The WHL has seen its share of future NHL talent patrolling the blue line over the years, from Shea Weber to Tyson Barrie and believe it or not, everyone’s favorite GM around these parts, Jim Benning. Solid offensive defensemen can put a marginal team over the top into contending […]
Tag: Scott Walford
Scott Walford moves on to the next challenge
Saskatoon Blades defenceman Scott Walford reflects on his junior hockey career and feels no regrets. “I think that being a junior hockey player, you want to make sure that you can say that at the end of your career that you left everything out there.” As he, like all […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Blades sign Bocharov, Silvertips sign Hemmerling
The Saskatoon Blades signed defenseman Pasha Bocharov to a WHL Education Contract.
DUBNetwork Awards Eastern Conference first, second and third teams
The 2019-20 WHL season came to an unexpected end with the outbreak of Covid-19 across North America and the world. That meant us at DUBNetwork had to scramble and put together our fourth annual awards. I reached out to our beat writers and those associated with the site and […]
DUBNetwork 20-year-old All-Star team (2019-20)
The current rules allow each Western Hockey League team to include three 20-year-old players on their roster. These are seemingly interchangeable spots on a WHL roster throughout the season, often devoted to players with high-end skills or, perhaps just as important, high-end character. At 20 years of age, a […]
Kyle Crnkovic leads Blades to second straight overtime win over Pats
On Friday night in Saskatoon it only took 1:14 for Kyle Crnkovic to win the game for the Blades in overtime. On Saturday night in Regina it took 4:13 in the extra frame for Crnkovic to bury the winner. The goal capped off a two goal and two assist performance […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Americans recall Pascoe, Ice recall Rhaeside, Rebels recall Patterson and more
Americans recall Pascoe as an emergency backup Hearing that #Kamloops hockey product Evan Pascoe has been called up by the @TCAmericans to back up tonight against his hometown Blazers. Pascoe is a netminder playing for the Thompson Blazers in @BCHockey_MML league. — Chad Klassen (@klassen87) January 18, 2020 The Tri-City […]
Half game effort not enough as Rebels fall to Blades 4-3 in overtime
With six minor penalties taken before the game was 25 minutes old, the Red Deer Rebels could not create momentum. After the Rebels got on the board first during a power play of their own, the team gave the Saskatoon Blades a lot of opportunities to stay in the game. […]
Thursday Thoughts: Volume 3
Welcome to the third edition of Thursday Thoughts. First of all, Happy New Year to everyone, and thanks for following along with us. World Junior rules vs. Canadian Hockey rules Nolan Foote has been assessed with a game misconduct after this hit on Kristian Kovacik. pic.twitter.com/sgxeH2EcJF — TSN (@TSN_Sports) January […]
Thursday Thoughts: Volume 1
Welcome to the first ‘Thursday Thoughts’ as I take a look around the Western Hockey League and the Canadian Hockey League. All thoughts herein are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of the entire DUBNetwork team. CHL App I felt it necessary to touch on this […]