Make it seven in a row to start the 2020-21 season for the Edmonton Oil Kings. The team closed out their three-game weekend series against the Red Deer Rebels in style on Sunday night, skating away with a 5-2 victory. The Rebels were able to put together another decent […]
Central Division
Oil Kings reach franchise milestone in 3-1 win over Rebels
Well, there you have it. It was in the back of our minds before the game and now it’s a reality. The Edmonton Oil Kings 3-1 victory over the Red Deer Rebels on Saturday night improves their team record to 6-0 on the season. This win marks the first […]
Cossa and the Oil Kings’ powerplay too much for Rebels
The most penalized team in the Western Hockey League allowed their penalty taking ways to cost them the game. Red Deer racked up seven minor penalties in the contest as well as a 5-minute fighting major and the extremely strong Edmonton Oil Kings took advantage three times throughout the evening. […]
Beckett Langkow earns victory in first WHL start
MEDICINE HAT – It has become somewhat customary so far this season for the Medicine Hat Tigers to suit up at Co-Op Place with a just little extra motivation. On February 27, the team was fired up as radio play-by-play legend Bob Ridley was calling his 4,000th career game. The […]
Swift Current Broncos: 2021 season preview
It’s been over a year since the last time the Swift Current Broncos took the ice. The long-awaited 2021 season is about to start officially, and Swift Current will feature an impressive, and league-leading, 12 rookies on the roster. For the Broncos, last season was rough! There is just […]
Rebels take the long road to their first win
Heading into the fourth game of the season, the Red Deer Rebels had not yet picked up their first win. The Rebels changed their fortunes when last season’s leading scorer Arshdeep Bains sealed the comeback win in overtime, beating Jack McNaughton on a two-on-one. McNaughton had been drawn out of […]
Tigers Tame Rebels; Sweep Weekend Series
The Medicine Hat Tigers scored early and often at the newly branded Co-Op Place, parlaying a 4-0 first period advantage into a 7-2 victory in its Western Hockey League home opener. Coming off a third period barrage in Red Deer the previous night, where the Tigers overcame a 4-1 […]
Third period collapse sinks Rebels
You couldn’t have drawn up a much better game plan for the Red Deer Rebels for the first 50 minutes of the season’s opening game. “I thought we did some really good things, I just thought we were on it, as far as on the puck, and finishing checks. […]
Thank you Western Hockey League
As the Central Division gets ready to drop the puck on Friday, February 26, we reflect on the past 12 months. Nearly a year. Who would have ever thought an entire hockey league could or would take an entire year off from playing the game? But that is exactly what […]
Tigers “10-Topic Tuesday”
There was little surprise when Medicine Hat Tigers coach and general manager Willie Desjardins announced the overage group for the upcoming 24-game Western Hockey League season.