The Medicine Hat Tigers (25-19-5-0) made their way to Edmonton to take on the Oil Kings (13-27-5-2). Earlier before the game, Mason Shaw was cleared to skate by Minnesota doctors, a big boost to Medicine Hat’s playoff hopes. Josh Dechaine got the start for Edmonton, while former first round bantam […]
Central Division
Ice offence explodes in 7-3 win over ‘Canes
In the span of just over two minutes, the Kootenay Ice tallied four goals en route to a 7-3 win over the Lethbridge Hurricanes on Tuesday night in Western Financial Place It was an offensive outburst so hot, it set off fire alarms in the arena. Okay, further investigation revealed […]
WHL in NHL Draft Rankings
There are many, many NHL Draft Rankings that are available for hockey fans to view and it’s always interesting to see where WHL players rank. There are roughly a dozen rankings that are reliable and updated on a regular basis. Here are a few of those rankings that have been […]
Remaining Schedule
Remaining Schedule (as of January 22) It’s time to look at each teams’ remaining schedule. Strength of remaining schedule is a report from WHL Stats Pro at the DubNetwork in which they use their own unique special formula that is different from just adding up the opposition’s winning percentages. […]
WHL recap: Hay nearing record with Kamloops win; ‘Tips keep rolling
Kamloops 4 @Edmonton 2 With that win… Don Hay is now at career total 741. One win shy of tying all-time win mark in the WHL. #Kamloops — Jon Keen (@JonKeenNLSports) January 22, 2018 Quinn Benjafield and Joe Gatenby have their head coach one win away from history. The former […]
Better effort, similar result for snake bitten Rebels
The Red Deer Rebels (10-24-8-3, 31 points) entered the contest riding a 12-game winless streak. The Kamloops Blazers (19-23-1-2, 41 points) broke their own three-game losing streak with a win in Calgary on Friday against the hapless Hitmen. Rookie Brodi Stuart of the Blazers had missed the last two games […]
SHSV% or PDO
SHSV% Which WHL teams are the strongest when you combine shooting percentage plus save percentage? These stats include overtime but do not include shootouts. Team SHSV% Victoria 105.2% Swift Current 104.5% Moose Jaw 104.3% Brandon 103.7% Kelowna 102.3% Everett 102.2% Portland 100.9% Seattle 100.9% Tri City 100.6% Vancouver […]
PP + PK
PP + PK Which teams are the strongest on the specialty teams? This is a simple equation of combining the teams PP % and PK %. Here are the rankings as of December 13/17. Team PP PK Total Swift Current 34.9 77.9 112.8% Portland 29.4 83.2 112.6% […]
Even Strength and Specialty Teams
Even Strength Which teams are the best at even strength? To calculate this we have removed PP goals for and against, SH goals for and against. So these stats include 4-on-4 and 3-on-3 situations. Here are the rankings as of January 16/18. Team ES Total Moose Jaw 66 Swift […]
Blazers rally around Reagan, hold off Hitmen late
For many reasons, Brady Reagan had tonight’s game circled on the calendar for months now. Playing his final game in the Scotiabank Saddledome, Reagan and the Kamloops Blazers edged the Calgary Hitmen 2-1 in front of 6,196 fans. “I especially wanted this one after they beat us pretty bad back […]