Portage Terriers

The Portage Terriers prepare to face another team ahead of them in the standings tonight when the Winkler Flyers come to town.

The teams have faced off twice this season, each claiming a win. Winkler won the first contest 4-3 in a shootout at Stride Place, and Portage taking a 4-0 victory over the Flyers at the Winkler Arena.

The Portage Terriers have five players and a coach attending this year's MJHL-SJHL showcase in Winnipeg. The rosters were announced on Tuesday, January 16th, on the MJHL's website. The representatives are captain Tayem Gislason, his partner on defence Parker Scherr, forward standouts Slade Stanick and Nolan Nenow, and Owen Witt will be manning the blueline for the 18-and-under team. Assistant coach Robby Moar will also be behind the bench for the 20-and-under team wearing red.

Gislason says it's nice to be honoured with a selection.

The Portage Terriers lost 2-1 to the Steinbach Pistons on Friday night. The Terriers got their lone goal from Cam Bullinger, who snapped a wrist shot home from between the faceoff dots.

Noah Szabo score both goals for the Pistons from similar areas on the ice. The smooth-skating defenseman scored two goals, both in the area between the ringette line and the blueline with traffic in front of Jayden Catellier, giving the Terrier netminder little chance to stop the puck. Both of Szabo’s goals were scored on the powerplay.

The Portage Terriers are warming up for another contest against the Steinbach Pistons. 

Steinbach has won 4 of the 5 meetings between the clubs so far this season.

The Terriers have scored a combined 9 goals through those 5 games and are looking for more offense in tonights game. The defense has also struggled, allowing 24 goals against Steinbach so far.

Portage has added another win to their win streak after their 8-3 victory on Wednesday over the Winnipeg Blues.

History was made on Wednesday night when the Portage Terriers beat the Winnipeg Blues 8-3 at Stride Place. The win was the 671st regular season victory of Terrier head coach and GM Blake Spiller’s career, breaking the record previously held by Doug Stokes.

The Portage Terriers' head coach Blake Spiller caught a milestone with the 3-2 victory over the Winnipeg Freeze on Friday, January 12th. The win was the 670th of his career, tying the MJHL's all-time win's record by a coach.

A slow start cost the Terriers in the first period. A jam play at the side of the net resulted in a goal for the Freeze, scored by Peyton Allard, with an assist from Ashton Cuvelier. 

After making several trades over the last week, the Portage Terriers will be back in action against the Winnipeg Freeze. With several new faces on the squad, the hope is some of all of those players will make their debut this evening.

The Terriers enter the contest in third place by points in the MGEU East Division while the Freeze sit in last place overall. 

The Terriers recently snapped a three-game losing streak with a 5-0 victory over Swan Valley in their last match. Over the last 10 games, Portage has gone 6-2-1-1.

It was a busy day for Portage Terriers head coach and general manager Blake Spiller. The Terriers said good-bye to 5 players and brought 3 new ones in the process.

The Terriers started the day by trading defenseman Brett Magarrell to the Dauphin Kings along with two draft picks, a 3rd round and a 5th round in exchange for defenseman Aidan Brook and forward Rhett Perrin.

Spiller also sent  veteran forward Brenden Holba and defenseman Ryley Cyca to Waywayseecappo for Jesiah Bennett and future considerations.

The Portage Terriers opened the home schedule of their second half of the regular season.

The Terriers also honoured former Terrier Brady Grasdal with a pregame tribute by having his parents and billet family, along with recently re-acquired defenceman Ashton Fishley at center ice.

Terriers assistant captain Daniel Siso was a roommate of Grasdal's during his time with the Terriers. He scored the first goal, which also ended up being the game-winner. He spoke about scoring that goal, and honouring Grasdal with his celebration.

The new year started with a thud for the Portage Terriers who lost their first game of the 2024 4-1 Friday night to the Steinbach Pistons. Special teams were a big part of the night with the Pistons going 3/6 on the power play.