The Portland Winterhawks traded 18 year old forward Killian Hutt to the Regina Pats for a 4th Round pick in the 2010 WHL Bantam Draft and a conditional pick in the 2011 Bantam Draft.
Hutt played one year in Portland after being acquired from Medicine Hat in exchange for Tristan King. He posted 13-22-35 in 57 [...]
Hutt Dealt to Regina…
September Done…Tough October Looms…
A good opening weekend at home for your Portland Winterhawks as they get back-to-back dominating wins over Seattle (6-1 on Saturday) and Prince George (5-1 last night).
Joe Morrow (pictured left…picture stolen…err…borrowed from Bryan Heim’s Facebook page…thanks Bryan!) scored his first career WHL goal last night in the third period to go with an assist as [...]
Cougs In Town…
The Portland Winterhawks will finish out their first three games in three nights stretch of the 2009-10 season when they host the Prince George Cougars tonight at 5:00 PM at the MC.
The Hawks coming in off the five goal third period explosion that led to the 6-1 win over the Seattle Thunderbirds at the home [...]
At the MC…
Prepping for the home opener…don’t forget tonights game will be on AM 910 KTRO in the Portland/Metro region and on AM 1390 KWOD in Salem.
Even though the Hawks left Tri City with a 4-3 loss last night, it was good to see the team rebound from a 3-1 second period deficit to tie the game [...]
Portland/Tri City Rosters/Scratches:
For tonight:
Portland Winterhawks:
Goaltenders:
Ian Curtis (starter); Kurtis Mucha
Defensemen:
Brett Ponich – Travis Bobbee
Troy Rutkowski – Taylor Aronson
Joe Morrow – Daniel Johnston
Forwards:
Spencer Bennett – Chris Francis – Luke Walker
Oliver Gabriel – Stefan Schneider – Tayler Jordan
Brad Ross – Ryan Johansen – Nino Niederreiter
Riley Boychuk – Jacob Berglund – Colin Reddin
Scratches:
Keith Hamilton, Ty Rattie, Seth Swenson, Gasper Kopitar, Tyler [...]
Tri City Upgrades Locker Room…
The road locker room at the Toyota Center hasn’t been the most luxurious place to be in recent years (if ever) but to the credit of the Tri City Americans and the Toyota Center, there have been major upgrades done and the Hawks will be the first team to enjoy the improvements on Friday night.
Here [...]
Radio Update For Saturday…
Due to scheduling conflicts, the Hawks home opener on Saturday night will not be carried on Freedom 970 AM. The game will be broadcast live on 910 KTRO in Portland and simulcast on 1390 KWOD in Salem. Our thanks to Entercom Radio for their assistance in allowing this game to be aired live in the [...]
Mucha Returns/Spoke News…
The news started trickling out of Edmonton yesterday that Kurtis Mucha was on his way back to Portland after an extended stint in the training camp of the Edmonton Oilers.
The Winterhawks confirmed the news today that Mucha will indeed be back for his fifth season between the pipes for the Hawks.
It also should be noted [...]
Valchar Prairie Bound…
It was inevitable that Radim Valchar was going to get dealt, the question was to where.
The answer came today with Valchar being traded to the Lethbridge Hurricanes in the Central Division. Valchar should make his Hurricane debut on Friday against Red Deer.
Valchar is, simply put, a great kid. Always smiling and working his tail off, [...]
Ian Curtis Nominated…
Buried in the player of the week article at www.whl.ca:
The WHL has also nominated Ian Curtis of the Portland Winterhawks for the ADT CHL Goaltender of the Week Award. On Saturday, September 19th, the Portland Winterhawks began their regular season schedule on the road as they visited the ShoWare Centre in Kent to face the [...]
