After nearly two weeks since the Winter Hawks final game of the 2008-09 season, I am reaching the point where I’m envious of my WHL broadcasting brethren that are still working, calling playoff games for their respective teams.
It’s been three years since the Hawks took part in a postseason contest, ending on an Easter Sunday [...]
Feeling Envious…and some stats…
Ehrhardt a Moose; Sauer Called Up…
Portland Winter Hawk Team Captain Travis Ehrhardt has signed an Amateur Tryout Option contract with the Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League.
The Moose are the AHL affiliate of the Vancouver Canucks of the NHL.
Ehrhardt is eligible to return as an overage next season for Portland, and with that fact, the Moose could only sign [...]
Johnston To Coach Team Canada…
Hockey Canada has announced that Portland Winter Hawks General Manager and Head Coach Mike Johnston has been named the head coach for Canada’s National Men’s Under-18 Team for the 2009 IIHF World Under-18 Championship. Canada, the defending champions, open play April 9 in Fargo, North Dakota, against Germany.
The full press release can be found at [...]
Hawks Select First…
In a twist of fate, the Portland Winter Hawks have won the WHL Draft Lottery and will own the first overall selection in the 2009 WHL Bantam Draft to be held in Edmonton on Thursday, April 30.
Last year, the Hawks finished last overall in the WHL, but lost the first overall selection to the Red [...]
Portland/Seattle Highlights…
Here are the nine goals scored by the Hawks on 3/13/09 vs. Seattle…enjoy…(forgive the music…I originally had Rush on there, but YouTube wouldn’t allow it because of their copyright laws)…
WHL Draft Lottery…
The WHL Bantam Draft Lottery will be held on Wednesday (as in tomorrow).
Once the results are made public, there should be an announcement on www.whl.ca and www.winterhawks.com.
The Season Wraps…
It was a long season…but it went by so fast…
When the clock struck 00:00 last night at the Memorial Coliseum, the 2008-09 season for the Portland Winter Hawks came to a close with a 4-3 loss to the Chilliwack Bruins.
My original thought was to do a lengthy post mortum on the season with a lot [...]
Chilliwack vs. Portland…Game Notes…
Hard to believe that we are at Game 72…is it August yet?
Hawks Notes: Chilliwack @ Portland – March 15, 2009
Previous Game – Seattle 4 @ Portland 3 (OT): The Seattle Thunderbirds rallied from an early two-goal deficit and defeated the Portland Winter Hawks in overtime in front of 9,433 at the Memorial Coliseum. Jeremy [...]
Seattle @ Portland…Game Notes…
Hawks Notes: Seattle @ Portland – March 14, 2009
Previous Game – Portland 9 @ Seattle 1: The Portland Winter Hawks exploded for four goals in the first period and they didn’t look back, cruising to a 9-1 victory over the Seattle Thunderbirds at the ShoWare Center in Kent, WA, on Friday night. Brad [...]
Ho-Hum…
That was my comment as I caught Travis Green and Kyle Gustafson in the locker room after the Hawks 9-1 win over Seattle last night…”ho-hum…just another 9-1 win…”. It drew a chuckle or two from the two Hawk Assistants.
After watching this team struggle to produce offensively for the past few seasons, often times missing wide [...]
