Winterhawks Score Big in the Third Period for Fifth Straight Win
The Portland Winterhawks (31-12-2-3) scored three times in the third period as they won their fifth straight with a 5-2 victory over the Vancouver Giants (23-17-5-3) Monday at the Moda Center in front of 6,044 fans. Vancouver’s Cain Franson opened the scoring 7:15 into the game to give the visitors a 1-0 lead, but the […]
Weekend Recap: Monday Morning Links
For the second time in franchise history the Seahawks are going to the Super Bowl. The Hawks defeated the San Francisco 49ers in the NFC Championship 20-17. Marshawn Lynch and his 100-yard game, along with the defense that caused 3 San Francisco turnovers in the 4th quarter, pushed the team to New York for Super […]
Weekend Recap: Monday Morning Links
The road to the Super Bowl officially goes through Seattle. The Seahawks crushed the Rams 27-9 Sunday bringing home another NFC West Champions banner will soon hang from the top of Century Link Field. The game resulted in a first round bye and home field advantage. Seattle’s No.1 ranked defense once again led the way […]
Weekend Recap: Monday Morning Links
The Seahawks broke a two-year win streak at home with third loss of the season yesterday to the Arizona Cardinals. QB Russell Wilson also broke his home win streak, his last home loss being in 2010 when he played for NC State. The team struggled offensively, only scoring 10 points, but stayed in the game […]
Weekend Recap: Monday Morning Links
Another dramatic weekend for the Blazers brought them to 21-4 and kept them a top the northwest division. Saturday’s game against the 76ers was a record setter for the Blazers as they scored 139 points, the most a team has scored this season, en route to a 139-105 victory. Tensions rose in this game near […]
Monday Morning Links: Weekend Recap
LaMarcus Aldridge is moving up in the MVP talks, aided by constant M-V-P chants at the Moda Center this week. He is helping the Blazers stay on top of their conference with a 17-4 record. They split their games this weekend at home with a win Friday night vs the Jazz130-98 and a loss Saturday […]
Weekend Recap: Monday Morning Links
The Civil War was a bit more of a war than Oregon was hoping for this weekend. They came out on top of OSU for the sixth year in a row, but only by a score of 36-35 that came late in the game. The Ducks took the 1:38 they had left to drive down […]
Weekend Recap: Monday Morning Links
What a weekend for Portlanders who hate Seattle. The Timbers beat the Sounders at home last night while the Ducks traveled to the Emerald City on Saturday to give the Huskies their first loss in their newly renovated stadium. Surely you can set aside some of that Seattle animosity to at least enjoy the Seahawks’ […]
Portland May Finally Get NHL Hockey
Another NHL season began last night and Portland is not involved. When the puck dropped in Chicago, Portland and the greater US Pacific Northwest is still be a minor-league hockey entity. It was so very close to being so very different. According to various reports published in The Oregonian, Comcast SportsNet Northwest, and NBC Sports’ […]
Weekend Recap: Monday Morning Links
The Timbers beat the defending champion LA Galaxy last night at home, thanks to Maximiliano Urruti’s first-ever goal: nominated for the AT&T MLS Goal of the Week. [MLS] Bleacher Report takes a look at the biggest training camp mysteries for Portland Trail Blazers. [Bleacher Report] Oliver Bjorkstrand scored four goals as the Winterhawks earned a […]