Portlandâs junior hockey team is in talks with NAYA about the offensive imagery.
By
Jason Cohen
4/25/2021 at 12:30am
Itâs already been a year of big change for the Portland Winterhawks. In December 2020, a group led by investment banker Michael Kramer and retired Monsanto executive Kerry Preete became the junior hockey teamâs new owners. Due to COVID-19, the current season was both massively delayed and greatly shortened: a mere 24 games against the four Western Hockey League teams in Washington, with no road trips to Canada. Portland also had to play its first âhomeâ contest at the Seattle Thunderbirdsâ arena in Kent, before finally returning to Veterans Memorial Coliseum on March 26. There were no fans in the stands.