The Portland Winterhawks are a

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team based in Portland,

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, playing in the

Western Hockey League The Western Hockey League (WHL) is a major junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitutes the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) as the highest level of junior ...

(WHL), one of three leagues making up the

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(CHL). Prior to the 2021-22 season, the Winterhawks split their home games between the Veterans Memorial Coliseum and the

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, which they shared with the

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of the

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(NBA). The Winterhawks are one of the most successful teams in terms of producing

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(NHL) alumni, a list that includes Sven Baertschi,

Joe Morrow Joseph Mathew Alexander Morrow (born December 9, 1992) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently playing for HC Davos of the National League (NL). Morrow played junior hockey with the Portland Winterhawks of the Western ...

Seth Jarvis Seth Jarvis (born February 1, 2002) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL). Jarvis was selected 13th overall by the Hurricanes in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. Early life Jarvis w ...

Ryan Johansen Ryan Johansen (born July 31, 1992) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre and alternate captain for the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League (NHL). Growing up, he played minor hockey in the Greater Vancouver area until joining ...

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 wit ...

Adam Deadmarsh Adam Richard Deadmarsh (born May 10, 1975) is a Canadian-born American former professional ice hockey player who played in the NHL with the Quebec Nordiques, Colorado Avalanche and the Los Angeles Kings. Deadmarsh was later a video coordinator ...

Rob Klinkhammer Robert Klinkhammer (born August 12, 1986) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger. He most recently played for HC Dynamo Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Klinkhammer has previously played in the National Hockey Le ...

Brandon Dubinsky Brandon Grae Dubinsky (born April 29, 1986) is an American former professional ice hockey player. He previously played for the New York Rangers and Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League (NHL). Dubinsky was drafted 60th overall in the ...

Tyler Wotherspoon Tyler Wotherspoon (born March 12, 1993) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Utica Comets of the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract to the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected b ...

Andrew Ference Andrew James Stewart Ference (born March 17, 1979) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenseman. Ference played for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Calgary Flames, Boston Bruins and the Edmonton Oilers. In 2011, Ference helped the Bruins t ...

Paul Gaustad Paul Michael Gaustad (born February 3, 1982) is an American former professional ice hockey centerman who played for the Nashville Predators and Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL). He is nicknamed "Goose." Playing career Junior ...

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 J ...

, Seth Jones,

Brenden Morrow Brenden Blair Morrow (born January 16, 1979) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger. Morrow was drafted in the first round, 25th overall, by the Dallas Stars at the 1997 NHL Entry Draft, the organization he would play with for 1 ...

Nino Niederreiter Nino Niederreiter (born 8 September 1992) is a Swiss professional ice hockey winger for the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected fifth overall by the New York Islanders in the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, making him th ...

, Mike Vernon,

Glen Wesley Glen Edwin Wesley (born October 2, 1968) is a Canadian former ice hockey defenceman. Wesley played 13 seasons for the Hartford Whalers/Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League. He began his career with the Boston Bruins, and briefly play ...

and

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Mark Messier Mark John Douglas Messier (; born January 18, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre of the National Hockey League (NHL). His playing career in the NHL lasted 25 years ( 1979–2004) with the Edmonton Oilers and New York Range ...

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and

Cam Neely Cameron Michael Neely (born June 6, 1965) is a Canadian professional ice hockey executive and former player. Neely played right wing for the Vancouver Canucks and Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1983 to 1996. Nicknamed " ...

. The Winterhawks have won the Ed Chynoweth Cup three times and the

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twice in five appearances. The team has been in Portland since 1976–77.

History

The Winterhawks were founded in 1950 as the

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. The franchise moved to Portland on June 11, 1976. The team, owned by Brian C. Shaw, made the move citing a much cheaper stadium deal in Portland along with low attendance due to the presence of a professional team in Edmonton. 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. Following the relocation to Portland, the Winterhawks became the southernmost franchise in the

. The Winterhawks were 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. This popular promotion has been running for many years. Moreover, in late November/early December, they hold their annual

teddy bear toss The teddy bear toss is a popular Christmas season promotion most common at junior ice hockey and minor league hockey games. Fans are encouraged to bring teddy bears or other stuffed toys to the game, and to throw them onto the ice when the home ...

, in which fans throw

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s 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. Prior to their 2021 rebranding, the Winterhawks wore jerseys with a logo similar to those of the

Chicago Blackhawks The Chicago Blackhawks (spelled Black Hawks until 1986, and known colloquially as the Hawks) are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago. The Blackhawks compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Central Divisio ...

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 Bärtschi

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

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-style words, "LOC8, NTMD8, DVST8" (read: "locate, intimidate, devastate"). In

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, 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

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and

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Mike Johnston for the remainder of the 2012–13 season, including the 2013 WHL playoffs. On May 12, 2013, the Winterhawks defeated the

5–1 in Game 6 to become the 2012–13 WHL champions. On April 25, 2014, the Winterhawks defeated the

Kelowna Rockets The Kelowna Rockets are a major junior ice hockey team based in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. The Rockets play in the Western Hockey League (WHL), out of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). They play their home games at Prospera Place. The R ...

7–3 to win their fourth-consecutive Western Conference Championship. The franchise filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy in May 2020 due to the

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. The Winterhawks were financially stable, but owner Bill Gallacher had to sell the franchise in order to repay other debts.

Mascot

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 from injuries. 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.

Logo change

On July 14, 2021, the Winterhawks announced their new identity and that they would be moving from the similar looking Chicago Blackhawks of the NHL logo, to a "Winterhawk". The Winterhawks organization partnered with local apparel company Portland Gear on the rebrand to help create the new primary logos, secondary logos, as well as the word marks.

Current ownership

The WHL Board of Governors has approved Winterhawks Sports Group (WSG) as the new owners of the Portland Winterhawks franchise effective January 1, 2021. WSG is led by Michael Kramer and Kerry Preete, who will also be the managing partners. Along with the Winterhawks franchise, WSG has also acquired the operations of the Winterhawks Skating Center in Beaverton, OR and all Winterhawks Junior Hockey programs. Prior to the start of the 2021-22 WHL season, the Winterhawks ownership announced the team would be returning to the Veterans Memorial Coliseum full-time.

Announcers

The Portland Winterhawks have changed announcers 5 times since 1976. These include; Cliff Zauner (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 October 19, 2022.

Championships

(2): 1982–83, 1997–98 * President's Cup (3): 1981–82, 1997–98, 2012–13 *

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(4): 1979–80, 1997–98, 2012–13, 2019–20 *Conference Champions (6): 1997–98, 2000–01,

, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14 *Division Playoff Champions (6): 1978–79, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1986–87, 1988–89,

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*Regular Season Division Champions (13): 1977–78, 1978–79, 1979–80, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1988–89,

, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2001–02,

, 2012–13, 2013–14

WHL Championship history

* 1978–79: Loss, 2–4 vs Brandon * 1981–82: Win, 4–1 vs Regina * 1982-83: Loss, 1–4 vs Lethbridge * 1986-87: Loss, 3–4 vs Medicine Hat * 1988–89: Loss, 0–4 vs Swift Current *

: Loss, 3–4 vs Swift Current * 1997–98: Win, 4–0 vs Brandon * 2000–01: Loss, 1–4 vs Red Deer *

: Loss, 1–4 vs Kootenay * 2011–12: Loss, 3–4 vs Edmonton * 2012–13: Win, 4–2 vs Edmonton * 2013–14: Loss, 3–4 vs Edmonton

Memorial Cup finals history

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: Win, 8–3 vs Oshawa *

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 frozen water, in soil in permanently s ...

: Win, 4–3 OT vs Guelph *

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: 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.

NHL alumni

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

. *

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Dave Archibald David J. Archibald (born April 14, 1969) is a Canadian professional ice hockey coach and former player. Archibald played for the Minnesota North Stars, New York Rangers, Ottawa Senators, and New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL) ...

Dave Babych David Michael Babych (born May 23, 1961) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 19 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He is currently an assistant director of player personnel with the Vancouver Canucks. ...

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

* Sven Baertschi *

Jozef Balej Jozef Balej (born February 22, 1982) is a Slovak former professional ice hockey right winger. He spent parts of three seasons in the National Hockey League, and several seasons in the Czech Extraliga. Playing career As a youth, Balej played ...

* Jeff Bandura * Dave Barr *

Ryan Bast Ryan Bast (born August 27, 1975) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. Undrafted, he played two games in the National Hockey League with the Philadelphia Flyers during the 1998–99 season. Bast concluded his 11-year professio ...

Kieffer Bellows Kieffer Bellows (born June 10, 1998) is an American professional ice hockey forward who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played for the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted in the fi ...

Brian Benning Brian Anthony Benning (born June 10, 1966) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played ten seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the St. Louis Blues, Los Angeles Kings, Philadelphia Flyers, Edmonton Oilers, and F ...

* Jim Benning *

Oliver Bjorkstrand Oliver Bjorkstrand (born 10 April 1995) is a Danish professional ice hockey forward for the Seattle Kraken of the National Hockey League (NHL). Bjorkstrand was selected by the Columbus Blue Jackets in the third round, 89th overall, of the 2013 ...

* James Black * Joachim Blichfeld *

Lonny Bohonos Lonny W. Bohonos (born May 20, 1973) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger. He played most notably for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League and also appeared in several games for the Toronto Maple Leafs. ...

* Keith Brown *

Dennis Cholowski Dennis Cholowski (born February 15, 1998) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Bridgeport Islanders of the American Hockey League (AHL) while under contract with the New York Islanders of the National Hockey League (NHL). ...

* Nick Cicek *

* 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 * Tony Currie * Byron Dafoe * Matt Davidson *

* Chase De Leo * Jim Dobson *

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

* Brent Fedyk *

* Ray Ferraro * Jeff Finley * Colin Forbes *

Michael Funk Michael "Mike" Funk (born August 15, 1986 in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Abbotsford, British Columbia) is a retired professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Buffalo Sabres. He was drafted by the ...

Joaquin Gage Joaquin Jesse Gage (born October 19, 1973) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. Gage was selected in the fifth round of the 1992 NHL Entry Draft, 109th overall, by the Edmonton Oilers, and played 23 games in the NHL with the Oi ...

* Rob Geale *

Cody Glass Cody Glass (born April 1, 1999) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward for the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League (NHL). Glass was the first-ever draft selection in Vegas Golden Knights franchise history, after he was ...

* Josh Green *

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Adin Hill Adin Hill (born May 11, 1996) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender for the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL). Hill was selected by the Arizona Coyotes, 76th overall, in the 2015 NHL Entry Draft. He has also ...

* Joel Hofer * Marcel 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 N ...

Jamie Huscroft James W. Huscroft (born January 9, 1967) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who spent parts of ten seasons in the National Hockey League. Playing career Huscroft was born in Creston, British Columbia. A tough defensive defe ...

Randy Ireland Randy Ireland (born April 5, 1957) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender. He played two games in the National Hockey League with the Buffalo Sabres during the 1978–79 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1977 to 1 ...

* Brad Isbister *

Henri Jokiharju Henri Jokiharju (born 17 June 1999) is a Finnish professional ice hockey defenceman for the Buffalo Sabres of the National Hockey League (NHL). Jokiharju was selected 29th overall by the Chicago Blackhawks in the first round of the 2017 NHL Entr ...

* Caleb Jones * Seth Jones *

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* Steve Konowalchuk * John Kordic * Richard Kromm *

Jason LaBarbera Antonio Jason LaBarbera (born January 18, 1980) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender who played parts of 11 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was originally drafted by the New York Rangers in the 1998 NHL Entry D ...

* Scott Langkow *

James Latos James "Jim" Latos (born January 4, 1966 in Wakaw, Saskatchewan) is a former professional ice hockey coach and player. He coached the Wichita Thunder of the Central Hockey League from 2001-2003. Career statistics See also *List of players who p ...

Derek Laxdal Derek Laxdal (born February 21, 1966) is a Canadian ice hockey coach and former professional right winger. In 2022, Laxdal was named the head coach of the Oshawa Generals. Playing career Born and raised in Stonewall, Manitoba, Laxdal was drafte ...

Doug Lecuyer Douglas J. Lecuyer (born March 10, 1958) is a Canadian retired 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 Wainw ...

* Taylor Leier *

Brendan Leipsic Brendan Leipsic (born May 19, 1994) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward currently playing for Metallurg Magnitogorsk of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL). Leipsic was selected by the Nashville Predators in the third round (89th o ...

* Jamie Linden *

David Mackey David Mackey (born July 24, 1966) is a Canadian former professional National Hockey League player. He played parts of six seasons for the Chicago Blackhawks, Minnesota North Stars, and St. Louis Blues The St. Louis Blues are a professional ...

* Clint Malarchuk * Darrell May * Jason McBain *

Frazer McLaren Frazer William Down McLaren (born October 29, 1987) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played in National Hockey League (NHL) for the San Jose Sharks and the Toronto Maple Leafs. Playing career McLaren played five se ...

Cody McLeod Wesley Cody McLeod (born June 26, 1984) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger currently serving as a player development coach for the Minnesota Wild of the National Hockey League. As an undrafted player, McLeod previously played i ...

* Brendan Mikkelson * Roy Mitchell *

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

Brantt Myhres Brantt Robert Myhres (born March 18, 1974) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger. He was drafted by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the fifth round, 97th overall in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft. Playing career Myhres played for the Tampa ...

* Scott Nichol *

* Gary Nylund * Josh Olson * Perry Pelensky *

Nic Petan Nicolas Petan (born March 22, 1995) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre currently playing for the Minnesota Wild in the National Hockey League (NHL). Petan was selected by the Winnipeg Jets in the second round, 43rd overall, of the 20 ...

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 ...

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* Larry Playfair * Andrej Podkonicky *

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Nolan Pratt Nolan William Pratt (born August 14, 1975) is a former Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently an assistant coach for his former club, the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League (NHL). Playing career Pratt was select ...

Ty Rattie Ty Rattie (born February 5, 1993) is a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing for Linköping HC of the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). Playing career In June 2011, the St. Louis Blues made Rattie their first draft pick a ...

Richie Regehr Richard Regehr (born January 17, 1983) is an Indonesian-born Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for EC KAC of the Austrian Hockey League (EBEL). Regehr's older brother is former Stanley Cup winning defenceman Robyn Rege ...

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

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* Brandon Smith * Ryan Stewart *

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* Tim Tookey *

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* Nick Vachon * Mike Vernon *

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* Matt Walker *

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* Dan Woodley *

* Gary Yaremchuk * Ken Yaremchuk *

Brad Zavisha Bradley J. Zavisha (born January 4, 1972) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger. He was selected in the third round of the 1990 NHL Entry Draft, 43rd overall, by the Quebec Nordiques. After four seasons in the major junior West ...

Richard Zednik Richard is a male given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic ''*rīk-'' 'ruler, leader, king' and ''*hardu-'' 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'str ...

bold = member of the Hockey Hall of Fame

First round draft picks

Players chosen in the first round of the

NHL Entry Draft The NHL Entry Draft (french: Repêchage d'entrée dans la LNH) is an annual meeting in which every franchise of the National Hockey League (NHL) systematically select the rights to available ice hockey players who meet draft eligibility requirem ...

References

External links

Portland Winterhawks official homepage
{{Ice hockey teams based in Portland, Oregon Western Hockey League teams Ice hockey clubs established in 1976 Winterhawks 1976 establishments in Oregon Ice hockey teams in Oregon