Matthew Quigley is in his third season with the Portland Winterhawks and has developed into a reliable, shutdown defenseman for the Winterhawks who also is a jack-of-all-trades. The Chestermere, Alberta native is a player associate coach Kyle Gustafson relies on as a “key part of our team.” “He has been […]
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Americans defeat Winterhawks 3-2 in third consecutive overtime game
With 12 days off for the holiday break, the Portland Winterhawks (19-11-3-2) and Tri-City Americans (18-12-1-1) met for the third straight game. Also, for the third straight matchup, the game required overtime. Sticking with the theme over the last three contests, the Americans emerged victorious in the 3-on-3 session. Friday […]
Winterhawks acquire rights to Bobby Brink
On Friday the Portland Winterhawks announced they traded for the rights to Bobby Brink from Minnetonka, Minnesota. The five-foot-ten, 165 pound forward was previously on the Prince George Cougars’ protected list. Acquiring the rights cost the Winterhawks a 2019 seventh round pick in the upcoming bantam draft. If he signs […]
Portland Winterhawks first half summary
The Portland Winterhawks’ 68-game schedule is half complete, and I’ve taken a glance at the numbers to spot anything which catches my eye. My goal is to provide information beyond what someone could quickly view on the season statistics page. For this report I only included active roster skaters. Any […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Swetlikoff signs with Kelowna; Aubin inks with Swift Current; Jokiharju with Finland; Glass shines in World Juniors exhibition game
Rockets sign the elusive Swetlikoff The Kelowna Rockets are pleased to announce the signing of Kelowna product, Alex Swetlikoff to a standard @TheWHL Player Agreement. Welcome to the Rockets @aswet90! ? Details ➡️ https://t.co/mTAQqo6OXz pic.twitter.com/Pp5PKMQFkt — Kelowna Rockets (@Kelowna_Rockets) December 19, 2018 -Two previous WHL teams tried and failed to […]
Get to know the Portland Winterhawks: Pregame rituals and superstitions
The Portland Winterhawks are exactly halfway through their 68 game schedule. The players have answered questions related to games, practices, and their young careers over the first 34 games of the 2018-2019 season. The team is currently tied for second place in the U.S. Division with the Spokane Chiefs, but […]
Americans defeat Winterhawks 4-3 for second overtime win on the weekend
On back-to-back nights the Tri-City Americans (17-12-1-1) and Portland Winterhawks (19-11-2-2) needed more than 60 minutes to settle the score. For the second night in a row, the Americans came away with the extra point, and four points on the weekend. Kyle Olson scored his second of the evening while […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: A Bronco……stays a Bronco; Jones makes NHL debut; Alumnus almost finds way into an NHL game; Fyten scores in Oil Kings debut
Lacombe signs with Broncos #SCB sign @HumboldtBroncos defenceman Chase Lacombe to a #WHL Standard Player Agreement. The 16-year-old has three assists in 29 games for Humboldt. — SC Broncos (@SCBroncos) December 15, 2018 Chase Lacombe is staying a Bronco…..the 2002 defenceman signed a standard WHL player agreement with the Swift […]
Warm saves Americans while Yaremko and Hyman complete 3-2 comeback victory over Winterhawks
(Kennewick, Washington) – Inside the Toyota Center on Saturday was an exciting U.S. Division matchup. The Tri-City Americans (16-12-1-1), and Nolan Yaremko scored twice in the final four minutes of regulation to force overtime against the Portland Winterhawks (19-11-1-2). Aaron Hyman completed the comeback with just over 90 seconds to […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Alexeyev avoids major injury; JAD joins Canada; former Winterhawk gets call from the bigs
Alexeyev Gets Lucky Alexeyev avoids major injury, may play Friday against Tigers. #RDR Story by @GregMeachem https://t.co/OlS3yUFqct?: @wallygator88 pic.twitter.com/jnevjeiMob — Red Deer Rebels (@Rebelshockey) December 12, 2018 Red Deer Rebels defenseman and Washington Capital’s prospect Alexander Alexeyev has avoided serious injury following Tuesday’s awkward hit from the Blazers’ Zane Franklin, […]
