1st round Prince Albert – Kaiden Guhle – CSSHL OHA 8 GP 2-3-5 10pm Kootenay – Connor McClennon – CSSHL Northern Alberta 8 GP 1-7-8 6pm Vancouver – Justin Sourdif – BC Midget Valley West 4 GP 3-8-11 6pm Edmonton – Jake Neighbours – Alberta Midget Calgary 6 GP 5-4-9 […]
B.C. Division
Gauthier’s greatness can’t carry Cougars past Hitmen
Taylor Gauthier couldn’t have dreamt a of better performance for his debut at the Scotiabank Saddledome. The Calgary native stepped onto the ice at the Dome for the first time since he was six and did everything in his power to backstop his Prince George Cougars against the team he […]
2017 Prospect Update
2017 WHL Bantam Draft 1st round Prince Albert – Kaiden Guhle – CSSHL OHA 8 GP 2-3-5 10pm Kootenay – Connor McClennon – CSSHL Northern Alberta 8 GP 1-7-8 6pm Vancouver – Justin Sourdif – BC Midget Valley West 4 GP 3-8-11 6pm Edmonton – Jake Neighbours – Alberta Midget […]
Tri-City stays perfect at home extending win streak to 5
Kennewick, WA. – Going in to tonight, the Tri-City Americans (8-4-0-0) had yet to lose on home ice and were riding a 4 game overall win streak. After opening the season with nine straight losses, the Kamloops Blazers (3-10-0-0) were riding a three game win streak. However, the Americans were […]
Missed opportunities sink Rebels
Tonight, another solid effort was put in by the Red Deer Rebels. Unfortunately, the result was not as hoped. More than 4,200 fans went home unhappy following a less-than-thrilling game between the Rebels and the visiting Prince George Cougars. “You have a zero chance to score a goal if you […]
Wheat Kings power past the Royals
The Victoria Royals (9-2-1-0) fell to the Brandon Wheat Kings (8-3-0-1) Saturday night at the Westman Place in Brandon, in what was a showdown of two of the top teams in the WHL. Coming into the game, each team were man-advantage specialists, as Brandon boasted the top power play percentage, while […]
Winterhawks earn hard fought victory in Kelowna
Last weekend, the Kelowna Rockets and Portland Winterhawks combined for 19 goals in a pair of games in Oregon. However, on Friday night at Prospera Place, where there may have been some expectation of fireworks, the teams buckled down and played an entertaining, low-scoring match. For Kelowna, the 3-1 loss […]
Blades fall flat in return home
By Les Lazaruk Unacceptable! Dean Brockman agreed with that adjective used to describe the effort of the Saskatoon Blades in Wednesday’s 6-3, home-ice loss to the Vancouver Giants. “Very much so,” confirmed the Bridge City Bunch head coach when asked about the use of ‘unacceptable.’ “I didn’t like (the […]
Victoria takes a point away from Edmonton
The top seeded team in the B.C. Division, Victoria Royals (9-1-1) rolled into Edmonton (4-6-2) to face the Oil Kings Wednesday night. Matthew Phillips entered the evening with nine goals and 15 assists on the season, scoring at a rate 1.07 times higher than last season Victoria opened the […]
Rockets Science
Ten games into the Western Hockey league schedule and the Kelowna Rockets sit precariously in second place in the BC Division with a record of 4-4-1-1, two points ahead of both the Prince George Cougars and Vancouver Giants. Following the Rockets home ice loss to the Calgary Hitmen last Friday […]