Another piece of the puzzle has fallen into place for the Swift Current Broncos. The small market team has finally assembled their hockey staff, which now consists of head coach and director of hockey operations, Dean Brockman, assistant coaches, Scott Dutertre and Brandin Cote, and director of player personnel, Gary […]
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Swift Current Broncos, July Update
It’s been a busy July for the Swift Current Broncos. The team is going through some major changes among players and hockey staff. As well, some former Broncos players have signed or re-signed in the AHL and NHL. July 3 The Toronto Marlies announced the signing of forward Giorgio Estephan. […]
Swift Current Broncos Off-Season Update
The reining WHL champions, the Swift Current Broncos, have had an eventful off-season so far. It all started on May 28th, when Aleksi Heponiemi made the decision to return home. He signed a multi-year deal in the Finnish Elite League. It’s a big blow to the Broncos as Heponiemi garnered […]
Columbus selects Trey Fix-Wolansky at NHL Draft
The Edmonton Oil Kings own Trey Fix-Wolansky was selected 204th overall to the Columbus Blue Jackets in this year’s NHL Entry Draft. Wolansky has spent the last two seasons with the Oil Kings club, where he led the team in scoring last season with 89 points in 71 games He […]
Ice sign trio of top prospects
Kootenay’s top prospect put ink to paper last week, as defenceman Carson Lambos signed a standard WHL contract to take another step on his journey towards major-junior hockey. The club held a small ceremony in the Ice dressing room at Western Financial Place, where Lambos committed his future to the […]
Oil Kings make organizational changes
On Monday morning the Edmonton Oil Kings made some big changes to the organization. They revealed that they were not renewing the contracts of head coach Steve Hamilton and assistant coach Ryan Marsh. Also general manager Randy Hansch will be pursuing an NHL opportunity said Edmonton Oilers GM Peter Chiarelli. […]
Kootenay Ice ‘Drive to 25’ campaign continues
It may be the offseason but that doesn’t mean the Kootenay Ice are resting on their laurels. Team staff and mascots were out and about at three different community events on Saturday this past weekend in Cranbrook as the club continues their Drive to 25 season ticket campaign. First was […]
Ice get their top-ranked player with Lambos
For Carson Lambos, Thursday was just another school day at Rink Hockey Academy in Winnipeg. However, just after his metalworking class began, the young 15-year-old defenceman learned he had been selected second overall by the Kootenay Ice in the WHL Bantam draft. Lambos said he kept up his regular routine […]
American force Game 6 with 5-2 victory in Everett
Everett, Wa. The Tri-City Americans (10-3) were in unfamiliar territory coming into Saturday night’s Western Conference playoff game number five. They were facing elimination for just the first time this postseason. Dropping Game 3 and 4 at home had put them in this position and now they had a steep […]
Giorgio Estephan nets hat trick in Swift Current Broncos overtime win against Lethbridge Hurricanes
Coming off of a Game 1 win, the Swift Current Broncos hosted the Lethbridge Hurricanes in Game 2 at the iPlex. In the last game, Aleksi Heponiemi got the monkey off his back by scoring his first WHL playoff goal to give Swift Current the 3-2 edge and the win. […]
