It didn’t take long for the Portland Winterhawks to bring the rain of bears from the Rose Garden crowd on Saturday night as Spencer Bennett scored on a wrist shot from the right face-off circle just under three minutes into the 5-3 victory over the Seattle Thunderbirds.
The play was set up by 16 year old [...]
Fun Night…
Hawks Return To Form…
First off…thanks to Mick White at Kent Valley Sports for the photos…
The Portland Winterhawks, after a tough first period, returned to the form that we saw earlier in the season as they came from behind to defeat the Seattle Thunderbirds 6-4 at the ShoWare Center in Kent, WA.
The Hawks were led by Nino Niederreiter, who [...]
Portland @ Seattle…Rosters…
No Luke Walker tonight…one game suspension for the elbow major on Wednesday (don’t get me started on it)…
Portland:
Goalies:
Ian Curtis (starter), Mac Carruth
Defense Pairs:
Brett Ponich – Eric Doyle
Troy Rutkowski – Taylor Aronson
Joe Morrow – Daniel Johnston
Forward Lines:
Riley Boychuk – Stefan Schneider – Tayler Jordan
Brad Ross – Ryan Johansen – Nino Niederreiter
Spencer Bennett – Chris Francis – [...]
Hawks Acquire Doyle…
The Portland Winterhawks continued to evolve their roster by acquiring 20 year old defenseman Eric Doyle from the Swift Current Broncos in exchange for 19 year old defenseman Travis Bobbee.
Doyle started his career as a 16 year old with the Everett Silvertips before being traded to the Broncos in his second season. He has amassed [...]
Happy Thanksgiving…
Just home from a long trip to Tri City…nothing good to say about that one (although nice to see Stefan Schneider pot a couple)…so, I’ll leave you with…
Happy Thanksgiving!
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Reddin A Raider…
The trade winds continued to blow through Portland this morning when the Winterhawks dealt 19 year old forward Colin Reddin to the Prince Albert Raiders for a 4th Round pick in the 2010 WHL Bantam Draft in 2010.
Reddin had appeared in 24 games this season, posting 3-3-6 with 26 penalty minutes.
In his career with the [...]
Trade Value…
The term “trade value” gets thrown around a lot and one of the things that I’ve noticed since moving out of the general fan base and into the broadcast position is that the fans interpretation of “trade value” and actual “trade value” are often nowhere close to each other.
Please note that this not a criticism [...]
Mucha Traded…
There have been a few times over the past couple of seasons when I thought that I’d write that headline…today I do.
The Portland Winterhawks have traded Kurtis Mucha to the Kamloops Blazers for a 4th Round Bantam Pick in 2010.
Mucha played his first game as a Portland Winterhawk (Winter Hawks then) in Moose Jaw on [...]
Portland @ Vancouver…Rosters…
Two goaltenders making their WHL debuts tonight…
Portland:
G: Mac Carruth (starter), Kurtis Mucha
D:
Troy Rutkowski – Taylor Aronson
Brett Ponich – Travis Bobbee
Joe Morrow – Tyler Wotherspoon
F:
Luke Walker – Chris Francis – Spencer Bennett
Brad Ross – Ryan Johansen – Nino Niederreiter
Ty Rattie – Jacob Berglund – Riley Boychuk
Seth Swenson – Stefan Schneider – Taylor Jordan
Scratches:
Ian Curtis, Daniel Johnston, [...]
One Of Those Nights…
I guess you could call it an omen, but I had a feeling it was going to be one of those nights when the Portland Winterhawks shattered the glass behind the net in warm-ups. Turns out I was right as the Hawks dropped a 6-4 decision to the Chilliwack Bruins to end their five game [...]
