Portland Winterhawks

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Portland Winterhawks
Portland Winterhawks logo 2021.svg
City Portland, Oregon
League Western Hockey League
ConferenceWestern
DivisionU.S.
Founded1950
Home arena Veterans Memorial Coliseum
ColorsBiscuit black, buzzer red, squall gray, celly gold, ice white
     
General manager Mike Johnston
Head coachKyle Gustafson [1]
Website chl.ca/whl-winterhawks/
Franchise history
1950–1976 Edmonton Oil Kings
1976–2009 Portland Winter Hawks
2009–presentPortland Winterhawks
Championships
Regular season titles4 (1979–80, 1997–98, 2012–13, 2019–20)
Playoff championships Ed Chynoweth Cup
3 (1982, 1998, 2013)
Memorial Cup
2 (1983, 1998)
Conference Championships
5 (2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2023–24)
Current uniform
WHL-Uniform-POR.png

The Portland Winterhawks are a junior ice hockey team based in Portland, Oregon. Founded in 1950 as the Edmonton Oil Kings, the team relocated to Portland in 1976 and was known as the Winter Hawks until 2009. The team plays in the U.S. Division of the Western Hockey League (WHL), one of three constituent leagues of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). The Winterhawks have made a record thirteen appearances in the WHL championship series—including a record-tying four straight from 2011 to 2014—winning the Ed Chynoweth Cup three times and capturing two Memorial Cup titles. They were the first American-based team to participate in and win either championship. The team plays its home games at Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

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History

The franchise was founded in 1950 as the Edmonton Oil Kings. Under Bill Hunter's leadership, the Oil Kings were a founding franchise of the Western Canada Junior Hockey League in 1966. [2] Despite winning two league titles in the early 1970s, the arrival of Hunter's Edmonton Oilers in the World Hockey Association precipitated the relocation of the franchise. [3] In the spring of 1976, it was announced that the franchise, owned by Brian Shaw, would move to Portland, making it the league's first American team and leading the league to simplify its name to the Western Hockey League. [4] The success of the team would lead to the establishment of several more teams in the Northwest United States over the ensuing decades. [3]

In their first season in Portland, the club would lose 7–2 to a travelling Russian club in an exhibition match watched by more than 5,000 fans. [5] Overall, the team carried over its success from its early days in Edmonton—in their first eleven seasons in Portland, the Winterhawks failed to make the playoffs only once, and advanced to the league final five times, winning their first Ed Chynoweth Cup in 1982 and the Memorial Cup in 1983. [6] In 1982, the Winterhawks became the first American team to win the WHL championship and also the first to compete for the Memorial Cup. [7] In 1983, despite losing the WHL championship series, the Winterhawks participated in the Memorial Cup by virtue of hosting the tournament—the first American team to do so. [8] Brian Shaw had advocated for the participation of a fourth team as tournament host, and after the Winterhawks—led by star rookie Cam Neely and goaltender Mike Vernon—won the tournament, the CHL opted to continue with the new format going forward. [6]

The Winterhawks hosted the tournament again in 1986, awarded the tournament when it became clear that the original host of New Westminster would be unable to host due to also hosting the 1986 World Expo. [6] In 1998, the Winterhawks, led by Brenden Morrow and Marián Hossa, earned their way back to the Memorial Cup—hosted by the rival Spokane Chiefs—with an Ed Chynoweth Cup championship; they won their second Memorial Cup title with a 4–3 overtime win in the final over the Guelph Storm. [6]

The Winterhawks advanced to four consecutive WHL championship series from 2011 to 2014, just the second team to do so after the New Westminster Bruins won four consecutive titles from 1975 to 1978. From 2012 to 2014, the Winterhawks met the revived Edmonton Oil Kings in each league final. [9] The Winterhawks won one of the finals, in 2013, to advance to the team's fifth Memorial Cup tournament, where it lost the final to the Halifax Mooseheads. [10]

On November 28, 2012, the WHL announced sanctions against the Winterhawks for a series of player benefits violations over the four previous seasons. [11] 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 the team forfeited their first round picks from the 2014 to 2017 drafts and was 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. [11]

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic in May 2020, the franchise filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy. Although the Winterhawks were financially stable, owner Bill Gallacher used the team as security against an unpaid loan; Gallacher ultimately had to sell the franchise in order to repay debts. [12] The WHL Board of Governors approved Winterhawks Sports Group (WSG) as the new owners of the franchise, effective January 1, 2021. Along with the Winterhawks franchise, WSG also acquired the operations of the Winterhawks Skating Center in Beaverton, Oregon, and the Winterhawks Junior Hockey programs. [13] Prior to the start of the 2021–22 WHL season, the team announced that it would be returning to the Veterans Memorial Coliseum full-time after previously dividing games between the Coliseum and Moda Center since 1995. [14]

The 2023–24 season saw the Winterhawks advance to their first championship final in ten seasons, where they were defeated by the Moose Jaw Warriors in four consecutive games. [15]

Uniforms, logos, and mascot

The Winterhawks logo from 1976 to 2021, adopted from the Chicago Blackhawks. Portland Winterhawks Logo.svg
The Winterhawks logo from 1976 to 2021, adopted from the Chicago Blackhawks.

The team was known as the Winter Hawks until May 2009, when it issued a press release stating that, "the space...has announced its retirement", and that the team was renaming itself the Winterhawks. [16] [17]

Upon moving to Portland in 1976, the Winter Hawks accepted a donation of old jerseys from the National Hockey League's Chicago Black Hawks, and they kept the design for nearly half of a century. [18] Amid pressure for sports teams to abandon Native American caricatures, new ownership opted to rebrand the Winterhawks in 2021. The team unveiled its new look on July 14, 2021, featuring new colors and a new hawk logo. [19]

The Winterhawks' also retired their Tom-A-Hawk bird mascot in 2019. [20]

Championships

The Winterhawks hosting the Tri-City Americans on January 24, 2016. Winterhawks 01-24-16 01.jpg
The Winterhawks hosting the Tri-City Americans on January 24, 2016.

Memorial Cup finals history

The Winterhawks have advanced to three Memorial Cup finals. [6]

WHL Championship history

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

Sven Baertschi played for the Winterhawks from 2010 to 2012. Sven Bartschi.jpg
Sven Baertschi played for the Winterhawks from 2010 to 2012.
SeasonGPWLTOTLGFGAPointsFinishPlayoffs
1976–77 7236297-359294793rd WestLost semifinal
1977–78 72412011-361296931st WestEliminated in West Division round robin
1978–79 72491013-4322651111st WestLost final
1979–80 7253181-3982931071st WestEliminated in West Division round robin
1980–81 7256151-4432661132nd WestLost West Division final
1981–82 7246242-380323941st WestWon Championship
1982–83 7250220-4953871001st WestLost final; Won Memorial Cup
1983–84 7233390-430449663rd WestLost West Division final
1984–85 7227441-365442554th WestLost West Division semifinal
1985–86 7247241-438348952nd WestLost West Division final
1986–87 7247232-439355962nd WestLost final
1987–88 7224453-328449516th WestDid not qualify
1988–89 7240284-408395841st WestLost final
1989–90 7224453-322426515th WestDid not qualify
1990–91 7217532-298450365th WestDid not qualify
1991–92 7231374-314342665th WestLost West Division quarterfinal
1992–93 7245243-343275931st WestLost final
1993–94 7249221-392260992nd WestLost West Division final
1994–95 7223436-240308526th WestLost West Division semifinal
1995–96 7230393-283301636th WestLost West Division quarterfinal
1996–97 7246215-300196971st WestLost West Division quarterfinal
1997–98 7253145-3422031111st WestWon Championship and Memorial Cup
1998–99 72233613-215278595th WestLost West Division quarterfinal
1999–00 72164970173296397th WestDid not qualify
2000–01 72372753254237822nd WestLost final
2001–02 72362556269243831st U.S.Lost Western Conference quarterfinal
2002–03 72194085192243513rd U.S.Lost Western Conference quarterfinal
2003–04 72342963199206772nd U.S.Lost Western Conference quarterfinal
2004–05 72352755204198802nd U.S.Lost Western Conference quarterfinal
2005–06 72323235204258723rd U.S.Lost Western Conference semifinal
2006–07 72175212146316375th U.S.Did not qualify
2007–08 72115821132318255th U.S.Did not qualify
2008–09 72194832176288435th U.S.Did not qualify
SeasonGPWLTOTLGFGAPointsFinishPlayoffs
2009–10 72442521266241914th U.S.Lost Western Conference semifinal
2010–11 725019033032271031st U.S.Lost final
2011–12 724919313282291022nd U.S.Lost final
2012–13 725712123341691171st U.S.Won Championship ; Lost Memorial Cup final
2013–14 725413233382071131st U.S.Lost final
2014–15 72432324287237922nd U.S.Lost Western Conference final
2015–16 72343161228227753rd U.S.Lost Western Conference quarterfinal
2016–17 72402813278256844th U.S.Lost Western Conference semifinal
2017–18 72442215274214942nd U.S.Lost Western Conference semifinal
2018–19 68402233258210863rd U.S.Lost Western Conference quarterfinal
2019–20 63451134270164971st U.S.Playoffs cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21 24138309672292nd U.S.No playoffs held due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021–22 68471632298192992nd U.S.Lost Western Conference semifinal
2022–23 68402053244218882nd U.S.Lost Western Conference semifinal
2023–24 684815413302041011st U.S.Lost final

Players

Hall of Famers

Four former Portland Winter Hawks alumni are inductees to the Hockey Hall of Fame: Mark Messier, Cam Neely, Marian Hossa, and Mike Vernon.[ citation needed ]

This is a list of former players inducted into the Portland Winter Hawks franchise Hall of Fame.

Portland Winter Hawks franchise Hall of Fame inductees
Hall of Fame players [21]
Ken Hodge
Todd Robinson 		Dennis Holland
Cam Neely 		Brent Peterson
Glen Wesley 		Andrew Ference
Grant Sasser 		Marian Hossa
Randy Heath 		Brenden Morrow
Ken Yaremchuk

Retired numbers

Portland Winter Hawks retired numbers
No.PlayerPositionCareerNo. retirement
21 Cam Neely RW 1982–1984March 18, 2023 [22]

NHL alumni

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

First round draft picks

Winterhawks players chosen in the first round of the NHL entry draft:[ citation needed ]

Team records

During the 2012–13 season, Winterhawks captain Troy Rutkowski established the new team record for most regular games played for the Winterhawks. His career total of 351 games surpassed the previous mark of 328 games set by Kevin Haupt in the 1998–99 season. [25]

Career records [26]
StatisticPlayerTotalCareer
Most goalsDennis Holland1791985–1989
Most assistsTodd Robinson3251994–1999
Most pointsTodd Robinson4701994–1999
Most points, defencemanBrandon Smith2321989–1994
Most games playedTroy Rutkowski3512008–2013
Most wins (goalie)Mac Carruth1172009–2013
Most shutouts (goalie)Mac Carruth112009–2013

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