Portage Terriers

The Portage Terriers are back on the road tonight. They are heading off to Winnipeg for their first meeting of the season against the Blues.

Portage enters this contest on a three-game win streak after picking up a pair of victories over the Virden Oil Capitals and snatching a win from the Winkler Flyers earlier in the week.

The Portage Terriers pulled out their fourth win of the season tonight in a nail-biter. The Dogs took down the Winkler Flyers 2-1 in a shootout on home ice.

Midway through the first period, Austin Peters chased down the puck behind the net, and as he fought for it, the puck bounced high and over the net. Sequoia Swan was in the slot and snatched the puck with his glove. He outstretched the goalie and tucked the puck behind him but couldn't get it into the back of the net.

The Portage Terriers are hoping to get back to their winning ways tonight on home ice. The Dogs will be taking on the Winkler Flyers for the first time this season tonight at Stride Place.

The Terriers are coming off of their first loss of the year on Sunday against the Waywayseecappo Wolverines where they dropped a 5-2 decision. The Dogs will be looking to clean up their special teams play in this one as they gave up three power-play goals in the loss.

The Portage Terriers squeaked out their third straight victory to kick off the 2022-23 campaign. The Dogs ended up with a 6-5 win over the Waywayseecappo Wolverines tonight in a shootout.

The Wolverines opened the scoring four minutes into the contest as Guerin Apperley made a high saucer pass from his own zone to Colby Wotton, who was behind the defence in the neutral zone. This created a breakaway opportunity, and Wotton went to his backhand and put it home on the short side to take the lead.

The Portage Terriers are in search of win number three tonight.

The Dogs are returning to Stride Place tonight as they welcome the Waywayseecappo Wolverines to town. Goaltender Bailey Monteith says he is looking forward to this set of back-to-back games against the Wolverines.

"I'm really excited. I know during my time in Virden last year, it was always fun playing Wayway. So, I'm really excited to play them this weekend."

The Portage Terriers have made five different moves ahead of week two of the MJHL season.

The team acquired forward Roman Cherniak from the Sherwood Park Crusaders and defenceman Parker Scherr from the Olds Grizzlys, both in exchange for future considerations.

The Dogs also shipped defenceman Ashton Fishley to the Swan Valley Stampeders and forward Josh Lehto to the Virden Oil Capitals both in exchange for future considerations.

A Portage la Prairie native is even more confident for the 2022-23 campaign after gracing the ice with the Winnipeg Jets Young Stars Classic team. Dean Stewart was one of eight defencemen selected to the squad, and he says any time there's a chance to represent an NHL team, you have to take the opportunity. 

A former Portage Terrier is the first sports science coach in the MJHL. Rob Pambrun joined the league's newest franchise, the Niverville Nighthawks, after being a professional trainer for a number of years.

"The main focus that I'm bringing to the organization in terms of sports science and player development is, I'm an expert in perfecting game day routines," Pambrun explains. "When I say game day routines, that refers to game day nutrition for optimal performance, supplementation, and physical routine, like what the players are doing during the day."

The Portage Terriers put out a notice to the community Monday evening asking for more billet families to come forward for the current season.

The Portage Terriers are still in need of billet families! Please consider taking a player into your family for the season.

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A former Portage Terrier is preparing for his freshman season in the NCAA. Defenceman Owen Murray will be playing out this year with the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Minutemen.

The Decker, Manitoba product spent the last two seasons in the USHL with the Green Bay Gamblers, where he totalled 38 points in 97 games and was named an Assistant Captain in his final year with the club. Murray says he doesn't have many goals for this season and just wants to go with the flow.