2340 - Nampa, Idaho, USA

I love old photos of athletes and Cathy's card did not disappoint. The photo of two members of the Columbia University Football team (with a gentleman in the background "photobombing"), circa 1899-1900.

Cathy is originally from Portland, Oregon, and said her and her three boys used to attend Portland Winterhawks games all the time and remembers that Medicine Hat is one of the teams Portland played.

The Portland Winterhawks were founded as the Edmonton Oil Kings in 1950. The Oil Kings moved to Portland in 1976 and were rebranded as the Winter Hawks. The Winter Hawks used old Chicago Blackhawks sweaters the first few years and that's why Portland's logo was the Blackhawks logo. Later the Winter Hawks "retired" the space between the Winter Hawks to become the Winterhawks. In 2021, Portland changed their logo to a bird of prey (a winterhawk).

The Winterhawks have made five trips to the Memorial Cup - the championships of the three leagues of the Canadian Hockey League (U-20, or junior). They won it on two occasions: 1983 versus the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey League and they became the first American based team to win the Canadian Championships, and in 1998 versus the Guelph Storm. Medicine Hat, who beat the Winterhawks in the 1986 WHL championships, went on to win the first of two consecutive Memorials Cups that year.

Portland has an impressive list of NHL alumni including Hall of Famers Cam Neely, Marion Hossa, and Mark Messier.

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