WHLers earn all three leadership positions with Team Canada Proud to announce @HockeyCanada's 2021 #WorldJuniors captains: Kirby Dach ©️Bowen Byram ?️ Dylan Cozens ?️ Learn how the captains’ signatures will be featured in Esso Medals and Certificates of Achievement program kits at https://t.co/9a7XDrpbSW pic.twitter.com/awOK4XYl71 — #WorldJuniors (@HC_WJC) December 18, 2020 […]
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This day in Giants history – March 25
2005 – Playoffs kick off The 2004-05 WHL season saw an abundance of next level skill due to the NHL going through a season-long lockout. Vancouver came into the playoffs as the third seed in the division with 76 points and were matched up against a Kelowna Rockets team that […]
Top 5: Vancouver Giants American players
The Vancouver Giants have had 20 American players suit up for the club in their 19 seasons of play. One of them is the best defenceman in franchise history and another scored possibly the most memorable Teddy Bear toss goal in Giants’ history. Before we get started, if you […]
Ice shut out Rebels to close out season
It’s over. After 72 games marking another WHL campaign, the Kootenay Ice wrapped up their season on a high note with a 5-0 win over the Red Deer Rebels. It’s a bittersweet way to close the year by winning with a convincing effort over a team that bypassed them in […]
Ice gain small measure of revenge in Red Deer, down the Rebels 6-2.
The team that Red Deer passed for the final playoff spot came to the Enmax Centrium looking for some sense of revenge. Red Deer was attempting to do the unthinkable and pass the Lethbridge Hurricanes for home ice advantage in the first round of the WHL playoffs. The Ice entered […]
WHL recap: Rassell nets his 50th and Tigers get the win; Raiders, Thunderbirds and Pats get key victories
Prince Albert 6 Moose Jaw 4 When you are the top seed in the WHL’s Eastern Conference and the playoffs are approaching, the last thing you want to have is the current team you are set to play against playing their best hockey of the entire season. Worse yet is […]
Warriors battle past Ice for 5-2 win
The Kootenay Ice ran into another roadblock in their race to the postseason, dropping a 5-2 decision to the Moose Jaw Warriors on Wednesday night at Western Financial Place. The loss, combined with a win by the Red Deer Rebels, puts the Ice six points outside of the playoff picture […]
Tigers outlast Ice in goaltending duel
Better late than never. Due to weather delays in the Crowsnest Pass, the tilt between the Kootenay Ice and the Medicine Hat Tigers was delayed by an hour on Friday evening at Western Financial Place. However, bus legs didn’t seem to affect the Tabbies too much, who ended up skating […]
Late breakdowns prove costly for Ice
The Kootenay Ice hung in for 55 minutes against the Lethbridge Hurricanes. Unfortunately, it only took 19 seconds for the wheels to fall off. Tied 2-2 late in the final frame, Brad Morrison scored the game winner and Jake Elmer added the insurance a dozen and a half seconds later […]
WHL recap: Tigers shutdown Oil Kings; Chiefs, Rockets and Raiders also victorious
Prince Albert 4 Kootenay 3 The Prince Albert Raiders (22-20-9-2) fell two points back of the Saskatoon Blades when the Blades took down the Kootenay ICE (23-28-3-0) 5-3 on Tuesday. They made up those two points by dispatching the ICE themselves 4-3 on Wednesday evening. It was not an easy time […]