WHL Power Rankings – Week 19: Loads of Talent in Top 10
Any team in the Top 10 has the talent to win it all. The teams at 11-15 are just looking for an invite to the party.
The Winterhawks’ Western Conference Hurdles
The Winterhawks are starting to glance down the barrel of their various competitors in both the U.S. Division and the rest of the Western Conference.
Winterhawks Finalize Canada Road Trips
A road game in Canada is a big deal for Portland, the southern-most team in the league. It’s important to see where the team falls on the larger totem pole.
WHL Power Rankings – Week 17: Kelowna Climbing Back Up
It is almost impossible for the Winterhawks to catch the Rockets for the top spot in the west, but jumping the Silvertips in the standings is very doable.
WHL Power Rankings – Week 16: Shakeup on the top
With five of the next six games away from Portland, the Winterhawks will need to continue to show the defensive prowess they have had as of late.
A Cheer for the 2012-13 Winterhawks
It was the first year the Hawks had earned the Ed Chynoweth Cup, which had been renamed that year to honor the CHL founding father.
WHL Power Rankings – Week 15: Hawks Can’t Solve Seattle
Every WHL fan would tell you that the Winterhawks are clearly a more talented team, yet when it comes to playing Seattle, Portland manages to lose.
WHL Power Rankings – Week 13: Contenders and Pretenders
There are three sets of teams: the contenders, the middlemen, and the bottom dwellers. I believe the top eight teams in my rankings are the contenders.
WHL Power Rankings – Week 12: Portland Continues to Climb
They got their brutal early season matchups out of the way and will be the superior team in each of the next 17 games.
WHL Power Rankings – Week 11: Winterhawks on Fire
Early on, Portland dug themselves a huge defensive hole. But in the last month they have locked down on the defensive side and it’s turning into offense.