At 16 years old, Orca Wiesblatt was nearing on top of the junior hockey world. He helped the Brooks Bandits capture the Alberta Junior Hockey League title and came within one goal of winning the franchises’ second Royal Bank Cup. Despite all the team success, Wiesblatt wanted something different. Growing […]
Author: Tyler Lowey
2018 NHL Draft profiles: Tristen Nielsen
Spending the formative years of his youth in Fort St. John, B.C., the only barrier Calgary Hitmen left winger Tristen Nielsen had to break down was a sheet of plywood produced locally at the Peace Valley OSB plant. Once hockey season ended and summer arrived — where average daily high […]
Third period meltdown burns Hitmen
The Calgary Hitmen’s leading goal scorer had the puck on his stick as time ticked away in the third period of a tie game. Standing from the same general area where he netted two power play goals earlier, he fired off a quick snap shot, beating Spokane Chiefs rookie netminder […]
Hitmen prospects perform at WHL Cup
The Calgary Hitmen’s hottest group of prospects was pinned up against some of the most promising talent in Western Canada during the annual — and newly named — WHL Cup, this past weekend at WinSport Arena in Calgary. Three Hitmen were featured in the tournament: Defenceman Luke Prokop was named […]
Gauthier’s greatness can’t carry Cougars past Hitmen
Taylor Gauthier couldn’t have dreamt a of better performance for his debut at the Scotiabank Saddledome. The Calgary native stepped onto the ice at the Dome for the first time since he was six and did everything in his power to backstop his Prince George Cougars against the team he […]
Hitmen double up winless Blazers
Go ahead and insert your own proverbial phrase here about things not being as bad as they seem. Yes, the Calgary Hitmen haven’t had the greatest start to their season. But at least they are not the Kamloops Blazers. Taking advantage of the situation at hand, the Hitmen downed the […]
Bean back with Hitmen
A crowded young blue line prevented Jake Bean from cracking his first National Hockey League roster. Despite not making the lineup, Bean’s stock only continues to rise. On Oct. 3, the Hurricanes reassigned the 13th overall pick from the 2016 NHL Entry Draft to the Calgary Hitmen. He appeared with […]
Local goalie shuts down stagnant Hitmen
This was not the start Dallas Ferguson envisioned when he accepted the head coach position with the Calgary Hitmen last summer. The Hitmen have been stung by one-goal games early this season, but at the CN Centre in Prince George, the Cougars left no doubt, picking up the 7-1 decision […]
Hart-less performance in Calgary
When the 4,982 fans showed up to catch their only glimpse of the Everett Silvertips for the next two years, they knew they were going to see some great goaltending. What they didn’t know, was that it wasn’t coming from the two-time Del Wilson Memorial Trophy winner Carter Hart, who […]
Hitmen release Reagan
Someone was going to be the odd man out eventually. When the Calgary Hitmen broke training camp in late August, there were two main questions circling the team like a tornado: the goaltending depth and the 20-year-old situation. The Hitmen opened camp with four 20-year-old players; Matteo Gennaro, Jakob Stukel, […]