The Portland Eagles were a minor league professional hockey team located in Portland, Oregon. They were known as the Portland Penguins for one season.

History

The Eagles competed in the Pacific Coast Hockey League from 1944 until the team's final season in 1951. In the Eagles' inaugural season they placed second in the PCHL losing to the Seattle Ironmen in the championship game. The next season (1945–46) the Eagles placed first in their division and went on to defeat the Ironmen in the semifinals. However, the Eagles would be swept by the

Los Angeles Monarchs The Los Angeles Monarchs were a professional ice hockey team, active from 1944–1950, in the Pacific Coast Hockey League (PCHL). The Monarchs are the first professional ice hockey team to win a league championship for the city of Los Angeles. ...

in the finals. The Eagles would go on to make the playoffs twice in their remaining seasons both times resulting in a first-round loss. The team changed its name to the Portland Penguins for the 1949–50 season. In 1950–51, the team's final season, the Eagles name was brought back and Tony Hemmerling was appointed head coach. The Eagles lost in the first round of the playoffs in 1951. 1950–51 would be the last season for the Eagles because of financial problems and a worsening arena, the team folded.

NHL Players

Gordon Buttrey Gordon Roy "Gord" Buttrey (March 17, 1926 – January 3, 2012) was a Canadian professional ice hockey right wing who played ten games in the National Hockey League with the Chicago Black Hawks during the 1943–44 season. He was traded with ...

* Don Campbell *

Red Carr Alfred George Richard "Red" Carr (December 29, 1916 – May 16, 1990) was a Canadian ice hockey winger (ice hockey), left winger. He played 5 games in the National Hockey League with the Toronto Maple Leafs during the 1943–44 NHL season, 1943– ...

Les Colvin Leslie Charles Colvin (February 8, 1919 – September 7, 2006) was a Canadian ice hockey goaltender who played in one National Hockey League game for the Boston Bruins during the 1948–49 season, on January 22, 1949 against the Montreal Canadien ...

Hec Highton Hector Salisbury Highton (December 10, 1923 – September 28, 1985) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played twenty-four games in the National Hockey League with the Chicago Black Hawks during the 1943–44 season. On January ...

* John Holota *

Eddie Kullman Edward George "Eddie" Kullman (December 12, 1923 – March 15, 1997) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 343 games in the National Hockey League, all for the New York Rangers. Kullman is related to former Hershey Bears pla ...

Bill Kyle William Miller Kyle (December 23, 1924 – April 17, 1968) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played three games in the National Hockey League, with the New York Rangers during the 1949–50 and 1950–51 seasons. The rest of his ...

* Jack McDonald *

Al Millar Franklin Allan Millar (September 18, 1929 – December 20, 1987) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played in six games in the National Hockey League with the Boston Bruins during the 1957–58 season. The rest of his career, ...

* Bill Summerhill *

Aubrey Webster Aubrey Webster (September 25, 1910 – November 1, 1999) was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played five games over two seasons in the National Hockey League. In 1930–31 he played one game for the Philadelphia Quakers, ...

References

Portland Eagles
{{Ice hockey teams based in Portland, Oregon Defunct ice hockey teams in the United States

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Defunct sports teams in Oregon Sports clubs disestablished in 1951 1951 disestablishments in Oregon Ice hockey teams in Oregon 1944 establishments in Oregon