Edmonton reassigns Guenther, Slaney, Harris and Platz The #OilKings have reassigned Dylan Guenther, Keegan Slaney, Brian Harris & Jayden Platz. Check out details on the current pre-season roster: https://t.co/RrD6zhrBXN pic.twitter.com/9IsJIyhxmG — Edmonton Oil Kings (@EdmOilKings) September 13, 2018 Edmonton Oil Kings (27) 16 forwards, eight defensemen and three goalies. -Dylan […]
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Sanders reassigned; other Calgary Hitmen roster battles
Following last year’s frenetic trade deadline, Calgary Hitmen GM Jeff Chynoweth said of newly acquired 19-year-old netminder Nick Sanders, “we feel Nick can not only help us push for a playoff spot this season but audition to be one of our three overages next year.” The only issue was that […]
WHL Players off to NHL Camps
The beginning of the WHL season brings a lot of hope, and optimism for teams, fans and players. The Western Hockey League is always well represented at NHL training camps so it will come as no surprise that this year 115 WHL’ers will be making the best impressions they can at […]
Rebels busy making deals
It was announced earlier today that the Red Deer Rebels have traded forward Brandon Cutler to the Victoria Royals along with a 2019 2nd round draft pick, in exchange for 16-year-old forward Dallon Melin and a 5th round selection in the 2019 bantam draft. Melin is from nearby Camrose, AB […]
Fiddler-Schultz, Huber show well in pre-season
A couple younger members of the Calgary Hitmen are impressing with solid starts to the pre-season. With many returning roster spots potentially up for grabs, some of the guys that could be on the bubble this year stepped up with strong games in the Hitmen’s pair of victories last weekend […]
New year, somewhat same crew for the Hitmen
There is a lot of familiarity on the Calgary Hitmen pre-season roster. At the end of training camp, new Head Coach Steve Hamilton said that he intentionally avoided talking about players with other staff members to develop his own opinions about the roster. Hamilton must have liked what was already […]
Hagel leads Team White over Team Black to wrap up Rebels training camp
When Brandon Hagel spoke to Troy Gillard of RDNewsNow.ca earlier this week, he sounded like he was prepared to take this season and push, pull and drag the Rebels through what many expected to be a tougher season. Tonight he showed the faithful Rebels fans that he means what he […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Signings galore
Saskatoon Blades sign Sammy May ?? | Blades sign 2018 draftee Sammy May » https://t.co/kRgAjU3cgC pic.twitter.com/CA1CCqbEWn — Saskatoon Blades (@BladesHockey) August 27, 2018 The Blades inked their 11th round WHL Bantam pick from 2018 in forward Sammy May. The native of Richmond, B.C. played last year with the Delta Hockey […]
Sorting through the Hitmen’s main camp roster
Like any Western Hockey League training camp, there are plenty of questions surrounding different parts of a new roster. Last year the Calgary Hitmen had to work through a logjam with the overage category, but the team was fairly certain on the starting netminder job and whom the two imported […]
Next wave of Hitmen arrive at rookie camp
The fruits from the big moves made last season have put on a Calgary Hitmen jersey for the first time. All 10 picks from the most recent Western Hockey League Bantam Draft are in attendance for the annual rookie camp, along with five picks from the 2017 draft, to go […]
