With 28 days to go in the Western Hockey League schedule, it is time to start 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 […]
B.C. Division
Royals take down Giants 4-3 in thrilling divisional contest
The Vancouver Giants (31-19-5-3) sailed across the Straight of Georgia Saturday to face the Victoria Royals (35-21-3-2) for the final meeting of the regular season between these two clubs. In a potential playoff matchup preview, the season series has favoured Victoria who had a 6-3 record versus the Giants coming […]
Potential playoff matchups – down the stretch
With 29 days to go in the Western Hockey League schedule, it is time to start looking at the potential match-ups as the season closes and heads towards the coveted Ed Chynoweth Cup. Western Conference Matchups #1 Seed U.S. Division Leaders Everett Silvertips vs. 2nd Wild Card Seattle Thunderbirds Everett […]
A late goal by Red Deer sinks Victoria Royals 4-3
It was deja-vu Friday night as the Red Deer Rebels (20-26-10-3) on their second visit of the season to the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre defeated the Victoria Royals (34-21-3-2). Echoing their previous visit in November, the Rebels came into Victoria on a stormy west coast night and pulled out a late […]
WHL recap: Raiders defense comes through; Silvertips escape with OT win in Kent; Rockets hold off Blazers
Prince Albert 5 Brandon 2 The blue line for the Prince Albert Raiders (23-23-9-2) is not necessarily known for producing a ton of offense. There are no d-men in the top-six in scoring for the team. They stepped up to provide some key offensive plays on Friday night at the […]
Lamb silences Rockets in unlikely road win
Rebels ride hot goaltender to earn 4-1 decison One had to wonder what the Red Deer Rebels discussed during the second intermission at Prospera Place after the first 40 minutes of play against the Kelowna Rockets. The Rebels were effectively a “no show” to that point as the Rockets effort […]
WHL recap: Yamamoto scores winner for Chiefs with 28 seconds left; Warriors get road win
Moose Jaw 6 @Regina 3 When the Moose Jaw Warriors (43-9-1-2) acquired defenseman Brandon Schuldhaus at the trade deadline this year, they were not necessarily bringing him in for offense. The six-foot-four, 198 pound blue liner had four career goals in 161 games. Since coming to Moose Jaw, though the […]
Tendeck breaks hearts in Portland, leads Giants to 4-2 win
Back on November 28th, the Portland Winterhawks had a 10-game win streak halted by a superb 44-save performance form then Lethbridge Hurricanes netminder Stuart Skinner. That was a game where Portland had countless high-quality chances at key points in a tight game, but could not find a way to beat […]
Rockets edge Royals in first-place showdown
The Kelowna Rockets got what they needed on Monday afternoon against the Victoria Royals; a hard-fought 5-4 victory that enabled the home side to leap frog back into the top spot in the B.C. Division standings. However, the Rockets also got plenty of what they don’t need at this point […]
Lamb shuts the door on the Cougars, Rebels win 4-0
After a rough start to the season the Red Deer Rebels have turned things around in a major way over their last ten games. The team has gone 7-1-2-0 in those games and relied on great goaltending from the duo of Riley Lamb and Ethan Anders. This afternoon in a […]