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Portland Winterhawks
City	Portland, Oregon
League	Western Hockey League
Conference	Western
Division	U.S.
Founded	1951, in the WCHL
Home arena	Moda Center Veterans Memorial Coliseum
Colors	Red, white and black
General manager	Mike Johnston
Head coach	Mike Johnston
Championships	Western Hockey League Champions (1982, 1998, 2013) Memorial Cup Champions (1983, 1998)
Website	www.winterhawks.com
Franchise history
1951–1976	Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)
1976–2009	Portland Winter Hawks
2009–present	Portland Winterhawks

The Portland Winterhawks are a junior ice hockey team based in Portland, Oregon, playing in the Western Hockey League (WHL), one of three leagues making up the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). The Winterhawks split their home games between the Moda Center (most games) and the Memorial Coliseum. They are one of the most successful teams in terms of producing National Hockey League (NHL) alumni, a list that includes Sven Baertschi, Joe Morrow, Ryan Johansen, Braydon Coburn, Adam Deadmarsh, Rob Klinkhammer, Brandon Dubinsky, Tyler Wotherspoon, Andrew Ference, Paul Gaustad, Jannik Hansen, Marian Hossa, Seth Jones, Brenden Morrow, Nino Niederreiter, Mike Vernon, Glen Wesley and Hall of Famers Mark Messier and Cam Neely.

The Winterhawks have won the Ed Chynoweth Cup three times and the Memorial Cup twice in five appearances (1982, 1983, 1986, 1998, 2013). The team has been in Portland since 1976–77.

History

Previous owner Brian Shaw was a pioneer in many aspects of junior hockey, moving a team to the United States and championing the host team format of the Memorial Cup.

The Winterhawks were also pioneers of promotion and are credited with the invention of the "Dash for Cash," in which contestants are picked to run onto the ice and try to scoop up as many silver dollars in two minutes as they can^{[citation needed]}. This popular promotion has been running for many years. Moreover, in late November/early December, they hold their annual teddy bear toss, in which fans throw teddy bears on the ice at the first Portland goal, which are then donated to local children's charities. On December 6, 2008, fans threw out 22,392 teddy bears after Luke Walker scored Portland's first goal against the Seattle Thunderbirds.^{[citation needed]}

The Winterhawks wear jerseys similar to those of the Chicago Blackhawks of the NHL, causing some to erroneously assume that the Winterhawks are a minor league farm team of the Blackhawks. In actuality, the jerseys originally worn by the first Winterhawks team were a used set of Chicago jerseys obtained through connections between the owners of the two teams. In early photos, the old Chicago jerseys are identifiable by the letter "C" with crossed tomahawks on the shoulder crest. The Winterhawks eventually changed the "C" to a "P".

Sven Baertschi previously played for the Winterhawks.

The Portland-Chicago connection runs deeper, as the Blackhawks were founded in 1926 by Frederic McLaughlin, who simply bought the contracts of most of the members of the Portland Rosebuds and brought them to Chicago.

In the 2009–10 season, the Winterhawks introduced an alternate "Hawk Eyes" logo as part of a new advertising campaign that featured lightning flashes on a mottled black background and the SMS-style words, "LOC8, NTMD8, DVST8" (read: "locate, intimidate, devastate"). In 2010–11, an alternate Hawk Head logo was added, with a similar design as the Blackhawks logo, but featuring only the three team colors: red, white and black. A new third jersey was also created with the Hawk Eyes on the front over stylized, mottled black fabric throughout; player names, numbers and accents are in gunmetal gray, and the new tri-color Hawk Head is featured as the shoulder patch.

On November 28, 2012, the WHL announced sanctions against the Winterhawks for a series of player benefits violations over the four previous seasons. As punishment for the violations WHL Commissioner Ron Robison suspended the team from participation in the first five rounds of the 2013 WHL Bantam Draft and forfeiture of their first round picks from the 2014 to 2017 WHL Bantam Drafts and were fined $200,000. The WHL also suspended General Manager and Head Coach Mike Johnston for the remainder of the 2012–13 season, including the 2013 WHL playoffs.^[1]

On May 12, 2013, the Winterhawks defeated the Edmonton Oil Kings 5–1 in Game 6 to become the 2012–13 WHL champions.

On April 25, 2014, the Winterhawks defeated the Kelowna Rockets 7–3 to win their fourth-consecutive Western Conference Championship.

On May 30, 2017, the Winterhawks signed NHL draft pick Kieffer Bellows. On October 1, 2017 the Winterhawks acquired NHL draft pick Dennis Cholowski.

Mascot

Portland Winterhawks vs. Tri-City Americans, January 24, 2016

The team mascot of the Winterhawks is a white bird with multicolored tail and wing feathers, named Tom-A-Hawk. Tom-A-Hawk was introduced in 1999–2000. He wears jersey number 00. Tom-A-Hawk's main rival is Cool Bird of the Seattle Thunderbirds. Tom-A-Hawk announced in January 2019 that he would retire. A new mascot was introduced, Tommy.

Name change

The team was known as the Winter Hawks until May 2009, when it issued a press release that "the space...announced its retirement" and that the team was renaming itself the Winterhawks.^[2][3]

Current ownership

Bill Gallacher, a Calgary businessman, purchased the team in October 2008.

Announcers

Unknown (1976-1982),
Dean "Scooter" Vrooman (1982-2007),
Andy Kemper (2004-2018),
Todd Vrooman (2007-2017),
Evan Richardson (2017-2018),
Nick Marek (2018–Present).

Season-by-season record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime losses, Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Current roster

Updated January 13, 2019.^[4]

#	Nat	Player	Pos	S/G	Age	Acquired	Birthplace	Drafted
20		Joachim Blichfeld (A)	LW	R	20	2016	Frederikshavn, Denmark	2016, 210th Overall, SJS
29		Nick Cicek	D	L	18	2015	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Undrafted
21		Brendan De Jong (A)	D	L	21	2013	Victoria, British Columbia	2016, 166th Overall, CAR
37		Haydn Delorme	RW	R	19	2018	Port Moody, British Columbia	Undrafted
22		Jaydon Dureau	LW	L	18	2016	White City, Saskatchewan	Eligible 2019
1		Shane Farkas	G	L	19	2017	Penticton, British Columbia	Undrafted
27		Jared Freadrich (A)	D	R	21	2018	Camrose, Alberta	Undrafted
11		Robbie Fromm-Delorme	RW	R	17	2017	Richmond, British Columbia	Eligible 2020
9		Lane Gilliss	LW	L	19	2016	Calgary, Alberta	Undrafted
8		Cody Glass (C)	C	R	20	2014	Winnipeg, Manitoba	2017, 6th Overall, VGK
14		Jake Gricius	C	L	19	2016	Colorado Springs, Colorado	Undrafted
71		Cross Hanas	LW	L	17	2017	Highland Village, Texas	Eligible 2020
58		Clay Hanus	D	L	18	2016	Minnetonka, Minnesota	Eligible 2019
30		Joel Hofer	G	L	18	2019	Winnipeg, Manitoba	2018, 107th Overall, STL
24		Seth Jarvis	C	R	17	2017	Winnipeg, Manitoba	Eligible 2020
7		Michal Kvasnica	LW	L	18	2018	Ostrava, Czech Republic	Undrafted
15		John Ludvig	D	L	18	2017	Kamloops, British Columbia	Undrafted
26		Mason Mannek	C	R	18	2017	Herriman, Utah	Undrafted
12		Reece Newkirk	C	L	18	2016	Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan	Eligible 2019
17		Josh Paterson	C	R	20	2019	Edmonton, Alberta	Undrafted
3		Nick Perna	D	L	17	2018	Dallas, Texas	Eligible 2019
5		Matthew Quigley	D	L	20	2016	Chestermere, Alberta	Undrafted

Championships

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  Memorial Cup (2): 1982–83, 1997–98
  


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  President's Cup (3): 1981–82, 1997–98, 2012-13
  


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  Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy (3): 1979–80, 1997–98, 2012–13
  


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  Conference Champions (6): 1997–98, 2000–01, 2010–11, 2011-12, 2012–13, 2013-14
  


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  Division Playoff Champions (6): 1978–79, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1986-87, 1988–89, 1992–93
  


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  Regular Season Division Champions (13): 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1988–89, 1992–93, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2001–02, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013-14
  

WHL Championship history

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  1978–79: Loss, 2-4 vs Brandon


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  1981–82: Win, 4-1 vs Regina


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  1982-83: Loss, 1-4 vs Lethbridge


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  1986-87: Loss, 3-4 vs Medicine Hat


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  1988–89: Loss, 0-4 vs Swift Current


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  1992–93: Loss, 3-4 vs Swift Current


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  1997–98: Win, 4-0 vs Brandon


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  2000–01: Loss, 1-4 vs Red Deer


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  2010–11: Loss, 1-4 vs Kootenay


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  2011–12: Loss, 3-4 vs Edmonton


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  2012–13: Win, 4-2 vs Edmonton


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  2013–14: Loss, 3-4 vs Edmonton

Memorial cup finals history

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  1983: Win, 8-3 vs Oshawa


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  1998: Win, 4-3 OT vs Guelph


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  2013: loss, 4-6 vs Halifax

Team records

During the 2012–13 season, Winterhawks captain Troy Rutkowski established the new team record for most regular games played as a Winterhawk. His career total of 351 games surpassed the previous mark of 328 games set by Kevin Haupt in the 1998–99 season.^[5]

NHL alumni

List of Portland Winterhawks alumni who have graduated to play in the National Hockey League.

bold = member of the Hockey Hall of Fame

First round draft picks

Players chosen in the first round of the NHL Entry Draft:

References

External links

Media related to Portland Winterhawks at Wikimedia Commons

• Portland Winterhawks official homepage