Tape Delay Saturday Night…

Due to the Washington State vs. Notre Dame football game, the broadcast of the Portland Winterhawks vs. Spokane Chiefs game will be delayed on Freedom AM 970 KCMD on Saturday night.
The broadcast should be started around 9:00 PM and it will include the full pre-game and game audio as well as a post-game show.   Todd [...]

Ponich Named to Team WHL…

Portland Winterhawks Captain Brett Ponich has been selected to take part in the CHL Subway Super Series in November.
He will play for Team WHL when they take on the Russian squad on November 25 in Victoria, BC.
The Winterhawks will be on the road in Tri City that night, so he will obviously miss that game, [...]

Peters to Penticton…

The Portland Winterhawks announced today that 17 year old forward Taylor Peters has been reassigned to the Penticton Vees of the BCHL.
Peters appeared in only three games this season, going pointless, after posting 4-4-8 in 70 games last season as a 16 year old rookie.  He also scored twice as a 15 year old affiliate [...]

Two Points Is Two Points…

After using superior special teams to take a 4-1 lead last night at the Memorial Coliseum, the Portland Winterhawks held off the Brandon Wheat Kings and escape with a 5-4 shootout win to extend the winning streak to four games and their overall record to 12-5-0-0.
Kurtis Mucha, in relief of Ian Curtis who left with [...]

Kamloops Fires Barry Smith…

The first coaching casualty of the 2009-10 WHL season was announced this morning with the Kamloops Blazers, who had been ranked as high as 5th in the CHL Top 10 this season, released Head Coach Barry Smith.   Assistant Coach Scott Ferguson takes over as the interim Head Coach with Geoff Smith remaining on as the [...]

Photo’s From Cranbrook…

Some shots from the game on Friday night…
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Rolling Home…

It’s 1:15 AM…the bus is rolling just West of Spokane and the wireless Internet is working…time to post a blog as sleep probably won’t be part of the equation tonight.
The road trip ended on a positive note with the 5-1 win over the Kootenay Ice at the Cranbrook RecPlex.   The Hawks dominated the game, even [...]

Last Day On The Road…

Seems like we’ve been gone forever and I’m very ready to get back to Portland…
It took until this far for my voice to start to fail so tonight should be fun as it is going to be a bit wonky.  I’m drinking some hot tea with honey and lemon to try and soothe the vocal [...]

Nino’s Winner…

From last night with my audio dubbed over the footage…
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The Homestretch…

The Winterhawks are now back where we started this trip…Cranbrook, BC…as they prepare for their final game of the Central Swing tomorrow night against the Kootenay Ice.   It’s nice to be back amongst the trees, even if they are obscured by the fog this morning.
The 4-3 OT win last night guaranteed the Hawks at least [...]