With Cody Glass joining Kieffer Bellows and Ryan Hughes in the stands, the Portland Winterhawks knew they were going to need a gutsy game from the whole team. They played a more limited, conservative game under coach Danny Flynn, who had the reins with vice president, head coach and general […]
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Portland’s nightmare December comes to the end with a loss to Seattle
The Portland Winterhawks are glad to see December in their rear view mirror. Thy won just two of their 13 games in the month and watch a tight grip of the U.S. Division slip away in a hurry. After scoring a goal with under a minute left and the goalie […]
Seattle edges under-manned Portland in overtime 4-3
With Cody Glass going out injured in Portland’s overtime win against Tri-City on Friday, captain Keoni Texeira not even able to play in that game due to an injury and three players participating in the U-20 World Junior Championships, the Winterhawks were without five of their top players Saturday night. […]
Americans fall 3-2 to Portland in overtime
Kennewick, Wa. The Tri-City Americans (19-10-4-0, 42 pts.) and Portland Winterhawks (22-12-0-1, 45 pts.) are going to get real familiar with each other again. Playing in the tail end of a home-in-home, the teams will play each other another seven times during the second half of the season. They have […]
Everett rolls over Portland to capture U.S. Division lead
In retrospect it seemed to be building to this. In the first few months of the 2017-18 season, the Portland Winterhawks were riding high and even out together a league-high 12-game win streak at one point. Since that win streak ended though, the wheels have fallen off a bit and […]
Texeira boosts Portland over Spokane
When your team is mired in a five-game losing streak and is struggling to score, you expect your veteran leaders to step up and provide a boost. Portland Winterhawks overage d-man Keoni Texeira did just that Tuesday night in Spokane. With the teams tied at two and trading chances, Texeira […]
Maier shuts down Winterhawks
The WHL is an unpredictable league. In their first 27 games this year, the Saskatoon Blades (11-14-2-1) had given up the most goals at 120. The Portland Winterhawks (20-5-0-1) had scored the third most in the league at 115. Nolan Maier, in just his ninth career start had other things […]
Winterhawks soar past Oil Kings in 3-0 win
The Portland Winterhawks (19-4-0-0) continued their central division road trip and made their way to central Alberta to face the Edmonton Oil Kings (5-17-2-0). Travis Child got the nod once again for the Oil Kings while Cole Kehler, after a rare night off on Friday, got his 18th start. It […]
Winterhawks wallop Hitmen at home
The Portland Winterhawks came as advertised and blasted the Calgary Hitmen, adding them to the piles of teams they have left in their wake during their current eight-game winning streak. Two teams headed in very opposite directions continued on similar paths, as the Winterhawks disposed of the Hitmen 7-3 Wednesday […]
Ice fall 5-2 to ‘Hawks
The Portland Winterhawks are making their case as one of the top teams in the WHL, as a 5-2 win over the Kootenay Ice on Tuesday put them into first place in league standings with a 0.800 win percentage. Their 16 wins, ties them for second most in the WHL, […]