The Prince George Cougars were done drafting players in the 2020 WHL Bantam Draft before 1 pm PDT on Wednesday. It was nearly two and a half hours later that the draft actually concluded. With three picks in the first round, two in the second round, two in the […]
Author: Brandon Rivers
Thunderbirds trade Ross, draft 13 players in WHL Bantam Draft
Seattle Thunderbirds General Manager Bil La Forge and his scouting group were busy Wednesday as they set to draft players during the 2020 WHL Bantam Draft. They sat in a good spot, for what is widely believed to be a deep draft, at seventh overall. With a big trade […]
Top 5 Bantam Drafts in team history: Brandon Wheat Kings
With the 2020 WHL Bantam Draft coming tomorrow morning and all of us missing WHL hockey because of the current pandemic, we at DUBNetwork thought it would be fun to look at the past WHL Bantam Draft classes for all 22 teams and rank them. We will be posting these […]
Looking ahead to the 2020-21 WHL season: import situations
There is a lot of uncertainty surrounding the 2020-21 WHL season as a whole. Will it start on time? Will it happen at all? Will import players be able to come back to North America? It will be a while before we get any clarity on these three questions […]
Looking ahead to the 2020-21 WHL season: Overage situations
With the 2019-20 WHL season getting cut short and the 1999-born players not getting the send-off they deserved, we are left in this awkward position ahead of next season. Should everything be somewhat back to normal and the next WHL season be able to start in a normal way, […]
2020 DUBNetwork Awards: Coach of the year and Executive of the year for both conferences
This is the second season we have handed out awards for coach and executive of the year. As has been the case for us with these two awards, the votes were more spread out than with the player awards. Eastern Conference Executive of the Year: Matt Cockell, Winnipeg ICE […]
2020 DUBNetwork Player Awards: MVP, Rookie of the Year and Goalie and Defensemen of the Year
Western Conference MVP: Adam Beckman (Spokane Chiefs) Beckman ran away with this vote. Wolf was the closest to him but regardless the MVP for the Western Conference stays in the U.S. Division. Mathew Barzal (Seattle-2017), Carter Hart (Everett-2018) and Joachim Blichfeld (Portland-2019) were the previous winners of this award […]
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 Awards: Western 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 […]
Overreaction Monday: Everett Silvertips will win their fourth straight U.S. Division title
Overreaction of the week: The Everett Silvertips will overtake the Portland Winterhawks and capture the U.S. Division title and home ice in the U.S. bracket. 11 points back of the Winterhawks on January 26th, the Everett Silvertips looked to be locked into the second seed in the U.S. Division. There […]
