Portage Terriers

Story from Portage Terriers Marketing Director, Cody Buhler

A solid effort from top to bottom lifted the Portage Terriers over the Winnipeg Blues on Wednesday night 5-1.

Playing one forward short, the Terriers were able to roll all four lines all night. Winnipeg started the game strong and kept Portage on their heels. Midway through the first Cam Bullinger scored his 20th of the season on the power play to open the scoring for Portage.

The Portage Terriers dropped their final matchup of the season against the Waywayseecappo Wolverines on home ice, by a 5-3 score.

A bad bounce and a poorly directed pass resulted in Waywayseecappo scoring a pair of goals in the first, while Portage was unable to answer. 2-0 Waywayseecappo after 20 minutes.

A team effort from the Portage Terriers propelled them to a 3-1 win over the Niverville Nighthawks on Wednesday night. Ryan Velan stole the show in net, stopping 43 of the 44 shots he faced for his 13th win of the season.

Portage started the game with five of their normal forwards out of the lineup, and two affiliated players: Lawson O’Ray and Finley Titterson. For O’Ray, it was his first game in the MJHL.

A tightly contested matchup between the Portage Terriers and the Northern Manitoba Blizzard went the Dogs' way by a score of 2-1 on Friday night.

Just before the halfway mark of the first period, Grant Dardis put a long shot through traffic on goal, and beat the Blizzard netminder. The goal would stand as the only one in the frame. 1-0 Portage after 20 minutes.

A miscue by the Terriers in the neutral zone gave Northern Manitoba a break, which Miguel Bouvier converted to tie the game at 1. The score would not change from there in the second period.

Down by two heading into the third period, the Portage Terriers came back to beat the Virden Oil Capitals 5-4 on Wednesday night at Stride Place.

Virden opened the scoring early in the first period when Terrier goalie Ryan Velan coughed up the puck behind the net and Marshall Light put it into the empty cage. Will McKay responded for Portage minutes later snapping a wrist shot past former Terrier goalie Gavin Renwick. Before the first was done Liam Goertzen blasted home a wrist shot on a two on one. 2-1 Oil Capitals after 1.

A rollercoaster game saw Portage clinch a spot in the MJHL playoffs this March, beating the Selkirk Steelers in a shootout, 4-3.

28 shots hit the goal in the first period, with Selkirk hammering several on net during a couple of power plays.

Cameron Bullinger slipped one home on a rebound, notching his 17th of the season.

Selkirk didn't take that lying down though, as they would add a pair of goals to start their first lead of the game.

A shortened bench due to illness didn't stop the Terriers from extending the win streak to six games with a 4-1 victory over the visiting Winnipeg Blues.

Caleb Lepitre would get Portage on the board with his tenth goal of the season. Jonah Marshall took a shot from outside the ringette line, and Lepitre would find the rebound sitting in front of the goal and slip it through the Winnipeg netminder. 1-0 Portage after the first period.

The Portage Terriers picked up their 5th win in a row on Saturday night beating the Swan Valley Stampeders 3-2 in a shootout.

The long bus trip to Swan River seemed to be a factor for the Terriers as they started the first period slowly. Riley Fequet was left alone in front of the net on the power play and he opened the scoring for the Stampeders. Swan Valley outshot the Terriers 11-3 in the first period.

The Portage Terriers wrapped up a perfect weekend against the Steinbach Pistons beating them 4-3 on Sunday night. It marks the fourth win in a row for the Terriers and fourth this season against the Pistons.

The game was a tight checking back and forth affair with much of the pressure coming from the Pistons. Mitchell Kathler faced 45 shots in the Terriers goal and was his team's best player.

The Portage Terriers survived an onslaught of penalties and pulled out a third consecutive victory against the Steinbach Pistons by a 5-3 score.

Late in the first period, a surprise cut to the front of the net resulted in a goal, as Dawson Madden got around the Steinbach defender and slipped a pass across the ice. Caleb Lepitre was at the post and tapped it in for his ninth of the season. 1-0 Portage after the first period.