Bryan Del Fava

I’m not sure about how he fits with the Sharks, but I couldn’t be more hyped about the Joshua Ravensbergen pick.

Yeah it’s weird when you have Askarov. But Ravensbergen is well worth it.

BDF imitates the John Bender fist pump from The Breakfast Club. He’s the newest graduate of the University of Oregon

Call me BDF, and call me a graduate

The Portland Winterhawks have announced that their 2025-26 WHL home opener will be against the Saskatoon Blades on October 25.

Renovations to the Veterans Memorial Coliseum mean that the Winterhawks will be on the road for over a month

Jeffery freakin’ Heard

A sign that reads #FreeAnson down the third base line at PK Park

the people of PK Park have spoken

In this house, Anson Aroz was safe

Dick Monfort is wondering how he can blame the Dodgers for this

The season comes to an end for the Portland Winterhawks as the Spokane Chiefs win Game 4, 6-4, and thus win the series in four games.

I’m not being hyperbolic when I say that NOBODY expected them to get this far. A true testament to Kyle Gustafson and his group of players.

Diego Buttazzoni was given a major cross-checking penalty and a game misconduct for this after-the-whistle hit from behind on Shea Van Olm.

The last thing the Winterhawks needed— now they’ll be trying to force a Game 5 without one of their impact players on this playoff run.

Kyle Chyzowski during post-game media availability following the Winterhawks’s 8-5 Game 3 loss to the Spokane Chiefs

Kyle Chyzowski on how the Winterhawks can begin to dig themselves out of a 3-0 series hole tomorrow night:

“It’s gonna be in the first 5 to 10 minutes. We play really well on home ice. It’s a good test for us tomorrow night, but it’s gonna be tough— it always is— but we feel good about it.”

FINAL: Chiefs 8, Winterhawks 5

A three-goal third period by Spokane propels the Chiefs to a 3-0 series lead, and the Winterhawks' season now hangs in the balance.

Game 4 is tomorrow at 7 PM.

With nothing left to lose in this one, Kyle Gustafson pulled Ondrej Štěbeták with about 6 minutes left to go in the game. Winterhawks will play this one out with an extra attacker, should Spokane not convert the empty netter

Asanali Sarkenov continues to be a thorn in the side of the Winterhawks with his fifth goal of the series, and his seventh of the playoffs.

8-5 Chiefs

An ill-advised pass by Tyson Jugnauth results in a Winterhawks turnover and Mathis Preston makes it 7-5 Chiefs.

If you like scoring en masse, this is the playoff series for you

The Chiefs once again answer right back as Coco Armstrong seizes a second-chance opportunity and pokes it past Štěbeták for his first goal of the playoffs.

That is now a combined 36 goals through three games so far for both sides.

It's currently 6-5 Chiefs

Ladies and gentlemen, the Heart Attack Hawks.

Josh Zakreski lets one go from the faceoff circle courtesy of a great Diego Buttazzoni setup and the shot flies past Cowan.

We're tied, once again, at 5 goals apiece early in the third.

So now after all that it's a 5-4 Chiefs lead after 40 minutes played here at the VMC.

Two high-octane offenses. Doesn't get much better than this

It was only a matter of time until Andrew Cristall found the scoresheet.

Berkly Catton started it with a feed to Brayden Crampton, who found Cristall down low for his 18th goal of the playoffs to make it 5-3...

...and then Joel Plante answered right back with a goal of his own.

No soon as I finish typing this; Diego Buttazzoni is at it AGAIN.

His 14th goal of the playoffs, and his second of the game, comes from the face-off circle on a feed from Kyle Chyzowski. A well-timed response for the Winterhawks who make this a 4-3 game

Winterhawks turn it over in the neutral zone and the Chiefs make them pay. Mathys Preston set a perfect "pick" for Will McIsaac who roofed it.

4-2 Chiefs

Chiefs take the lead back on the power-play courtesy of Owen Martin.

The puck took an unlucky bounce off the blade of Cole Slobodian and Martin was in the right place for his fourth goal of the playoffs.

3-2 SPO

Diego freakin' Buttazzoni.

The Winterhawks convert on their second power-play of the game with an absolute rocket from #90-- his 13th goal of the playoffs, good enough for third in WHL playoff goal scoring.

2-2 tie at the first media timeout

Chiefs answer right back as Nathan Mayes beats a screened Štěbeták from the top of the point.

2-1 Chiefs with a minute and change to go in the first stanza

Tyson Jugnauth, right on time on the power play.

He extends his playoff point streak to 11 straight games as his shot from the point gets past Dawson Cowan, and this is a tie game at one goal apiece.

Chase Harrington had the overtime winner on Sunday night and now he's scored the first goal of the game on a second-chance opportunity. Goal #6 in his playoff campaign.

1-0 Chiefs

For the first time in this series, there has not been a goal scored in the first five minutes of play

for the Spokane Chiefs:

Crampton, Mayes, Allen, Schoettler, Armstrong, Gillespie, McIsaac, Van Olm, Martin, Harrington, Catton, Sarkenov, Parr, Weinstein, Oremba, Cristall, Preston

Dawson Cowan starts

tonight's Winterhawks roster:

Ruedig, Tetarenko, Slobodian, Plante, Dyck, McDonough, Chyzowski, Miller, Jugnauth, Zakreski, Hudson Darby, Hoy, Thompson, Sotheran, Brown, Pšenička, Weiermair, Buttazzoni

As he has for the last 16 playoff games, Štěbeták starts in net

A quiet Veterans Memorial Coliseum from the very top row

it’s about that time.

Winterhawks-Chiefs Game 3, in just over an hour

Wouldn’t have it any other way with Les and Sean