Seattle Thunderbirds rivalry features two first round bantam picks and rookies this season. In case you missed it, click here to read Part One – The Fans. On Saturday the U.S. Division rivals meet for the tenth time this season and 49th […]
Exploring Joachim Blichfeld’s 51 goals
With ten games remaining in Portland’s season, which starts Friday in Kennewick, Winterhawks forward Joachim Blichfeld is the first WHL player to 50 goals as well as 100 points. Blichfeld credits his teammates for his success reaching the 50 goal mark, so I took a quick look at how Blichfeld […]
