Calgary Hitmen Last Week – 1-1-2-0, started the week with a convincing win against Red Deer, then lost 7-2 to Victoria and followed that up with losses in overtime to Lethbridge and Prince Albert. After winning 3 of 4 the Hitmen have now lost 3 straight. The Hitmen scored 10 […]
Author: Jeff Hollick
Central Division Recap
Calgary Last Week – 2-1-1-0, all 4 games were 1-goal decisions with 3 going to overtime. Overall 5 of their last 8 games have gone to extra time. Matteo Gennaro led the team with 6 goals and 1 assist including earning his 1st career hat-trick, Mark Kastelic had a big […]
Central Division Trade Deadline Recap
Calgary As written a few weeks ago, one of the strategies for the Hitmen at the deadline was to build for next year by trading some of their 19-year-olds. Before the deadline Calgary had 7 and would need to be down to the league mandated 3 before October 15th next […]
CHL Goalies Does Your Birthdate Matter
– 62.3% of all goalies were born January-June. – 46.4% were born January-April. – 38.4% were born January-March. – 23.9% were born April-June. – 11.6% were born in January, 1.4% in December. 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 January 16 2 3 5 6 0 February 17 4 9 […]
WHL/OHL/QMJHL Does Your Birthdate Matter
In 2011 Malcom Gladwell’s book “Outlier: The Story Of Success” he has a chapter on hockey and how much of an advantage is it for kids to be born earlier in the year. As you know in minor hockey you are grouped in your birth year but kids born in […]
Does Your Birthdate Matter?
In 2011 Malcom Gladwell’s book “Outlier: The Story Of Success” he has a chapter on hockey and how much of an advantage is it for kids to be born earlier in the year. As you know in minor hockey you are grouped in your birth year but kids born in […]
Central Division Recap January 2, 2017
Central Division Recap Calgary Last Week – 4 games – 1-1-1-1, lost twice to Medicine Hat (one in a shootout), split a pair to Edmonton (loss was in overtime), Hitmen had a lead in 3 of the 4 games. Beck Malenstyn 5 goals 1 assist, Matteo Gennaro 1 goal 4 […]
Central Division – At the Break
The Hitmen headed into the Christmas break winning 2 of their last 3 games and were winners of 5 of their last 7. So far in December Jordy Stallard has 3 goals 7 assists for a team best 10 points. Jake Bean returned after missing 16 games with an upper […]
WHL Bantam Drafted Players on Rosters
As I was watching an Islanders-Capitals game yesterday TV Analyst Butch Goring had a stat that Washington had 14 former 1st round picks on their roster. That got me to thinking about the WHL teams and how many 1st round Bantam picks were on each team. Then of course I […]
Random WHL Stats as of December 16
16 teams have a record of .500 or better. 3 teams in the East Division are below .500. All 5 U.S. teams are above .500. Portland, Vancouver and Prince George have played a league high 19 home games. Calgary has played only 12 home games, while Seattle and Saskatoon have […]
