When the New York Rangers called up Michael Sauer on March 25, he became the 100th former Portland Winterhawk to play in the NHL, making Portland one of the leaders in the WHL in producing NHL talent. Here you'll find a complete list of every former Winterhawk to play in the NHL.
Player: Yrs in Portland NHL Team(s) Yrs in NHL
Agnew, Jim 84-86 Vancouver/Hartford 86-93
Archibald, Dave 83-87 Minnesota/NY Rangers/Ottawa/NY Islanders 87-97
Babych, David 77-80 Winnipeg/Hartford/Vancouver/Philadelphia/Los Angeles 80-99
Babych, Wayne 76-78 St. Louis/Pittsburgh/Quebec/Hartford 78-87
Balej, Jozef 99-02 Montreal/NY Rangers/Vancouver 03-06
Bandura, Jeff 76-77 NY Rangers 80-81
Barr, Dave 79-80 Boston/NY Rangers/St. Louis/Hartford/Detroit/NJ/Dallas 81-94
Bast, Ryan 93-94 Philadelphia 98-99
Benning, Brian 83-84 St. Louis/Los Angeles/Philadelphia/Edmonton/Florida 84-95
Benning, Jim 79-81 Toronto/Vancouver 81-90
Black, James “Hamish” 87-89 Hartford/Minnesota/Dallas/Buffalo/Chicago/Washington 89-01
Bohonos, Lonny 93-94 Vancouver/Toronto 95-99
Brown, Keith 76-79 Chicago/Florida 79-95
Coburn, Braydon 00-05 Atlanta/Philadelphia 05-Present
Cooper, Ed 78-80 Colorado 80-82
Currie, Tony 76-77 St. Louis/Hartford/Vancouver 77-85
Curran, Brian 80-83 Boston/NY Islanders/Toronto/Buffalo/Washington 83-94
Dafoe, Byron 86-91 Washington/Los Angeles/Boston/Atlanta 92-04
Davidson, Matt 93-97 Columbus 00-03
Deadmarsh, Adam 91-95 Quebec/Colorado/Los Angeles 94-04
Dobson, Jim 78-80 Minnesota/Colorado/Quebec 79-84
Dubinsky, Brandon 02-06 NY Rangers 06-Present
Fedyk, Brent 86-87 Detroit/Philadelphia/Dallas/NY Rangers 87-99
Ferraro, Ray 82-83 Hartford/NY Islanders/Los Angeles/Atlanta/St. Louis 84-02
Ference, Andrew 94-99 Pittsburgh/Calgary/Boston 99-Present
Finley, Jeff 83-87 NYI/Philadelphia/Winnipeg/Phoenix/NYR/St. Louis 87-04
Forbes, Colin 94-96 Philadelphia/Tampa Bay/Ottawa/NY Rangers/Washington 96-06
Funk, Michael 02-06 Buffalo 06-Present
Gage, Joaquin 90-93 Edmonton 94-01
Geale, Rob 79-82 Pittsburgh 84-85
Gaustad, Paul 99-02 Buffalo 02-Present
Green, Josh 97-98 Los Angeles/NY Islanders/Edmonton/Washington/Calgary/Vancouver/Anaheim 98-07
Hansen, Jannik 05-06 Vancouver 06-Present
Heath, Randy 80-84 NY Rangers 84-86
Hossa, Marcel 98-01 Montreal/NY Rangers/Phoenix 01-08
Hossa, Marian 97-98 Ottawa/Atlanta/Pittsburgh/Detroit 98-Present
Hoyda, Dave 76-77 Philadelphia/Winnipeg 77-81
Hulse, Cale 91-93 New Jersey/Calgary/Nashville/Phoenix/Columbus 95-06
Huscroft, Jamie 83-84 NJ/Boston/Calgary/Tampa Bay/Vancouver/Phoenix/Washington 88-00
Ireland, Randy 76-77 Buffalo 78-79
Isbister, Brad 93-97 Phoenix/NY Islanders/Edmonton/Boston/NY Rangers/Van. 97-08
Klepis, Jakub 01-02 Washington 05-07
Konowalchuk, Steve 90-92 Washington/Colorado 91-06
Kordic, John 82-84 Montreal/Toronto/Washington/Quebec 85-92
Kromm, Richard 81-84 Calgary/NY Islanders 83-93
LaBarbera, Jason 96-00 NY Rangers/Los Angeles/Vancouver 00-Present
Langkow, Scott 91-95 Winnipeg/Phoenix/Atlanta 96-00
Latos, Jim 85-87 NY Rangers 88-89
Laxdal, Derek 82-83 Toronto/NY Islanders 84-91
Lecuyer, Doug 76-78 Chicago/Winnipeg/Pittsburgh 78-83
Linden, Jamie 88-90 Florida 94-95
Mackey, Dave 84-85 Chicago/Minnesota/St. Louis 87-94
Malarchuk, Clint 78-81 Quebec/Washington/Buffalo 81-92
May, Darrell, Sr. 79-82 St. Louis 85-88
McBain, Jason 91-94 Hartford 95-97
McLeod, Cody 01-05 Colorado 07-Present
Messier, Mark 77-78 Edmonton/NY Rangers/Vancouver 79-94
Mikkelson, Brendan 03-06 Anaheim 08-Present
Mitchell, Roy 86-89 Minnesota 92-93
Morrow, Brenden 95-99 Dallas 99-Present
Mulvey, Paul 76-78 Washington/Pittsburgh/Los Angeles 78-82
Myhres, Brannt 90-92 Tampa Bay/Philadelphia/San Jose/Nashville/Edmonton/Washington/Boston 94-03
Neely, Cam 82-84 Vancouver/Boston 83-96
Nichol, Scott 92-94 Buffalo/Calgary/Chicago/Nashville 95-Present
Nylund, Gary 78-82 Toronto/Chicago/NY Islanders 82-93
Olson, Josh 00-02 Florida 03-04
Pelensky, Perry 80-82 Chicago 83-84
Peterson, Brent 76-78 Detroit/Buffalo/Vancouver/Hartford 79-89
Playfair, Jim 81-83 Edmonton/Chicago 83-89
Playfair, Larry 76-78 Buffalo/Los Angeles 78-90
Podkonicky, Andrej 96-98 Florida/Washington 00-04
Podloski, Ray 82-86 Boston 88-89
Pratt, Nolan 91-95 Hartford/Carolina/Colorado/Tampa Bay/Buffalo 96-08
Regehr, Richie 01-04 Calgary 05-07
Robidoux, Florent 78-80 Chicago 80-84
Rohlicek, Jeff 83-84 Vancouver 87-89
Sasser, Grant 81-84 Pittsburgh 83-84
Sauer, Michael 04-07 NY Rangers 08-Present
Scatchard, Dave 93-96 Vancouver/NY Islanders/Boston/Phoenix 96-07
Sharples, Jeff 85-87 Detroit 86-89
Smith, Brandon 89-94 Boston/NY Islanders 98-03
Stewart, Ryan 86-87 Winnipeg 85-86
Tetarenko, Joey 94-98 Florida/Ottawa/Carolina 99-04
Toal, Mike 78-79 Edmonton 79-80
Tookey, Tim 77-80 Washington/Quebec/Pittsburgh/Philadelphia/Los Angeles 80-89
Turcotte, Alfie 82-84 Montreal/Winnipeg/Washington 83-91
Turnbull, Perry 76-79 St. Louis/Montreal/Winnipeg 79-88
Turnbull, Randy 78-82 Calgary 81-82
*Vernon, Mike 81-83 Calgary/Detroit/San Jose/Florida 82-02
Virtue, Terry 90-91 Boston/NY Rangers 98-00
Walker, Gordon 82-84 NY Rangers/Los Angeles 86-90
Walker, Matt 97-00 St. Louis/Chicago 02-Present
Wesley, Blake 76-79 Philadelphia/Hartford/Quebec/Toronto 79-86
Wesley, Glen 83-87 Boston/Hartford/Toronto/Carolina 87-08
Wiemer, Jason 91-95 Tampa Bay/Calgary/Florida/NY Islanders/Minnesota/NJ 94-06
Woodley, Dan 83-87 Vancouver 87-88
Yaremchuk, Gary 79-81 Toronto 81-85
Yaremchuk, Ken 80-83 Chicago/Toronto 83-89
Zavisha, Brad 90-91 Edmonton 93-94
Zednik, Richard 94-96 Washington/Montreal/NY Islanders/Florida 96-Present
*Appeared in Memorial Cup Only in 1981-82 and 1982-83.
Former Winterhawks Who Have Won the Stanley Cup
Player: Year Team
Deadmarsh, Adam 95-96 Colorado Avalanche
Hossa, Marian 09-10 Chicago Blackhawks
Kordic, John 85-86 Montreal Canadiens
Messier, Mark 83-84 Edmonton Oilers (Conn Smythe Winner)
84-85 Edmonton Oilers
86-87 Edmonton Oilers
87-88 Edmonton Oilers
89-90 Edmonton Oilers
93-94 New York Rangers
Pratt, Nolan 00-01 Colorado Avalanche
03-04 Tampa Bay Lightning
Vernon, Mike 88-89 Calgary Flames
96-97 Detroit Red Wings (Conn Smythe Winner)
Wesley, Glen 05-06 Carolina Hurricanes