Fifteen Winterhawks on NHL Opening Night Rosters

PORTLAND, OR –  Fifteen Portland Winterhawks are listed on NHL opening night rosters for the 2020-21 regular season. Among WHL teams, Portland has the second most alumni starting the season in the NHL.

The Winterhawks are represented on 13 of the 31 NHL teams. The Columbus Blue Jackets and Nashville Predators each have two roster players with Winterhawks connections.

Adin Hill – Arizona Coyotes
Henri Jokiharju – Buffalo Sabres
Nino Niederreiter – Carolina Hurricanes
Oliver Bjorkstrand – Columbus Blue Jackets
Seth Jones – Columbus Blue Jackets
Dennis Cholowski – Detroit Red Wings
Caleb Jones – Edmonton Oilers
Matt Dumba – Minnesota Wild
Ryan Johansen – Nashville Predators
Luca Sbisa – Nashville Predators
Kieffer Bellows – New York Islanders
Braydon Coburn – Ottawa Senators
Colton Sceviour – Pittsburgh Penguins
Joel Hofer* – St. Louis Blues
Cody Glass – Vegas Golden Knights

* – denotes taxi squad member

𝙁𝙄𝙁𝙏𝙀𝙀𝙉 reasons to be excited about the start of the 2020-21 NHL season! 👏

Congratulations to all of our #WinterhawksAlum!

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— Portland Winterhawks (@pdxwinterhawks) January 15, 2021