The Prince Albert Raiders have cut three players from their pre-season active roster:
Tag: Reece Newkirk
Portland opens preseason with 6-5 victory
(Everett, WA) The start of the WHL season officially kicked off for the Portland Winterhawks (1-0) as they started a three-in-three against the Spokane Chiefs (0-1). The two U.S. Division rivals scored a combined 11 goals, and Portland defeated Spokane Friday afternoon 6-5. “I thought there were a lot of […]
Portland Winterhawks 2019 training camp review
The Portland Winterhawks finished their training camp on Saturday with the awarding of the Neely Cup. 84 players were split into four different teams and played two 25 minute doubleheader games against one another in a round-robin format. The top two teams based upon records faced off in the championship […]
End of June Report: Portland Winterhawks
The last two weeks have been eventful for the Portland Winterhawks. Johnny Ludvig and Reece Newkirk were selected on day 2 of the NHL Draft; Clay Hanus, Jaydon Dureau, and Jake Gricius were invited to NHL development camp rosters as undrafted players; Cross Hanas was named to the US Select […]
New York Islanders select Portland’s Reece Newkirk
(Vancouver, BC) The New York Islanders selected Portland Winterhawks forward Reece Newkirk in the fifth round on Saturday afternoon with the 147th overall pick. Newkirk joins former Winterhawks forward Kieffer Bellows in the Islanders’ system. In his second season in the WHL, Reece scored 23 goals to go along with […]
Off-season outlook: Portland Winterhawks
This is an ongoing series as we start the long road to the 2019-20 WHL season. We will be going in the order that teams were eliminated from contention. Keep in mind that the roster guesses vary because of information made available to us. We did our very best to […]
Portland wins 40th game after defeating Everett 4-1
For the third consecutive year the Portland Winterhawks (40-20-3-3) have won 40 games. The milestone win came on Tuesday evening in their final matchup of the regular season with the U.S. Division leading Everett Silvertips (46-16-2-2). Four different goal scorers, and 36 saves from Joel Hofer, paced Portland to a […]
Winterhawks celebrate Glass’ return with a 2-0 win
The past eight games the Portland Winterhawks played without team captain Cody Glass. On Saturday night against the Red Deer Rebels, he was a game-time decision and ultimately decided to play. His presence was key in a 2-0 Winterhawks win. For Glass it was a big relief to get back […]
Medicine Hat, behind Sogaard wins 2-1 in a shootout over Portland
On Sunday evening in Portland netminders Mads Sogaard and Shane Farkas were the main focus as they battled in a goaltenders dual. The Medicine Hat Tigers (31-18-3-2) completed their trip through the U.S. Division, including three games in three nights, when they visited the Portland Winterhawks (33-16-3-3) in the Moda […]
Portland Winterhawks third quarter summary report
The Portland Winterhawks 68-game schedule is now three-fourths 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. […]