The 5,345 faithful fans at the Scotiabank Saddledome Friday night didn’t have a whole lot to cheer about through the first 40 minutes, as their third tilt of the season with the Moose Jaw Warriors seemed destined for blowoutsville. The crowd was brought to their feet during the second intermission […]
Central Division
Over complacent Blades rally to beat Rebels
By Les Lazaruk It wasn’t a masterpiece, but the Saskatoon Blades will take the two points. “We’ll take the win. There’s too many things to say that, probably, I didn’t like,” said Head Coach Dean Brockman after the Blades nipped the young Red Deer Rebels 3-2 in front of 3,169 […]
WHL recap: seven-up in Prince Albert, Wheat Kings and Tigers also win
Kootenay @Prince Albert The Kootenay ICE (18-19-3-0) were riding a two game losing skid heading into a Saskatchewan road trip. The Prince Albert Raiders (13-17-6-2) were fading from the playoff picture having gone 3-6-1-0 over the last ten games. Jordy Stallard would get the scoring going early for the Raiders, his […]
Hitmen special teams clicks without key contributors
It’s hard to imagine how any team could see a drastic improvement in their special team play after subtracting their top defensive unit and leading scorer. But that’s exactly what the Calgary Hitmen accomplished last month. Their penalty kill lacked execution and owned percentage at 63.4 per cent in November. […]
2018 NHL draft profiles: Ryan Chyzowski
Hockey was all around Medicine Hat Tigers left wing Ryan Chyzowski growing up. His Father, Dave, was drafted second overall by the New York Islanders back in 1989. He ended up playing in 126 NHL games, piling up 31 points. The earliest memories that Ryan has are of his Dad […]
Hitmen send Grishakov to the Royals
News broke earlier this afternoon that the Calgary Hitmen traded Andrei Grishakov to the third place Victoria Royals for a third-round pick in the 2019 Western Hockey League Bantam Draft. Grishakov was in his second season with Hitmen after the club selected him 106th overall in the second round of […]
WHL Monthly Records
December 2017 Overall Moose Jaw – 13 10-1-1-1 22 Everett – 12 10-2-0-0 20 Vancouver – 11 8-2-1-0 17 Kelowna – 11 8-3-0-0 16 Seattle – 11 7-2-2-0 16 Brandon – 12 8-4-0-0 16 Saskatoon – 12 8-4-0-0 16 Swift Current – 12 8-4-0-0 16 Tri City […]
WHL Players in December 2017
Points 1 Brayden Burke MJ 29 2 Jayden Halbgewachs MJ 26 3 Glenn Gawdin SC 24 4 Justin Almeida MJ 23 5 Giorgio Estephan LET 20 5 Stelio Mattheos BDN 20 5 Braylon Shmyr SAS 20 8 Morgan Geekie TC 19 8 Matteo Gennaro SC 19 8 Tanner […]
Hitmen call up Bryce Bader
The Calgary Hitmen are going through the dog days of January and have a roster riddled with absent and injured players. The club called up one of their top prospects in Bryce Bader to help them through one of the more challenging parts of the season. Even with icing three […]
Stotts saves the day in overtime
The Calgary Hitmen have gone through the gauntlet over the past few weeks trying to dress a cohesive team, but the World Junior Championship, untimely injuries and unexpected winter flu bugs have deprived them of that opportunity. For the first time this season, the Hitmen skated their top four picks […]
