Somewhere along the way the Portland Winterhawks went from champions to unstoppable juggernaut. Somewhere along the way they became a dynasty.
They won the Gump Cup in 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010. And during those four best-of-seven championship series, they’ve lost exactly two games. They’ve dominated the GWMHL for nearly half a decade.
And it happened almost overnight.
So what turned a sub-.500 team into a league-leading force?
The answer, more or less, is trades. Trades, a little luck, and cojones the size of the state of Oregon.
Our analysis after the jump.
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