The Portland Winterhawks are a

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team based in

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. 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

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(WHL), one of three constituent leagues of the

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(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

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three times and capturing two

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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.

History

The franchise was founded in 1950 as the

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. Under Bill Hunter's leadership, the Oil Kings were a founding franchise of the Western Canada Junior Hockey League in 1966. Despite winning two league titles in the early 1970s, the arrival of Hunter's

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in the

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precipitated the relocation of the franchise. 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. The success of the team would lead to the establishment of several more teams in the Northwest United States over the ensuing decades. 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. 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. In 1982, the Winterhawks became the first American team to win the WHL championship and also the first to compete for the Memorial Cup. 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. Brian Shaw had advocated for the participation of a fourth team as tournament host, and after the Winterhawks—led by star rookie

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and goaltender Mike Vernon—won the tournament, the CHL opted to continue with the new format going forward. The Winterhawks hosted the tournament again in 1986, awarded the tournament when it became clear that the original host of

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would be unable to host due to also hosting the 1986 World Expo. In 1998, the Winterhawks, led by Brenden Morrow and

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, earned their way back to the Memorial Cup—hosted by the rival

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—with an Ed Chynoweth Cup championship; they won their second Memorial Cup title with a 4–3 overtime win in the final over the

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. The Winterhawks advanced to four consecutive WHL championship series from 2011 to 2014, just the second team to do so after the

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won four consecutive titles from 1975 to 1978. From 2012 to 2014, the Winterhawks met the revived

in each league final. 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

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. 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 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. In the midst of the

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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. 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. 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

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since 1995. The 2023–24 season saw the Winterhawks advance to their first championship final in ten seasons, where they were defeated by the

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in four consecutive games.

Uniforms, logos, and mascot

The team was known as the Winter Hawks until May 2009, when it issued a press release stating that, "the

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...has announced its retirement", and that the team was renaming itself the Winterhawks. Upon moving to Portland in 1976, the Winter Hawks accepted a donation of old jerseys from the

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, and they kept the design for nearly half of a century. 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. The Winterhawks' also retired their Tom-A-Hawk bird mascot in 2019.

Championships

(2): 1982–83, 1997–98 *

(3): 1981–82, 1997–98, 2012–13 *

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(4): 1979–80, 1997–98, 2012–13, 2019–20 *Conference Champions (5):

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, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2023–24 *Division Playoff Champions (8): 1978–79, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1986–87, 1988–89, 1992–93, 1997–98, 2000–01 *Regular Season Division Champions (15): 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1988–89, 1992–93, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2001–02,

, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2019–20, 2023–24

Memorial Cup finals history

The Winterhawks have advanced to three Memorial Cup finals. *

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: Win, 8–3 vs

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1998 1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...

: Win, 4–3 (OT) vs

2013 2013 was the first year since 1987 to contain four unique digits (a span of 26 years). 2013 was designated as: *International Year of Water Cooperation *International Year of Quinoa Events January * January 5 – 2013 Craig, Alask ...

: Loss, 4–6 vs

WHL Championship history

* 1978–79: Loss, 2–4 vs

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* 1981–82: Win, 4–1 vs

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* 1982-83: Loss, 1–4 vs

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* 1986-87: Loss, 3–4 vs

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* 1988–89: Loss, 0–4 vs

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* 1992–93: Loss, 3–4 vs Swift Current Broncos * 1997–98: Win, 4–0 vs Brandon Wheat Kings * 2000–01: Loss, 1–4 vs

Red Deer Rebels The Red Deer Rebels are a Canadian major junior ice hockey team based in Red Deer, Alberta. The Rebels are members of the Western Hockey League and play home games at the Marchant Crane Centrium. The Rebels won the President's Cup and the Mem ...

: Loss, 1–4 vs

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* 2011–12: Loss, 3–4 vs

* 2012–13: Win, 4–2 vs Edmonton Oil Kings * 2013–14: Loss, 3–4 vs Edmonton Oil Kings * 2023–24: Loss, 0–4 vs

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''

Players

Hall of Famers

Four former Portland Winter Hawks alumni are inductees to the

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, Marian Hossa, and Mike Vernon. This is a list of former players inducted into the Portland Winter Hawks franchise Hall of Fame.

Retired numbers

NHL alumni

List of Portland Winterhawks alumni who have graduated to play in the

. * Rodrigo Abols * Jim Agnew * Dave Archibald *

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Wayne Babych Wayne Joseph Babych (born June 6, 1958) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger (ice hockey), right winger who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the St. Louis Blues, Pittsburgh Penguins, Quebec Nordiques, and Hartford Whal ...

* Sven Baertschi * Jozef Balej * Jeff Bandura * Dave Barr * Ryan Bast * Kieffer Bellows * Brian Benning * Jim Benning * Oliver Bjorkstrand * James Black * Joachim Blichfeld * Lonny Bohonos * Keith Brown * Luca Cagnoni *

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* Nick Cicek *

Braydon Coburn Braydon Coburn (born February 27, 1985) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. Coburn was originally selected in the first round, eighth overall, by the Atlanta Thrashers in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft, beginning his NHL career wi ...

* Ed Cooper *

Craig Cunningham Craig Alvin Cunningham (born September 13, 1990) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played with the Boston Bruins and Arizona Coyotes in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Boston Bruins, 97th overall ...

Brian Curran Brian Phillip Curran (born November 5, 1963) is a Canadian ice hockey coach, executive and former player. Curran was born in Toronto, Ontario, but grew up in Veteran, Alberta. Career Selected by the Boston Bruins in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft, he ...

* Tony Currie *

Byron Dafoe Byron Dafoe (born February 25, 1971) is a British-Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He was born in Worthing, England, United Kingdom and moved to Comox, British Columbia with his mother at the age of two months. Between 1992 an ...

* Matt Davidson *

Adam Deadmarsh Adam Richard Deadmarsh (born May 10, 1975) is a Canadians, Canadian-born Americans, American former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League, NHL with the Quebec Nordiques, Colorado Avalanche, and Los Angeles Kings. ...

* Chase De Leo * Jim Dobson * Brandon Dubinsky *

Matt Dumba Mathew Dumba (born July 25, 1994) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Dallas Stars of the National Hockey League (NHL). Dumba was selected with the seventh overall pick by the Minnesota Wild in the first round of the 2012 NHL ...

* Brent Fedyk * Andrew Ference *

Ray Ferraro Raymond Vincent Ferraro (born August 23, 1964) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and current broadcaster for ESPN/ ABC and select Vancouver Canucks games on CBC Sports/Sportsnet. He played for 18 seasons in the National Hocke ...

* Jeff Finley * Colin Forbes * Michael Funk * Joaquin Gage *

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* Rob Geale * Cody Glass * Josh Green *

Jannik Hansen Jannik Hansen (born 15 March 1986) is a Danish former professional ice hockey right winger. Hansen began playing professionally at the age of 16 with both the Rødovre Mighty Bulls of the Danish league and the Malmö Redhawks of the Swedish ...

* Randy Heath *

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* Joel Hofer * Marcel Hossa * Marian Hossa * Dave Hoyda *

Cale Hulse Cale D. Hulse (born November 10, 1973) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League. He was a defenceman. Playing career Hulse was drafted in the 3rd round (66th overall) in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft by the ...

* Jamie Huscroft * Randy Ireland *

Brad Isbister Brad Isbister (born May 7, 1977) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played 541 regular season games in the National Hockey League (NHL). Playing career Isbister grew up in Calgary, Alberta, and played junior hockey wit ...

* Seth Jarvis * Ryan Johansen * Henri Jokiharju * Caleb Jones *

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* Jakub Klepis * Rob Klinkhammer *

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* John Kordic * Tyson Kozak * Richard Kromm *

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Scott Langkow Scott Langkow (born April 21, 1975) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played 20 National Hockey League games and for numerous teams in the minor and European leagues, most notably for the Springfield Falcons of the Americ ...

* James Latos * Derek Laxdal *

Doug Lecuyer Douglas J. Lecuyer (born March 10, 1958) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward who played 126 games in the National Hockey League for the Chicago Black Hawks, Winnipeg Jets, and Pittsburgh Penguins. Lecuyer was born in Wainwrigh ...

* Taylor Leier * Brendan Leipsic * Jamie Linden *

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* David Mackey * Clint Malarchuk *

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* Jason McBain * Frazer McLaren * Cody McLeod *

Brendan Mikkelson Brendan Mikkelson (born June 22, 1987) is a Canadians, Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who last played for Wales, Welsh team Cardiff Devils in the UK Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL). He was a second round selection of the Anahei ...

* Roy Mitchell * Brenden Morrow *

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Paul Mulvey Joseph Paul Mulvey (born September 27, 1958) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger. He played in the National Hockey League with the Washington Capitals, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Los Angeles Kings between 1978 and 1982. Mulvey ...

* Brantt Myhres *

* Scott Nichol *

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* Gary Nylund * Josh Olson * Perry Pelensky *

Nic Petan Nicolas Petan (born March 22, 1995) is a Canadian professional ice hockey Centre (ice hockey), centre for Ak Bars Kazan of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Petan was selected by the Winnipeg Jets in the second round, 43rd overall, of the 201 ...

Brent Peterson Brent Ronald Peterson (born February 15, 1958) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player and coach. He played 11 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with four clubs, primarily as a low-scoring checker with a reputation as a st ...

Jim Playfair James Playfair (born May 22, 1964) is a Canadian former ice hockey coach and defenceman. He was drafted in the first round, 20th overall, by the Edmonton Oilers in the 1982 NHL entry draft. Following his retirement due to an injury, Playfair coac ...

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* Andrej Podkonicky * Ray Podloski * Derrick Pouliot *

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* Richie Regehr * Florent Robidoux * Jeff Rohlicek * Grant Sasser * Michael Sauer * Luca Sbisa * Dave Scatchard * Colton Sceviour *

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* Brandon Smith * Ryan Stewart * Joey Tetarenko * Mike Toal * Tim Tookey * Alfie Turcotte * Dominic Turgeon * Perry Turnbull * Randy Turnbull * Nick Vachon * Mike Vernon * Terry Virtue *

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* Gord Walker * Matt Walker * Blake Wesley *

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* Tyler Wotherspoon * Gary Yaremchuk *

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First round draft picks

Winterhawks players chosen in the first round of the NHL entry draft:

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.

References

External links

Portland Winterhawks official homepage
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