Down 2-0, the Brandon Wheat Kings didn’t falter or panic. The Wheat Kings trailed 2-0 in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarterfinal to the Medicine Hat Tigers and battled back to tie it 2-2 entering Game 5 Friday night at the Canalta Centre. In the pivotal Game 5, the Tigers led […]
Central Division
Wheat Kings even things up at their home away from home
Above all else, home ice has played the biggest factor in the Eastern Conference quarterfinal tilt between the Brandon Wheat Kings and Medicine Hat Tigers. Even if that home ice wasn’t exactly a team’s home rink. Playing away from home at the Credit Union Place, the Wheat Kings defended the […]
Four line effort produces game 4 win to stave off elimination
“I thought we did a lot of good things, we had certain individuals play better tonight, our team game was better.” said Head Coach Brent Sutter following the Rebels 5-2 victory over the Lethbridge Hurricanes. An all around better effort from the burgundy and white clad Rebels would push the […]
Hurricanes mighty power play the difference in overtime, lead series 3-0
With the teams making their way to Red Deer for games three and four of their opening round series, the Rebels found themselves behind the eight-ball. The Rebels lost the first two games by a combined 14-3 and their penalty kill was just 2-for-8. Something needed to change. Maybe it […]
Flames not deterred by Schneider’s challenging season
The first period of Nick Schneider’s final Western Hockey League game perfectly summed up how his only season with the Calgary Hitmen played out. A young, inexperienced team took five minor penalties and hung their graduating netminder out to dry against the Edmonton Oil Kings, allowing the third-worst power play […]
Wheat Kings whacked by Tigers in Game 2
The Brandon Wheat Kings couldn’t leave Medicine Hat soon enough. After the first two games of what was anticipated to be a tightly played best-of-seven opening Eastern Conference playoff series, the Medicine Hat Tigers have out-gunned the Wheat Kings by a combined score of 14-5. The latest blow ended up […]
Hurricanes roast Rebels in Game 2
The Lethbridge Hurricanes became the first home team to take care of business during the first two games of the Western Hockey League playoffs. The Hurricanes pounded the Red Deer Rebels 8-3 Saturday night at the Enmax Centre to take a 2-0 lead in their bst-of-seven series. Rookie Dylan Cozens […]
Kootenay Ice look to build for the future
While the season just ended for the Kootenay Ice, Matt Cockell is already thinking about next year. “We’ve got a lot of work we want to do over the offseason,” said Cockell, Kootenay’s president and GM, “a lot of lofty goals off the ice that are really important as well […]
Tigers ambush Wheat Kings in playoff opener
Game 1 of the Eastern Conference opening round confirmed that the regular season doesn’t carry any impact when the playoffs roll around. Overtime was required in all four regular season meetings between the Brandon Wheat Kings and Medicine Hat Tigers, with the Wheat Kings taking the season series 3-1. The […]
Playoff History: Lethbridge Hurricanes vs. Red Deer Rebels
2017 Lethbridge won 4-3 1st Round, despite being 22 points behind the Hurricanes in the regular season, it would be the underdog Rebels staking themselves to a 3-1 series lead. The tide turned in game five as the Hurricanes crawled themselves back into the series with a 5-3 home ice […]