The Portland Eagles were a minor league professional hockey

Hockey

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 team located in Portland, Oregon

Portland, Oregon

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. They were known as the Portland Penguins for one season.

History

The Eagles competed in the Pacific Coast Hockey League

Pacific Coast Hockey League

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 from 1944 until the team's final season in 1951. In the Eagles' inaugural season they placed second in the PCHL losing to the Seattle Ironmen

Seattle Ironmen

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 in the championship game. The next season (1945–46) the Eagles placed first in their division and went on to defeat the Ironmen in the semifinals. However, the Eagles would be swept by the Los Angeles Monarchs

Los Angeles Monarchs

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 in the finals. The Eagles would go on to make the playoffs twice in their remaining seasons both times resulting in a first-round loss.

The team changed its name to the Portland Penguins for the 1949–50 season. In 1950–51, the team's final season, the Eagles name was brought back and Tony Hemmerling

Tony Hemmerling

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 was appointed head coach. The Eagles lost in the first round of the playoffs in 1951. 1950–51 would be the last season for the Eagles because of financial problems and a worsening arena, the team folded.

NHL Players

• Gordon Buttrey
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• Don Campbell
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• Red Carr
• Les Colvin
  Les Colvin
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• Hec Highton
  Hec Highton
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• John Holota
• Eddie Kullman
• Bill Kyle
  Bill Kyle
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• Jack McDonald
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• Al Millar
  Al Millar
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• Bill Summerhill
  Bill Summerhill
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• Aubrey Webster
  Aubrey Webster
  Aubrey Webster was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played two seasons in the National Hockey League for the Philadelphia Quakers and Montreal Maroons.-External links:*...