Portland Winterhawks

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Portland Winterhawks
founding 1976
history Edmonton Oil Kings
1951–1976
Portland Winter Hawks
1976–2009
Portland Winterhawks
since 2009
Stadion Portland Memorial Coliseum
Moda Center
Location Portland , Oregon
Team colors red, white, black
league Western Hockey League
Conference Western Conference
division US division
Head coach Jamie compos
General manager Jamie compos
Memorial Cups 1983 , 1998
Ed Chynoweth Cups 1981/82 , 1997/98 , 2012/13

The Portland Winterhawks (until May 2009 Winter Hawks ) are an American ice hockey team from Portland , Oregon , which has played in the junior Western Hockey League since 1976 . The team plays their home games at the 12,000-seat Portland Memorial Coliseum . Each season, however, there are also a few home games played in the neighboring Moda Center, which is larger in terms of spectator capacity .

In the seasons 1981/82 , 1997/98 and 2012/13 , the team won the Ed Chynoweth Cup ( President's Cup until 2007 ), the championship of the WHL. It also won the Memorial Cup , the most important trophy in Canadian junior ice hockey, in 1983 and 1998 .

history

The franchise was founded in 1951 in Edmonton, Canada from the province of Alberta under the name Edmonton Oil Kings . The Oil Kings also played in the WHL and won the Memorial Cup in 1963 and 1966, before being the first team to be relocated to the United States after the 1975/76 season. In Oregon , the team played under the name Portland Winter Hawks . The former owner and initiator of the move, Brian Shaw, was also a pioneer for the entire league, as today he is the founder of the current finals of the Canadian Hockey League , with the best franchises from the leagues WHL , OHL , and QMJHL as well as the host, applies. The Winter Hawks themselves finally won the Memorial Cup in 1983 and 1998. 1983 won the title while hosting the finals, in 1998 as the winner of the WHL President's Cup , which the team had won for the first time in 1982, but in the final round of the Memorial Cup failed.

1986 the Winter Hawks were again host of the Canadian Junior Championship, but failed to the Olympiques de Hull and the eventual winner Guelph Storm . The 1986 final was originally supposed to take place in New Westminster , but since Expo 86 was taking place in neighboring Vancouver at the same time , this would have overloaded the local hotels, so that the Memorial Cup was relocated to Portland.

The Winter Hawks were also one of the first ice hockey teams to organize professionally organized marketing and charity events for the Games. In addition to various third-break competitions, the franchise has been organizing the " Teddy Bear Toss " (German "Teddybär-Werfen" ) for several years , in which the supporters throw teddy bears on the ice at their team's first goal, which are then donated to local children's aid organizations.

In the summer of 2009, the nickname was merged into Winterhawks .

In the early years, the Winterhawks players wore discarded Chicago Blackhawks jerseys . Since then, the Winterhawks jersey has been identical to that of the Blackhawks with the exception of the "P" shoulder patch. The close ties between teams from Portland and Chicago go back to the founding year of the Blackhawks in 1926, when the then owner Frederic McLaughlin bought a large part of the contracts of the players of the Portland Rosebuds and transferred them to Chicago.

successes

  • Division titles : 12 (1977/78, 1978/79, 1979/80, 1981/82, 1982/83, 1988/89, 1992/93, 1996/97, 1997/98, 2001/02, 2010/11, 2012 / 13)
  • Conference title: 4 (1997/98, 2000/01, 2010/11, 2012/13)
  • Ed Chynoweth Cup : 3 (1981/82, 1997/98, 2012/13)
  • Memorial Cup : 2 (1983, 1998)

Playing times

Brett Ponich, Winterhawks 2008/09
Daniel Johnston
Luke Walker
season GP W. L. T OTL SOL GF GA P placement Playoffs
1976/77 72 36 29 7th - - 359 294 79 3rd West Division Semifinals
1977/78 72 41 20th 11 - - 361 296 93 1st West Division Division qualification
1978/79 72 49 10 13 - - 432 265 111 1st West Division final
1979/80 72 53 18th 1 - - 398 293 107 1st West Division Division qualification
1980/81 72 56 15th 1 - - 443 266 113 2nd West Division Division finals
1981/82 72 46 24 2 - - 380 323 94 1st West Division Master WHL
1982/83 72 50 22nd 0 - - 495 387 100 1st West Division Final; Memorial Cup winner
1983/84 72 33 39 0 - - 430 449 66 3rd West Division Division finals
1984/85 72 27 44 1 - - 365 442 55 4th West Division Divisional semi-finals
1985/86 72 47 24 1 - - 438 348 95 2nd West Division Division finals; Memorial Cup hosts
1986/87 72 47 23 2 - - 439 355 96 2nd West Division final
1987/88 72 24 45 3 - - 328 449 51 6th West Division not qualified
1988/89 72 40 28 4th - - 408 395 84 1st West Division final
1989/90 72 24 45 3 - - 322 426 51 5th West Division not qualified
1990/91 72 17th 53 2 - - 298 450 36 5th West Division not qualified
1991/92 72 31 37 4th - - 314 342 66 5th West Division Divisional quarter-finals
1992/93 72 45 24 3 - - 343 275 93 1st West Division final
1993/94 72 49 22nd 1 - - 392 260 99 2nd West Division Division finals
1994/95 72 23 43 6th - - 240 308 52 6th West Division Divisional semi-finals
1995/96 72 30th 39 3 - - 283 301 63 6th West Division Divisional quarter-finals
1996/97 72 46 21st 5 - - 300 196 97 1st West Division Divisional quarter-finals
1997/98 72 53 14th 5 - - 342 203 111 1st West Division Champion WHL and Memorial Cup winner
1998/99 72 23 36 13 - - 215 278 59 5th West Division Divisional quarter-finals
1999/00 72 16 49 7th 0 - 173 296 39 7th West Division not qualified
2000/01 72 37 27 5 3 - 254 237 82 2nd West Division final
2001/02 72 36 25th 5 6th - 269 243 83 1st US Division Conference quarterfinals
2002/03 72 19th 40 8th 5 - 192 243 51 3rd US Division Conference quarterfinals
2003/04 72 34 29 6th 3 - 199 206 77 2nd US Division Conference quarterfinals
2004/05 72 35 27 5 5 - 204 198 80 2nd US Division Conference quarterfinals
2005/06 72 32 32 - 3 5 204 258 72 3rd US Division Conference semifinals
2006/07 72 17th 52 - 1 2 146 316 37 5th US Division not qualified
2007/08 72 11 58 - 2 1 132 318 25th 5th US Division not qualified
2008/09 72 19th 48 - 3 2 176 288 43 5th US Division not qualified
2009/10 72 44 25th - 2 1 266 241 91 4th US Division Conference semifinals
2010/11 72 50 19th - 0 3 303 227 103 1st US Division final
2011/12 72 49 19th - 3 1 328 229 102 2nd US Division final
2012/13 72 57 12 - 1 2 334 169 117 1st US Division Champion WHL and final for the Memorial Cup
2013/14 72 54 13 - 2 3 338 207 113 1st US Division final
2014/15 72 43 23 - 2 4th 287 237 92 2nd US Division Conference finals
2015/16 72 34 31 - 6th 1 228 227 75 3rd US Division Conference quarterfinals
2016/17 72 40 28 - 1 3 278 256 84 4th US Division Conference semifinals
2017/18 72 44 22nd - 1 5 274 214 94 2nd US Division Conference semifinals
2018/19 60 40 22nd - 3 3 258 210 86 3rd US Division Conference quarterfinals

GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = overtime defeats, SOL = shootout defeats, P = points, GF = goals, GA = goals conceded

Well-known former players

Various players who spent their junior years with the Portland Winterhawks later made careers in the National Hockey League . Some of them are:

Team records

Regular season
statistics Total season
Points 113 1980/81
Victories 56 1980/81
Most goals 495 1982/83
Fewest goals 146 2006/07
Fewest goals conceded 196 1996/97
Most goals conceded 450 1990/91
Individual records
statistics player Total season
Gates Randy Heath
Dennis Holland 		82 1982/83
1988/89
Assists Jim Benning 111 1980/81
Points Dennis Holland 167 1988/89
Points rookie Cam Neely 120 1982/83
Points defender Jim Benning 139 1980/81
Conceded goal * Blake Grenier 2.06 2004/05
* Goalkeepers with at least 1500 minutes of play

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Winterhawks.com , Winterhawks' Space Announces Retirement

Web links

Commons : Portland Winterhawks  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files