There are many, many NHL Draft Rankings that are available for hockey fans to view and it’s always interesting to see where WHL players rank. There are roughly a dozen rankings that are reliable and updated on a regular basis. Here are a few of those rankings that have been […]
B.C. Division
Remaining Schedule
Remaining Schedule (as of January 22) It’s time to look at each teams’ remaining schedule. Strength of remaining schedule is a report from WHL Stats Pro at the DubNetwork in which they use their own unique special formula that is different from just adding up the opposition’s winning percentages. […]
Draft Profile: Kyle Topping, Kelowna Rockets
When one gives the Kelowna Rockets roster a thorough glance, it is easy to notice a few of the Western Hockey League’s elite players. Dillon Dube: Calgary Flames second round pick in 2016. Cal Foote: Tampa Bay Lightning first round pick in 2017. Kole Lind: Vancouver Canucks second round pick in 2017. […]
WHL recap: Hay nearing record with Kamloops win; ‘Tips keep rolling
Kamloops 4 @Edmonton 2 With that win… Don Hay is now at career total 741. One win shy of tying all-time win mark in the WHL. #Kamloops — Jon Keen (@JonKeenNLSports) January 22, 2018 Quinn Benjafield and Joe Gatenby have their head coach one win away from history. The former […]
Better effort, similar result for snake bitten Rebels
The Red Deer Rebels (10-24-8-3, 31 points) entered the contest riding a 12-game winless streak. The Kamloops Blazers (19-23-1-2, 41 points) broke their own three-game losing streak with a win in Calgary on Friday against the hapless Hitmen. Rookie Brodi Stuart of the Blazers had missed the last two games […]
Rockets flush Royals in battle for first place
When the Kelowna Rockets and the Victoria Royals presented their starting lineups for an important B.C. Division game at Prospera Place, there appeared to be one significant mismatch. The Rockets pegged 15-year-old Cole Tisdale to start in goal. James Porter and Roman Basran are currently sidelined with injuries, and 19-year-old […]
SHSV% or PDO
SHSV% Which WHL teams are the strongest when you combine shooting percentage plus save percentage? These stats include overtime but do not include shootouts. Team SHSV% Victoria 105.2% Swift Current 104.5% Moose Jaw 104.3% Brandon 103.7% Kelowna 102.3% Everett 102.2% Portland 100.9% Seattle 100.9% Tri City 100.6% Vancouver […]
PP + PK
PP + PK Which teams are the strongest on the specialty teams? This is a simple equation of combining the teams PP % and PK %. Here are the rankings as of December 13/17. Team PP PK Total Swift Current 34.9 77.9 112.8% Portland 29.4 83.2 112.6% […]
Even Strength and Specialty Teams
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. So these stats include 4-on-4 and 3-on-3 situations. Here are the rankings as of January 16/18. Team ES Total Moose Jaw 66 Swift […]
WHL recap: Volcan sparks Thunderbirds; Hurricanes and Oil Kings nab victories
Edmonton 5 Kootenay 1 The young Kootenay ICE (20-23-3-0) could be forgiven for overlooking the visiting Edmonton Oil Kings (13-26-4-2) on Friday night. They had just pulled out an exciting win on the road over the division-leading Medicine Hat Tigers and were about to have three straight games against teams […]