Regions Alberta – 73 BC – 61 Saskatchewan – 41 Manitoba – 26 Arizona – 7 Colorado – 6 Minnesota – 6 Texas – 3 California – 2 Alaska – 1 Kansas – 1 Nevada -1 North Dakota – 1 Washington – 1 Cities/Towns Calgary, AB – 15 Winnipeg, […]
B.C. Division
Draft Geek Rankings Recap
For the purpose of this analysis I took every WHL team and tried to rate how they did on Bantam Draft Day based on the resident scouting team, Draft Geek’s rankings of players. For example, if a team took the 10th, 20th and 45th ranked players their total would be […]
WHL playoff recap: Home Ice proves Advantageous, Pats & T’birds up 3-2
Regina 5 Lethbridge 3 (Regina leads series 3-2) Game story: -Lethbridge’s Josh Tarzwell opened the scoring in this tilt, it was his first WHL playoff goal in his first game of this series. Later in the game he would take a hard body check against the boards and it looked […]
WHL playoffs: Western Conference Final – Kelowna Rockets vs Seattle Thunderbirds
We will be previewing the conference final match-ups in an on-going series. While any best-of-seven series that ends in five games may, on the surface, appear to have been a cakewalk of sorts for the winning team, the Kelowna Rockets […]
WHL playoff second round preview: Portland Winterhawks vs Kelowna Rockets
We will be previewing each of the four second-round playoff match-ups in an on-going series. Here we have the matchup between Kelowna and Portland. For much of the regular season, a frequent topic of discussion was the quality of B.C. Division teams. It was an ultra-competitive division, where it seemed […]
Game Day Playoff Edition 1
Welcome to the first of many game day previews for the duration of the playoffs. We will take a look at matchups throughout the playoffs and focus in on some players who have made an impact in their series. Medicine Hat Tigers lead 2-0 in their series with the Brandon […]
WHL playoff round one preview: Portland Winterhawks v. Prince George Cougars
We will be previewing each of the eight first-round playoff match-ups in an on-going series. Here we have the series in the western conference bracket between Prince George and Portland. A few weeks ago it was unimaginable that the Prince George Cougars (45-21-3-3) would finish any lower than first place […]
PDO
Which WHL teams are the strongest when you combine shooting percentage plus save percentage? These stats include overtime goals and shots but does not include shootouts. Team SH% SV% PDO Tri City 12.8% 89.6% 102.4% Kamloops 10.2% 92.2% 102.4% Regina 12.0% 90.3% 102.2% Lethbridge 12.2% 89.8% 102.0% Moose Jaw 10.9% […]
WHL playoff round one preview: Kamloops Blazers v. Kelowna Rockets
We will be previewing each of the eight first-round playoff match-ups in an on-going series. Here we have an all Okanagan Valley matchup, the series in the B.C. Division bracket between Kelowna and Kamloops. The Kelowna Rockets (45-22-5-0) parlayed a spectacular second half into a legitimate run for the division […]
Even Strength
Which teams are the best at even strength? To calculate this we have removed PP goals for and against, SH goals for and against and only used stats from regulation time. Here are the rankings. Team ESGF ESGA Total Regina 233 131 102 Medicine Hat 238 183 55 Prince George […]