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 […]
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World Juniors Recap: December 30th, 2020
December 30th was a historic day at the World Juniors. We saw a country qualify for the quarterfinals for the first time as well as the end of what may be the greatest winning streak in international hockey history. Here are the recaps from Wednesday’s three games: News and […]
Simon Knak named Swiss captain for World Juniors
December 20, 2019, Simon Knak was informed that he had made the Swiss team headed to the 2020 World Junior Championship. Fast forward one year to December 20, 2020, and Simon Knak has found himself named Switzerland’s team captain for the 2021 World Junior Championships. The Portland winger has […]
Three Winterhawks listed as players to watch
With the announcement of the NHL Central Scouting ‘Players to Watch’ list, the spark has been reignited on the discussion of the NHL Draft, this time looking forward to next summer. The Portland Winterhawks find three of their 2021 NHL Draft eligible players on the list in Jack O’Brien, […]
Winterhawks up for selection at the 2020 NHL Draft
In case you haven’t heard yet, the 2020 NHL Entry Draft’s first round is set to take place on Tuesday, October 06, 2020. Just days away, there are a number of Winterhawks hoping their name gets called. Seth Jarvis At this point, you are probably well aware that forward […]
Daily Dose of the DUB: World Juniors event info, Haden signs in ECHL, and more
IIHF announces changes to World Juniors The 2021 #WorldJuniors will be played in a bubble without spectators in Edmonton🇨🇦, in 2022 with fans in Edmonton & Red Deer. The World Juniors in Gothenburg🇸🇪 will be moved to 2024. https://t.co/LIK2g8RYiG 📷 Codie McLachlan/CP/AP/Keystone pic.twitter.com/s3MO4Mc7n0 — IIHF (@IIHFHockey) September 17, 2020 […]
Daily Dose of the DUB: Alumni signings galore, Bublé receives order of B.C.
Busenius signs with Rødovre Mighty Bulls Dylan Busenius (316GP, 25G, 88A with Medicine Hat, Prince Albert, and Saskatoon ’08-’14) has signed a contract to play for Rodovre Mighty Bulls of Denmark’s top professional league. It will be his second season overseas. Last year with Fehervar AV19 of the EBEL […]
Portland Winterhawks confident in current import players
The Portland Winterhawks opted to not make a selection in either round of Tuesday’s 2020 CHL Import Draft, in which a total of 25 selections were made by teams in the WHL. As each team in the CHL is only allowed two import players on its roster, this is […]
Looking ahead to the 2020-21 WHL season: import situations
There is a lot of uncertainty surrounding the 2020-21 WHL season as a whole. Will it start on time? Will it happen at all? Will import players be able to come back to North America? It will be a while before we get any clarity on these three questions […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: NHL Central Scouting releases final rankings, Johnson signs with Moose and more
The NHL Central Scouting Bureau released their final rankings for the 2019-20 season on Wednesday featuring 52 WHLers