The Portage Terriers are holding a fundraising NHL playoff pool brought to you by the fine folks at Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen. Entrants will select 15 NHL players and 1 goalie who have qualified for the 2020-21 NHL playoffs. Whoever has the most points at the end of the playoffs wins! To enter a team, fill […]
The 2020-21 MJHL season was officially cancelled Feb. 12 but many of the Portage Terriers will still be playing hockey this season. After the announcement Terrier head coach and GM Blake Spiller loaned or traded 9 players to different Junior “A” leagues across Canada. Not only does it allow players to keep playing the game […]
“Blake [Spiller] gave me a shot and took a chance on me. He is a big reason why I was able to play in college.” That is from former Terrier defenceman Clay Van Diest when talking about how thankful he was for his time in Portage. Van Diest came to Portage at the start of […]
The Portage Terriers are extremely disheartened by the cancellation of the 2020-21 MJHL season. The loss of a season will have a great impact on our organization, community and especially our players. Our players were extremely professional in the face of cancellations in the spring of 2020 and then again when the league shut down […]
Tanner Jago started his junior hockey career as a 17-year-old with the Winkler Flyers and made an immediate impact. He posted 45 points in 56 games and was named the MJHL rookie of the year. He had another productive season with the Flyers before moving on to the Fargo Force of the USHL. The Terriers […]
From Junior to Pro, the hockey career of Shaq Merasty has taken him all over the continent. Merasty started his junior career with the Terriers as a call up in the 2008-09 season. The Minnedosa product started with the team full time in 2009 and put up 39 points in 59 games as a rookie. […]
Dean Stewart’s hockey career is one many kids dream of; play for your local junior team, win a national championship, represent your country on the international stage and get drafted into the NHL. It’s been quite a career so far for the 22-year-old defenceman from Portage la Prairie. Stewart played 33 games for the Terriers […]
As we continue our reflection on great players throughout Terrier history, it’s time to head back to the 1990’s. Trying to create a team for 1990-99 is tough for me as I didn’t see these games in person. I have gone to the record books and have chatted with former broadcaster Ryan Simpson to get […]
Portage la Prairie product Nick Henry came to the Terriers as a 16-year-old rookie for the 2015-16 season. Portage was thought to be in a rebuild after only five players returned from their RBC Cup victory in the Spring of 2015. Henry received top line minutes immediately, finding spot beside the league’s eventual MVP Brad […]
A new year has begun, but the weekly tradition of Terrier Tuesday continues. Check out the first episode of 2021 as Cody Buhler chats with new forward Dylan Winsor.
