Portland Winterhawks News & Stories

Learn everything you need to know about the 2024-25 WHL season ahead of Friday's season openers

March's WHL Stock Watch highlights the play of Matthew Savoie, Tyson Jugnauth, Emitt Finnie, Atley Calvert, Jakub Dvořák, and Vojtech Port.

Mitch Brown, Greg Balloch, and Lauren Kelly team up to break down this year's best offerings in CHL free agency with scouting reports, tools grades, and player rankings.

The EP Rinkside panel have updated their CHL Power Rankings for the month of January, and there's a new No. 1.

The EP Rinkside team has ranked the 10 best teams in the CHL.

Mitch Brown breaks down the moves from the 2024 CHL trade deadlines as teams start to eye a trip to Saginaw for the Memorial Cup.

The December WHL Stock Watch zeroes in on the play of Conor Geekie, Josh Davies, Joshua Ravensbergen, Carter Sotheran, and Adam Titlbach.

Victor Nuno breaks down the history and predicts the future for San Jose Sharks' defensive prospect, Luca Cagnoni as he continues to rip it up in his post-draft campaign.

The EP Rinkside scouts have released their first CHL Power Ranking of the season.

The November WHL Stock Watch zeroes in on the performances of Denton Mateychuk, Jagger Firkus, Zac Funk, Ondřej Becher, Terik Parascak, Noah Chadwick, Nate Danielson, and Marek Alscher.

Mitch Brown, David St-Louis, Daniel Gee, Lauren Kelly, and Greg Balloch team up to break down the top free agent options in the CHL this season.

Mitch Brown takes a look at a wild week in the CHL where picks and prospects were dealt at an alarming pace.

The Elite Prospects scouting team has put together their first draft ranking of the season for the 2023 NHL Entry Draft, with scouting reports on their top 32 players.

The WHL is a hotbed for talent – there’s no denying that. It’s especially true this season, with an exceptional group of draft-eligible talent headlined by Connor Bedard. This early-season...

The latest installment in the Scout's Notebook series looks at three small-role prospects who could immediately outperform their draft position as they move up in the hockey world.

The subject of today's Rookie Mid-Term is Carolina Hurricanes winger Seth Jarvis. EP Rinkside's Mitch Brown looks at how the 5-foot-10 forward creates at the NHL level with physicality and adaptability as a rookie, and what it means for his projection.

A New Year can bring about new hope, or re-newed hope depending on how you look at it. It's a time to reflect, to take stock and attempt to shift...

The New York Islanders boast the 31st-ranked prospect pool in the NHL, and they're the subject of this writeup for the EP Rinkside NHL prospect pool rankings.