If there is a team in the Western Hockey League that would really like to see the clock turned back, it might very well be the Medicine Hat Tigers. Medicine Hat finished the abbreviated 2019-20 season with a 41-19-2-1 record, good for 85 points, second place in the Central […]
Author: Glen Erickson
Kelowna Rockets Season Review
When the Kelowna Rockets hit the ice Sept. 21 against the Spokane Chiefs to open the 2019-20 Western Hockey League season, there was a tremendous amount of excitement. It wasn’t just the usual opening night, fired-up fan base. No way. This was different. This was next level, off-the-charts anticipation […]
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 […]
Kris Mallette: “Kelowna through and through”
Patience. Defined in part as the capacity to accept or tolerate delay, trouble, or suffering without getting angry or upset. One wonders if an updated version of the definition might now include a photo of Kelowna Rockets Kris Mallette? Head coach, Kris Mallette. The 41-year-old hometown lad will tell […]
Jadon Joseph’s Journey – Part 3
To say the 2019-20 Western Hockey League season has been a tumultuous experience for Jadon Joseph would be a tremendous understatement. If ever there seemed to be an opportunity for a player to pack it in, Joseph’s experience this season might be the very definition of why one might […]
Jadon Joseph’s Journey – Part 2
The Vancouver Giants playoff run last season was not as much a surprise as it was a relief. So much had happened with the Giants since the organization hosted and won the 2007 Memorial Cup. Numerous coaching and management changes, the move from Pacific Coliseum to the Langley Events Centre, […]
Jadon Joseph’s Journey – Part 1
Growing up near the city of Edmonton, also known as the capital region, Jadon Joseph was fortunate as a youngster to play in a hockey community that has successfully produced some solid talent. Through his peewee and bantam years, he crossed paths with the likes of Sam Steel, a […]
WHL Feature: Jadon Joseph’s Journey
“It’s just another part of your hockey road map.” Interesting phrase. One of my smart-ass teammates chirped it in my direction many years ago while a doctor was inserting 16 stitches below my bottom lip. Good times! Of course, the phrase can be construed in other ways. Jadon Joseph […]
Tigers clinch playoff berth with win over Tri City
(MEDICINE HAT, AB) – Veteran forward James Hamblin opened and closed the scoring Friday for the Medicine Hat Tigers in a 4-2 victory over the Tri City Americans that enabled the home side to clinch a playoff berth. It was a gutsy win for the Tigers, a high-scoring group […]
Ice double up on Tigers in Family Day matinee
(MEDICINE HAT, AB) Veteran forward Isaac Johnson collected a pair of assists then scored into an empty net, pacing the Winnipeg Ice to a hard-fought road victory over the Medicine Hat Tigers, 4-2. While the verdict will not sit well with the local faithful, the game was a thoroughly […]