Based on the WHL rosters as of October 31, 2017 there is a total of 534 players on the active rosters. These do not include AP call-ups but does include players on the injured list. Alberta leads with 29.78% of the players and BC is 2nd with 27.15%. The top […]
B.C. Division
WHL Birth Months
In 2011 Malcom Gladwell’s book “Outlier: The Story Of Success” he has a chapter on hockey and how much of an advantage it is for kids to be born earlier in the year. In minor hockey you are grouped in your birth year but kids born in January on average […]
Portland finally solves Grant late and edges Prince George 2-1
Through 40 minutes Wednesday night in Portland, it seemed clear that Tavin Grant saves his best hockey for when he is playing in Portland against the Winterhawks (10-4) He earned his first career shutout exactly one month previous, stopping all 47 shots he saw. Grant was again perfect through the […]
Americans remain perfect on home ice; down Rockets 4-3 in OT
Kennewick, Wa. The Tri-City Americans (10-4-2-0, 22pts.) and the Kelowna Rockets (7-5-2-1, 17pts.) have become very familiar with each other recently. The two teams have matched up against each other three times in the past fifteen days. The home team won the first two meetings with Tri-City winning 2-1 October […]
WHL-how they were built
As of October 31, 2017 there are 535 players in the WHL. 494 are from Canada/USA, while 41 are Import players. As you look at these numbers remember that this is where the players were taken in the draft and not all were selected by the team they are currently […]
WHL 16-Year-Olds
As of October 31st, 2017 there are 42 16-year-olds (born in 2001) on WHL rosters. The numbers listed under each player is what round they were selected in the 2016 WHL Bantam Draft. The 1st round picks have their overall selection displayed in brackets. eg. 1 (12) is 1st round […]
Rockets extra effort rewarded against Americans
Thankfully for the Kelowna Rockets, the bad luck on Fridays in October at Prospera Place came to an end with a 4-3 overtime decision over the Tri City Americans. The Rockets played home games on the last three Fridays this month, losing the first two before the win over the Americans. […]
WHL In NHL Draft Rankings
There are many, many NHL Draft Rankings that are available for hockey fans to view and it is always interesting to see where WHL players are rated. There are about a dozen that are most reliable and are updated on a regular basis. Not including the NHL Central Scouting Service preliminary […]
WHL recap: Skinner shuts down Pats; Raiders and Tigers add to their win totals
Medicine Hat 7 Spokane 4 Many were wondering whether the Medicine Hat Tigers (8-4) would be able to replace all that scoring that left them this year. After Mason Shaw went down with a long term injury and Zach Fischer was traded to the Spokane Chiefs (8-6-0-1), they were left […]
Royals befuddle Blades, resembling old Oilers and Jets
Tuesday night’s game at SaskTel Centre evoked memories from 30 years ago; pleasant for some, nightmarish for others. About 30 years ago at the old Winnipeg Arena, there were vintage battles between the Wayne Gretzky-led Edmonton Oilers and the over-matched Winnipeg Jets. For the purposes of Tuesday night, substitute […]