Riley Boychuk

2008-09: Boychuk scored 7 goals with 10 assists and 86 PMs in a limited role in his first full WHL season with the Portland Winterhawks.  Boychuk (-10) was one of 14 players who had a double-digit negative plus/minus as Portland won just 19 games and finished last in the WHL’s United States division.

2009-10: Boychuk,increased his offensive production in his second WHL season as Portland was one of the turnaround stories in hockey, winning 44 games in the regular season and advancing to the second round of the playoffs. Boychuk was also a physical force for the Winterhawks; his 157 PMs were nearly double his 2008-09 total and second-most for Portland behind only WHL penalty minutes leader Brad Ross (TOR). In 66 regular season games, he scored 14 goals with 16 assists and was +12 plus/minus. In the playoffs, he scored 2 goals with 1 assist and was -1 with 24 PMs.

2010-11: Boychuk was once again a physical force while contributing offensively in his third season with Portland (WHL); though limited to 60 games due to nagging injuries. Boychuk was second on the Winterhawks with 148 PMs while scoring 18 goals with 17 assists and finishing with a +5 plus/minus. In the WHL playoffs, Boychuk scored 3 of his 4 goals on the power play and added 8 assists in 21 games as Portland reached the finals before falling to the Kootenay Ice. He finished the playoffs -2 while racking up 50 PMs.