UFA, Russia — The United States won the junior ice hockey championships on Saturday after Rocco Grimaldi scored twice and Vince Trocheck added an empty-net goal for a 3-1 win over Sweden in the final. Filip Sandberg put defending champion Sweden ahead on power play early in the second period, but Grimaldi then scored twice [...]
The Portland Winterhawks (5-4-1-0) rebounded from Friday night’s loss keyed by a stellar performance by Sven Bartschi with a convincing 6-1 win over the visiting Brandon Wheat Kings (5-3-0-1) at Veterans Memorial Coliseum Saturday night. With several key players from last season having moved on to either the NHL or their respective minor league affiliates, [...]
Three periods of hockey wasn’t enough to determine a winner in tonight’s Portland Winterhawks home opener against the Everett Silvertips at The Rose Garden arena in Portland, OR. Or for that matter an overtime period. The victor was crowned during the shootout, which by hockey purists should be done away with and the game left [...]
