PORTLAND, Ore. – Less than two years ago, Mike Johnston thought he had closed the book on his days as head coach and general manager of the Western Hockey League’s Portland Winterhawks. On a ...

Mike Johnston was finishing his playing career at Brandon University in Manitoba in 1979-80, and because the team had toured Austria and Switzerland that season, his coach, Andy Murray, suggested ...

Portland Winterhawks head coach Mike Johnston has stepped down as head coach of the team after 13 seasons, the team announced Monday. Longtime assistant coach Kyle Gustafson will take over as head ...

Mike Johnston is leaving the Portland Winterhawks in a better place than he found the team back in October 2008. Much better. His influence is all over the Hawks bench, in its training facilities ...

fell into a deep, dark hole after the Western Hockey League tried to make him disappear Nov. 28 by suspending him for the rest of the season. He did not. Johnston was certainly devastated and ...

The Portland Winterhawks are expected to announce that Mike Johnston is returning to the team as head coach and general manager, according to a hockey blogger in a report posted Tuesday night ...

Johnston is set to be introduced as the Penguins' coach at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday. ... Mike Johnston is set to be introduced as head coach of the NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday morning.

WEBVTT I'M VERY, VERY PLEASED THAT MIKE WANTS TO COME AND TAKE ON THIS CHALLENGE. AND I WANT TO INTRODUCE OUR NEW HEAD COACH, MIKE JOHNSTON. AND WITH THAT, A NEW ERA OF PENGUIN HOCKEY BEGINS. SELF ...

Before his suspension in November, coach and general manager Mike Johnston (left) had the Winterhawks rolling along at 20-4-1. Right-hand man Travis Green then took over and helped the team go 37 ...

PITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan) – TSN hockey insider Darren Dreger joined "The Fan Morning Show" on Wednesday. During the interview, he reported that Portland Winterhawks (WHL) head coach Mike ...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins hired Mike Johnston in the summer of 2014 and tasked him with guiding the star-laden roster back to the NHL's elite. The marriage lasted all of 18 months.

Four games into his career as an NHL head coach, Mike Johnston is breathing new life into the Pittsburgh Penguins . The team is off to a solid 3-1 start while leading the NHL in power-play ...