Portage Terriers

The Portage Terriers held their annual awards night presented by the Terrier Ladies Auxiliary on Wednesday night after the game against the Winnipeg Blues.

Here is a list of this year’s award winners.

Fan Appreciation (Homestead Co-op) – Ashton Fishley

1 Rookie of the Year (Stinson family) – Grant Dardis

2 Best Defenseman (Keystone Sports Excellence) – Tayem Gislason

3 Most Improved Player (*Stride Credit Union) – Decker Mujcin

The Portage Terriers swept the season series with the Winnipeg Blues with a 7-0 victory on home ice.

The Portage Terriers look to rebound from a tough night in Dauphin last night with a contest against the Winnipeg Blues tonight.

Portage has yet to lose againt the Blues this year, winning all five contests by a combined score of 28-8.

The Blues sit second last in the MJHL and have lost their last seven consecutive games and have given up double digits in two of those games.

Portage has won three of their last five, with losses bookending that stretch.

The Portage Terriers struggled to keep the puck out of their net on Tuesday night falling 7-3 to the Dauphin Kings.

The Portage Terriers are down to four games left in the regular season and play one of them tonight in Dauphin.

Portage comes into this game on a three-game winning streak, with a 2-1 win over the Winkler Flyers on Friday night and a 4-2 victory in Virden on Sunday.

A quick start propelled the Portage Terriers past the Virden Oil Capitals 4-2 on Sunday night. Special teams was a big factor throughout the evening with Portage going 2/7 on the power play.

Alyandro De Leon started the game off with a bang for the Terriers. Less than three minutes into the game he picked off a pass at the Virden blue line, walked down the slot and beat Oil Capital goalie Eric Reid. Midway through the period Gabriel Laflamme knocked home a rebound on the power play to make it 2-0 Portage.

In a likely preview of the first round of the playoffs, the Portage Terriers beat the Winkler Flyers 2-1 on Friday night.

A tight checking defensive battle saw momentum swing back and forth throughout the game. Portage got some great scoring chances early in the first and then finally broke the deadlock. Parker Scherr scored on a point shot ten seconds into the first Terrier power play of the night. Winkler responded a few minutes later when the MJHL’s leading scorer, Dalton Andrew, blasted home a power play goal past Gavin Renwick. 1-1 after 1.

The Portage Terriers are back on the road tonight to face off with the Winkler Flyers after Wednesday night's game was postponed. 

The two teams have faced off with the Flyers four times to this point, with the Terriers winning three of the four contests.

Adler Johnston says these are the type of games players get excited for.

UPDATE: Tonight's game has been postponed due to weather conditions. A make-up game will be rescheduled soon.

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The Portage Terriers look to add to their win total tonight when they take on the Neepawa Titans at Stride Place.

The Terriers escaped Swan Valley with a victory after losing their previous contest to the OCN Blizzard.

Portage has won three of their last five, while Neepawa has won four in the same stretch. 

An exciting back and forth affair ended in the Portage Terriers’ favour Saturday night as they beat the Swan Valley Stampeders 6-5 in overtime.

The Terriers dominated the chances and time of attack but it wasn’t reflected in the close score. It was due in large part to solid goaltending from Stampeder goalie Kyle Abrahamson. The Terriers out shot Swan Valley 60-29.