By Les Lazaruk With the WHL Trade Deadline in the rearview mirror, the Medicine Hat Tigers were quicker to focus on what was in front of them Wednesday evening than what the Saskatoon Blades were. The Bengals scored twice in the first six minutes and skated to a 3-2 victory […]
Central Division
A season of change for the Ice
Just past the midway mark of the season and the Kootenay Ice are sitting in second place in the Central Division and are inside the playoff picture. Not bad for a club that has undergone monumental change over the last year. The team has a record of 18-21-3 so far […]
Bean-less Hitmen suffer glancing blow
A tumultuous week for the Calgary Hitmen ended on and unfortunate deflection in front of their own net with 9:28 remaining in regulation. Playing five games in seven days is a lot to handle, but other teams go through the same quirks at some point throughout the season. What most […]
Swift Current Broncos take both weekend games
Artyom Minulin returned to the lineup January 6th in front of 2284 people at the iPlex in Swift Current when the Broncos hosted the Regina Pats. Tyler Steenbergen and Aleksi Heponiemi were still out of the lineup. Logan Flodell started in net. Beck Malenstyn, Glenn Gawdin, and Kaden Elder started […]
Moose Jaw rally in Edmonton
The Moose Jaw Warriors (32-6-1-2) have carved their way through there Central division swing and make their way to Edmonton to face the Oil Kings (10-23-4-2). Edmonton has struggled lately but have strung together some strong performances as of late. Brody Wilms got the start for Moose Jaw, while Josh […]
Hitmen receive a haul for the hometown kid
The Americans ended up with the gold medal from the World Junior Championship they deeply desired, expect it was the Canadian Jake Bean heading to Kennewick, Wash., instead of Team USA winning gold in Buffalo, N.Y. Slightly more than 24 hours removed from receiving his gold medal, local defenceman Bean […]
WHL recap: Ams come all the way back and add coveted piece, Broncos, Giants, Thunderbirds and Hitmen add two points
Only quick hits tonight as we celebrate the birth of another member of the DUBNetwork family and a busy night in the Western Hockey League. Congratulations to the Rivers family on the addition to their family. It is also Jake Bean Trade Night. #WHLHitmen acquire 17-year-old F Carson Focht, 18-year-old […]
Blades first period freezes ICE
By Les Lazaruk The Saskatoon Blades came out of the gates hot Saturday evening. Despite opening the scoring in their previous three games, Bridge City Bunch coaches weren’t happy with the team’s performance to open those contests despite managing to win all three. The Blue and Gold scored three times […]
McDonald makes the amazing race to Prince Albert, scores OT winner
-Prince Albert, Saskatchewan The Prince Albert Raiders were at it again, making a trade this time with the Prince George Cougars. The 1998-born Kody McDonald was picked up, along with a conditional 3rd or 4th round 2018 WHL Bantam draft pick. It cost them 2001-born Rhett Rhinehart, 1999-born Austin Crossley […]
Americans pull off deal for Bean
The most anticipated trade of the season happened four days prior to the Jan. 10 deadline. The Calgary Hitmen have dealt 19-year-old defenceman Jake Bean to the Tri-City Americans for the 17-year-old forward Carson Focht, 18-year-old defenceman Dakota Krebs, a second-round pick in the 2018 WHL Bantam Draft, a first-round […]