Hamilton Bulldogs OHL Champion Head Coach John Gruden General Manager Steve Staios Eastern Conference Champions 43-18-4-3-93 points -Beat Ottawa 4-1. -Beat Niagara 4-1. -Beat Kingston 4-1. -Beat Sault Ste Marie 4-2. -First OHL title in third year in Hamilton after moving from Belleville. Number Player Pos Birth Year Points-per-game (regular […]
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Kootenay Ice ‘Drive to 25’ campaign continues
It may be the offseason but that doesn’t mean the Kootenay Ice are resting on their laurels. Team staff and mascots were out and about at three different community events on Saturday this past weekend in Cranbrook as the club continues their Drive to 25 season ticket campaign. First was […]
Rebels bolster coaching staff adding two new assistant coaches
It was announced by team owner/General Manager/Head Coach Brent Sutter that the team has brought in two brand new assistant coaches for the 2018-19 hockey season. The Corpus Christi Ice Rays former head coach Brad Flynn will join the Rebels coaching staff after two seasons with the Ice Rays as […]
Ice get their top-ranked player with Lambos
For Carson Lambos, Thursday was just another school day at Rink Hockey Academy in Winnipeg. However, just after his metalworking class began, the young 15-year-old defenceman learned he had been selected second overall by the Kootenay Ice in the WHL Bantam draft. Lambos said he kept up his regular routine […]
Rebels pleased with their selections at the 2018 WHL Bantam Draft
-Red Deer, AB Thursday was the beginning of the dream for the 2003 age group. The Red Deer Rebels held selections number seven and 16 in the first round of today’s WHL Bantam Draft and with it they chose the best players available to them. With the seventh overall selection […]
Edmonton brings in Benjafield and Loschiavo; moves out Bowman, Murray, Miller and Mohr
With the WHL’s Bantam Draft and so many WHL team’s upper management on hand at the Sheraton in Red Deer, Alberta on Thursday, there was the potential for some moves. TRADE: @EdmOilKings trade Kobe Mohr to @blazerhockey for Quinn Benjafield & a fourth-round selection (2020).#WHLBantamDraft — The WHL (@TheWHL) May […]
Hitmen take Tschigerl at four
The Calgary Hitmen bucked their trend of taking a defenceman in the first round by landing a northern boy fourth overall during the annual Western Hockey League Bantam Draft. The process of turning around the fourth-worst season in franchise history took a big step forward this morning in Red Deer […]
Carter Hart wins third straight Goaltender of the Year award
– Red Deer, AB For the first time in Western Hockey League history, a single person has won the Goaltender of the Year trophy for the third season in a row. Philadelphia Flyers prospect and Everett Silvertips starting netminder, Carter Hart, was once again the recipient of the accolades. Despite […]
Hitmen prepared to pick fourth overall
The Calgary Hitmen are playing the waiting game this year at the Western Hockey League Bantam Draft. Following the fourth-worst season in franchise history, the Hitmen fell back one spot in the WHL Lottery and will draft fourth overall tomorrow at the Sheraton Hotel in Red Deer. Coming into the […]
Bantam Draft history for each WHL team’s 2018 draft position
The WHL Bantam Draft is just three days away. It’s always fun to look at the past for each team in the draft and a good way of doing that is to look back at who each team took in past years with the pick number they have this year. […]