Articles by Stuart Kemp

About Stuart Kemp

Stuart Kemp is the Immediate Past President of 15 years of the Booster Club. and has been following hockey from his native Canada since he can remember, though he can't skate, but played road hockey for several years. Loving hockey and professional wrestling, he has traveled to most of the WHL cities and with wrestling, has seen four provinces and five states. It is true that every Canadian city with more than 500 residents has a hockey rink, well at least it looks that way. Stuart has had his hand in every facet of independent Professional wrestling as he debuted as an announcer in 1986 which started his career.

Winterhawks Return Home With A Bang – Portland Erupts After Record Road Trip

October 27, 2025 Stuart Kemp 0

Hockey returned to the Rose City following the Portland Winterhawks’ longest road trip in franchise history — 11 straight games — which wrapped up in Langley against the Vancouver Giants. The Hawks had crisscrossed through […]

Portland Winterhawks Wrap Up Road Swing With Win In Red Deer

October 20, 2025 Stuart Kemp 0

The final game of any road swing is always the toughest—especially when it’s the last time many players will see their families until Parents Weekend. Throughout the week, the Portland Winterhawks played in front of […]

Portland Winterhawks Battle Through Road Swing, Find Leadership And Growth

October 17, 2025 Stuart Kemp Comments Off

The Portland Winterhawks’ season is off to a challenging start. With so many new faces and what feels like an endless road trip, the Hawks are bound to hit a few bumps before things settle. […]

From Lethbridge To Calgary – Portland Winterhawks Wrap Up Longest Road Stretch Before Homecoming

October 13, 2025 Stuart Kemp Comments Off

This weekend marked the start of the Eastern Swing. Five Alberta teams from Saturday to next Friday, before the Portland Winterhawks return to their home opener on October 25. There will be a game in […]

Portland Winterhawks Split BC Division Battles – Lessons From Penticton Loss, Momentum From Kamloops Win

October 6, 2025 Stuart Kemp Comments Off

Following a tough, gritty win over Everett in Game 2 of the season, the Portland Winterhawks had two back-to-back games against BC Division opponents. The BC Division is one where teams will play four games […]

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New Faces, New Energy – Portland Winterhawks Sign Dorzak, Add Cruz, And Break Through With Overtime Thriller

September 29, 2025 Stuart Kemp Comments Off

What has become almost a rite of passage is a trade to a team for the rights to a player, and lo and behold, within a short timespan, that player is under contract to the […]

Streaming Success, On-Ice Struggles – Young Portland Winterhawks Learning Fast

September 22, 2025 Stuart Kemp Comments Off

The good news was that the Victory app was without issues. After experiencing problems with other streaming services over the past several years, Victory, which carried the playoffs and Memorial Cup as a test last […]

From Blowout Losses To Last-Second Wins – What We Learned About The Portland Winterhawks Before Opening Night

September 15, 2025 Stuart Kemp Comments Off

The Portland Winterhawks spent training camp as close to home as possible, as the next month and a half will be spent at road games, as preparations are made for the VMC in the largest […]

Portland Winterhawks Break Camp With Neely Cup Dominance As Babych’s Squad Shines

September 5, 2025 Stuart Kemp Comments Off

The Portland Winterhawks break camp with a runaway team winning the Neely Cup. At 6-2-1, team Babych dominated the field at the Neely Cup, an intersquad matchup of all players divided into four teams as […]

New Voice On The Ice – Portland Winterhawks Hire Will Hentschel As Play-By-Play Announcer

August 25, 2025 Stuart Kemp Comments Off

With many things going on within the WHL and CHL, the Hawks also needed to find a new man behind the microphone leading into this season. Nick Marek, who had been the voice of the […]