The Kelowna Rockets power play was effective early and often on Saturday, enabling the team to forge ahead of the visiting Red Deer Rebels, establishing a lead it would not relinquish in a 5-2 win at Prospera Place. The Rockets improved to 10-6-2-1 on the season, good for second place […]
B.C. Division
WHL recap: Giants finally slay Royals; Broncos, Blazers and Silvertips emerge with wins
Swift Current 6 Lethbridge 0 The Lethbridge Hurricanes (7-10-1-0) can surely wait until February second. That is when they next take on the Swift Current Broncos (13-3-1-0), who have proven to have their number. Saturday night the Broncos scored six goals against the Hurricanes yet again and are now 3-0 […]
Royals come back to defeat the Oil Kings
The Victoria Royals (14-5-1-0) paid tribute to past and present Canadian Armed Forces in their annual Military Appreciation Night as they face off against the Edmonton Oil Kings (5-11-2-0) at the Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre. The colour guard from CFB Esquimalt and the Naden band delivered a beautiful rendition of the […]
Rockets win wild one over Giants
Carsen Twarynski couldn’t have felt too happy about the proceedings after 20 minutes of play at Prospera Place, with his Kelowna Rockets down 2-1 at the intermission. The 20-year-old forward who has been on a tear of late, found himself in the penalty box twice late in the frame. On […]
WHL recap: Halbgewachs’s late goal leads Warriors over Pats; Americans, Cougars, Blazers and Hitmen also post wins
Medicine Hat 4 @Calgary 2 The Calgary Hitmen (6-11-1-0) continue to drop close games. In their last five losses now, they have been tied or trailing by one in the third period. That was the case again Friday night at home as the Medicine Hat Tigers (11-6) scored twice in […]
2018 NHL draft profiles: Eric Florchuk
Victoria Royals center Eric Florchuk was just five-foot-four a few years ago. He grew an incredible nine inches in a short span and got himself on the radar of WHL teams. His bantam draft stock rose nearly as much as his height. It surged so much so, that the Royals […]
2018 NHL draft profiles: Kaid Oliver
For a guy who grew up in White Rock, British Columbia, Victoria Royals left wing Kaid Oliver has taken a circuitous route to the WHL. Most kids who claim a suburb of Vancouver as their hometown, would follow the local junior team and get to know the game that way […]
At the Quarter Pole: B.C. Division
Western Hockey League teams have pretty much all arrived at the 18-game mark, the “Quarter Pole” if you will. The current five-day break in the schedule for the annual CIBC Canada/Russia Series comes as a very welcome respite for all. Regular season play starts up again this weekend with at […]
WHL recap: Tigers tame Thunderbirds in OT; Wheat Kings, Warriors, Giants and Royals emerge victorious
Brandon 2 Kootenay 0 Logan Thompson and the Brandon Wheat Kings (10-6-0-1) had some excuses for dropping a 4-2 game to the Kootenay ICE (8-9-1-0) on Friday night. They were missing four defenseman and saw many penalties put their d-men present away in the penalty box. Instead of letting this […]
WHL recap: ICE double up Wheat Kings; Raiders, Blazers, Rockets and Silvertips emerge victorious as well
Kootenay 4 @Brandon 2 The Brandon Wheat Kings (9-6-0-1) were a very short-handed team on the back end coming into Friday night’s tilt with the visiting Kootenay ICE (8-8-1-0). With blue liners Daniel Bukac, Garrett Sambrook and James Shearer all out due to lower body injuries and 16-year-old Braden Schneider […]