Prince George 7 Kelowna 6 This is why the games are played. Anyone looking at the two-game set Tuesday and Wednesday at the Canalta Centra between the Prince George Cougars (22-33-4-4) and Kelowna Rockets (38-20-4-2), would have expected that Kelowna would take both games and strengthen their lead atop the B.C. […]
B.C. Division
WHL recap (part two): Andrusiak nets hat trick and winner; Cougars take game over Rockets
Prince George 4 Kelowna 1 The slow spiral down to the bottom of the standings in the Western Conference for the Prince George Cougars (21-33-4-4) was interrupted Tuesday night with a 4-1 win over the division-leading Kelowna Rockets (38-19-4-2). Joel Lakusta, Jared Bethune and Brogan O’Brien all had two points, while Taylor Gauthier […]
Potential Playoff Matchups – Down to the wire.
With 21 days to go in the Western Hockey League schedule, DUBNetwork is looking at the potential match-ups as the season closes and heads towards the coveted Ed Chynoweth Cup. Regina owns the first birth in the Memorial Cup, the playoffs will determine who is the WHL representative in the […]
Giants shut down Blazers 2-0
Vancouver 2 Kamloops 0 Monday evening at the Langley Events Centre, a match up of two desperate teams took place. The Kamloops Blazers (27-32-1-4) had dropped two straight and were finding a playoff post slipping our of their grasp and the Vancouver Giants (32-21-5-3) had lost three in-a-row and their […]
Rockets win nail-biter against Blazers
The Kamloops Blazers waltzed into Prospera Place last night for its sixth meeting of the year with the Kelowna Rockets. Despite going 0-5 so far this season, the upstart visitors gave the hosts everything they could handle. The Rockets, which lead the B.C. Division with a 38-18-4-2 record, scored twice […]
Late Portland Winterhawks advantage costs the Victoria Royals
It is said that your top players have to be their best to win big games and in two games versus Victoria, Kieffer Bellows showed that he is a big-time player. In a tight-checking affair where each team tried to smother the opposing firepower, Bellows still stood out as a […]
Välimäki’s hat trick helps lead Tri-City to its third straight win
Kennewick, Wa. The Tri-City Americans (32-21-7-1, 72 pts.) came into Saturday night looking to win their third straight game for the first time in over three weeks. The Prince George Cougars (20-33-4-4, 48 pts.) came into Kennewick as the team with the worst record in the Western Conference. The Cougars […]
Rockets earn another one-goal victory
The Seattle Thunderbirds battled their way into the snow bound Okanagan Valley, victims of a wonky bus, then forced the Kelowna Rockets to dig deep for an edgy one-goal victory on Friday night. Each of the combatants had plenty to play for in their fourth and final meeting of the […]
Tips beat Giants behind strong performance from Hart
Carter Hart, who won the World Junior Championships for Canada in Buffalo at the start of 2018 has been a star with the ‘Tips ever since he broke into the league with them as a 16-year-old starter and Friday’s game was no different as Hart was once again solid between […]
Portland Winterhawks edge Victoria Royals 2-1 in tight contest
In what was billed as another possible fireworks show was instead a tight battle of physical play. The Portland Winterhawks (36-20-1-3), boasting four NHL first round draft picks, brought their high powered game to Vancouver Island for the first time this season to challenge the gunning offensive style of the […]
