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The Portland Winterhawks are a junior ice hockey team based in Portland, Oregon. Founded in 1950 as the Edmonton Oil Kings, the team relocated to Portland in 1976 and was known as the Winter Hawks until 2009. The team plays in the U.S. Division of the Western Hockey League (WHL), one of three constituent leagues of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL).
The 2023–24 WHL season was the 58th season of the Western Hockey League (WHL). The regular season started on September 22, 2023, and ended on March 24, 2024, with the playoffs beginning on March 28 and ending on May 15.
The building is currently the home arena of the Portland Winterhawks of the Western Hockey League, which used to split its schedule with the Moda Center prior to 2021. In August 2007, the City of Portland and the Portland Winterhawks reached an agreement to have replay screens installed in the main center ice scoreboard in time for the 2007 ...
The 2024–25 WHL season is the 59th season of the Western Hockey League (WHL). The regular season started on September 20, 2024, and ends on March 23, 2025, with the 2025 WHL playoffs beginning on March 28 and will end in May 2025.
Moda Center and Winterhawks hold the Western Hockey League's record for single game attendance with a crowd of 14,103 on March 15, 1997, in which Portland tied the visiting Seattle Thunderbirds, 6–6. Prior to the start of the 2021-22 WHL season, the Winterhawks announced they will be moving back to Veterans Memorial Coliseum full-time. [33]
The Western Hockey League's Portland Winterhawks have played in the city since 1976. They play their home games at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum . They have won three league championships (1982, 1998, 2013).
Portland had won three league titles and three Memorial Cups, the most recent coming in 2013. The success of the Winterhawks led to an increased interest in junior hockey in the state and several other teams were founded in the early 21st century.
The 2013–14 WHL season was the 48th season of the Western Hockey League (WHL). The regular season began on September 19, 2013, and ended on March 16, 2014. The Kelowna Rockets won their third Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy for best regular season regular, their first since 2003–04.