The two top picks by the Blades in the 2016 draft have helped turn around their franchise.
Tag: eastern conference
Morrison pushes Wheat Kings to the brink
The Brandon Wheat Kings have gone through a lot of adversity this season. Despite trading away two of their top players, enduring a nine-game losing streak, dropping the first two games of the first round and trailing 2-0 three separate times, the Wheat Kings pulled through. Yesterday, they trailed 2-0 […]
Wheat Kings maximize Mattheos in Game 3
The Brandon Wheat Kings have made a habit of trailing 2-0 in a best-of-seven series, only to turn up the heat when returning to their home province. For the first time in two years, the Westoba Place hosted a playoff game and the Brandon faithful saw their hometown Wheat Kings […]
Zimmerman snake bitten as Blades blanket Hitmen
With the playoff hopes fading with each passing loss, younger players on the Calgary Hitmen roster are beginning to emerge and showcase themselves to the front office for future consideration. Last night, the Edmonton Oil Kings knocked off the Kelowna Rockets in a shootout, dropping the Hitmen to the basement […]
December 1, playoff make or break
I was recently inspired by an article by Elliotte Friedman (point 29) of Sportsnet, who discussed that he keeps a stat regarding November 1 and teams that make the playoffs or don’t. Since 2005-06 only six of 48 teams that were at least four points out of a playoff spot made […]
Hitmen build for future while maintaining playoff push
In his first year behind the wheel of the Calgary Hitmen, General Manager Jeff Chynoweth said it best last week when talking to the media after pulling off a mega deal with the Swift Current Broncos: “We’re not giving our players away and we’re not throwing in the towel for […]
Pats capitalize in Fleury’s debut
The Cale Fleury era in Regina began on a high note. The 19-year-old blue liner was acquired from the Kootenay ICE Monday afternoon for a pair of prospects and a three draft picks. Playing his first game at the Brandt Centre, Fleury helped deliver a 4-3 win Wednesday night against […]
WHL playoff recap: Home Ice proves Advantageous, Pats & T’birds up 3-2
Regina 5 Lethbridge 3 (Regina leads series 3-2) Game story: -Lethbridge’s Josh Tarzwell opened the scoring in this tilt, it was his first WHL playoff goal in his first game of this series. Later in the game he would take a hard body check against the boards and it looked […]