Portland Winterhawks forward Josh Zakreski tosses a puck around Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2023, before the Winterhawks’ 11-1 win against the Brandon Wheat Kings at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland. (Taylor Balkom/The Columbian)
The swing for teams is one of the most difficult to do. For all, it’s a bus ride encompassing 2,500 miles or so to towns you’ll see once a year, barring playoffs. It’s usually a chance to see parents whom the players haven’t seen since they left in August, and then there’s the brutal schedule with 6 games in 10 nights. It is said that if a team can win half of the games on
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