Keanu Reeves, who played goalie on his school hockey team in Canada, starred in My Own Private Idaho, which was filmed in Portland.

• Portland Rosebuds
  Pacific Coast Hockey Association 1914-18
  1916 Stanley Cup finalists, losing to the Montreal Canadiens 3-games-to-2. Their jersey (blue with red rose logo) is on display in the Hockey Hall of Fame
• Portland Buckaroos
  Pacific Coast Hockey League 1928-31
  North West Hockey League 1933-36
  Pacific Coast Hockey League 1936-41
• Portland Oilers
  Pacific Coast Hockey League 1943-44
• Portland Eagles
  Pacific Coast Hockey League 1945-48
• Portland Penguins
  Pacific Coast Hockey League 1948-50
• Portland Eagles
  Pacific Coast Hockey League 1950-51
• Portland Buckaroos
  Western Hockey League 1960-74
  In 1960 the New Westminster Royals of the Western Hockey League moved and became the Portland Buckaroos, the farm team for first the NHL's Boston Bruins and later the Chicago Blackhawks. In 14 years, they won 8 regular-season championships and 3 post-season championships. The NHL only had 6 teams back then, unlike today's talent-diluted 30-team circuit, so the level of play must have been fairly high. The Buckaroos roster featured players with familiar and not-so-familiar names:
  • Doug Messier (Wainwright AB), father of Edmonton Oilers and New York Rangers star Mark Messier
  • Pat "Whitey" Stapleton (Sarnia ON), later a great Chicago Blackhawk defenceman
  • Dallas Smith (Hamiota MB), later Bobby Orr's defence partner with the Bruins
  • Dale Rolfe (Timmins ON)
  • (Brantford ON) Barry Long, later a defenceman with the WHA Edmonton Oilers,
  • Ray McKay (Edmonton AB), later a defenceman with the WHA Edmonton Oilers
  • Jerry Korab (Sault Ste. Marie ON), later a defenceman with the Buffalo Sabres 1973-1980
  • Tom McVie, later a coach with the Winnipeg Jets, Washington Capitals and New Jersey Devils
  • Jack Bionda (Huntsville ON)
  • Hal Laycoe (Sutherland SK)
  • Art Jones (Bangor SK)
  • Saskatoon SK's Cliff Schmautz, older brother of Bruin Bobby Schmautz
  • Jim McLeod (Thunder Bay ON)
  • Don Head (Mount Denis ON)
  • Gerry Goyer (Belleville ON)
  • Pat "Hopalong" Hannigan (Timmins ON)

  As you see, there is a long history of Canadians coming to Portland to work!

  Buckaroos Links:

  • Portland Buckaroos Team Photos:
    1962-63 | 1967-68 | 1969-70 | 1970-71 | 1971-72 | 1972-73
  • 1968-69 Portland Buckaroos Sweater
  • Portland Buckaroos: Unofficial Homepage
    And Portland hockey history
  • Memorial Coliseum, Portland OR
    Home ice of the Buckaroos
  • Remembering Minor League Hockey
    Buckaroo defenceman Connie "Mad Dog" Madigan offers spectators a "Sherwood sandwich"
  • Harold Glickman an honored U of O alumnus
    Buckaroo founder and GM also founded the NBA's Trail Blazers
  • Memories live on for Buckaroos
    Former players remember possibly the greatest minor-league hockey team of all time.

• Portland Winter Hawks
  Western Hockey League 1976-present
  Soon after Oilers professional ice hockey arrived in Edmonton, the Oil Kings, the longtime junior team, left the 'Chuck in 1976, becoming the Portland Winter Hawks. They won Memorial Cup championships in 1983 and 1998, and were WHL finalists in 2001. They play at the Memorial Coliseum and the Rose Garden. The Winter Hawks have supplied many players to NHL teams (see sidebar).
  • Hawks News in The Oregonian
  • Hawks Radio
  • Sneptomaniac's Haven
    A tribute to ex-Winter Hawks coach Harold Snepsts
  • Snepts resigns at Hawks coach

  (Source: A to Z Encyclopedia of Hockey)