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Re: AHL/Junior/NCAA towns
From: (Anonymous)Portland's always had a strong tradition of supporting niche sports and minor league teams. The MLS team, the Timbers, has a sold out capacity and has been popular since the league formed. In large part, because the Timbers have existed in one incarnation or another since long before MLS existed as a league. I imagine that if an NHL team moved to Portland, its popularity would similarly explode, however, it would probably have a deleterious effect on the Winterhawks.
But on a day-to-day basis, the players aren't famous, and the average person probably wouldn't call themselves a hockey fan. I had no awareness when I was growing up that the Winterhawks were mostly teenagers, even. They're treated as a minor pro team in day-to-day conversation. At least some of the players these days are educated through the North Clackamas School District which is 12 miles south of Portland, in another county. If that's been the case all along, that they were being educated in a different spot from where they play that might explain some of it.
When I was growing up, I remember Winterhawks tickets being advertised on TV in the afternoon weekday/Saturday slots that you'd also see wrestling matches, monster truck rallys and Star Trek conventions advertised. Prior to the Winterhawks, the local hockey team was the Portland Buckaroos which played in a different "Western Hockey League." That league's growth and popularity was one of the key reasons the NHL decided to expand in 1967 before it got big enough to become a major rival. Anyway, I remember the Winterhawks principally advertising Buckaroos Legends nights, as well as every time Kamloops was in town, which in retrospect is pretty funny. Buy tickets for the Winterhawks so you can see players who were good on an old team that doesn't exist anymore! Buy tickets for the Winterhawks so you can see players who are good on a rival team!
I know there's at least one other if not a couple other people from the area here, so maybe they'll have a different perspective, but that's mine.
Re: AHL/Junior/NCAA towns
From: (Anonymous)I noticed the other comments have it, so famous former Winterhawks include Andrew Ference, Brenden Morrow, Marian Hossa and Seth Jones.
Soon to show up at an NHL team near you are draftees Oliver Bjorkstrand (drafted by CBJ), Nicolas Petan (Jets), Chase De Leo (Jets), Keegan Iverson (Rangers), Alex Schoenborn (Sharks), Dominic Turgeon (Red Wings), Adin Hill (Coyotes), Paul Bittner (CBJ).
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From: (Anonymous)And Pens coach Mike Johnston was head coach/GM for 2008-14 (...apart from that season where he was suspended by CHL for recruitment and player benefits violations la la la lets not dwell on that).
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From: (Anonymous)Who was he closest to on the team?
Re: AHL/Junior/NCAA towns
From: (Anonymous)He was close with Winnipeg Jets prospect Chase De Leo. He once instagrammed a picture of a bed and when Chase made a comment about sharing it, told him to 'get nakey'.
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From: (Anonymous)Tell me about his instagram! I'd like to write Pouliot/Maatta, it could be interesting, but I don't know enough about Pouliot.
Re: AHL/Junior/NCAA towns
From: (Anonymous)With pleasure! Pouliot's Instagram was very typical soft bro of his era, lots of emoji and dumb hashtags and things like that. He was very into taking selfies for no reason and he's obsessed with his hair. He likes Pretty Little Liars lol, he posted about that a few times.
My favorite posts of his were when he had his shoulder surgery and was just very bored. He posted random bored selfies, pics of his healthy food (and complaining about it in the captions). Oh and an inside joke among the Winterhawks was "romantic D" and I have no idea what it's about but they commented on all of his pictures calling him romantic. Here's a compilation: http://beezy-k.tumblr.com/post/65442036789/things-i-love-about-the-winterhawks-in-no For the other nonny who asked who he's close to, that post gives a good idea of it! IIRC he had some shirtless in bed pics with Leipsic.
It's worth it to know that Pouliot was teammates with Joe Morrow, former Pens prospect, and he said that when he got to his first ever Pens camp Morrow was his only friend and showed him around and really took care of him. I couldn't tell you who he's close to now in WBS/Pittsburgh because of his decreased social media presence, though.
Re: AHL/Junior/NCAA towns
From: (Anonymous)Thanks!
Pouliot being obsessed with his hair pleases me. He can have secret hair competitions with Tanger.
Re: AHL/Junior/NCAA towns
From: (Anonymous)Thank you! And this is especially cracking me up, because his hair is so bad at times.
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From: (Anonymous)Re: AHL/Junior/NCAA towns
From: (Anonymous)I remember thinking "that's all?" when reading why Johnston had been suspended (when reading about him when he was named Pens coach). Are other teams not doing some of these things? Are they just better at hiding them?
Re: AHL/Junior/NCAA towns
From: (Anonymous)Exactly, it's one of the first things that endeared me to HCMJ.