The Tri-City American’s (17-10-3-0) entered Rogers Place on Friday night to play the struggling Edmonton Oil Kings (7-22-3-0). Tri-City’s Jusso Vålimåki was not in the line-up for the World Juniors tournament. Patrick Dea made his return to Edmonton. The long-time Oil King goal keeper was picked up off waivers earlier […]
Central Division
A great time to get a win.
Red Deer has been mired in one of the franchise’s longest droughts. The team had won just once in the last 18 games and failed to win in their last 11 games. There had been signs of hope in the last few weeks and the Rebels played tough teams like […]
WHL recap: Thompson leads streaking Wheat Kings; Kelowna, Seattle and Spokane all win
Kelowna 7 @Prince Albert 3 The Kelowna Rockets (19-11-2-1) road trip through the WHL’s East Division has been feast or famine. They started off with a 7-5 win over the Rrgina Pats, then dropped four straight, where they lost by three or more each time. Friday night, it was a […]
Hitmen add Klassen prior to winter break
With the World Junior tournament absorbing the Calgary Hitmen’s top blue line pairing, the team announced earlier today that they added Devan Klassen to their roster. Klassen, 16, went undrafted through the Bantam Draft and currently captains the 5-13-4 Grande Prairie Ernies Sports Storm of the Alberta Midget Hockey League. […]
Sibling rivalry pushed Kryski brothers to WHL success
Like most brothers, the Kryski’s found heated competition in all aspects of life growing up. Depending on which one you ask, the answer changes when trying to figure out who was the better tennis, golf, mini stick, ping pong and Yahtzee player. “There was always a sore loser in the […]
WHL recap: Geekie’s hat-trick leads Americans over Tigers; Prince Albert and Swift Current notch wins
Prince Albert 3 Lethbridge 2 It was one of those nights where one team was going to get back on track after a couple close losses. This time it was the Prince Albert Raiders (13-13-5-2) who used two goals in the second period to take a 3-2 win over the visiting Lethbridge […]
Hitmen’s hottest lead team in big win to kickoff a crucial stretch
The Calgary Hitmen kicked off one of their most important stretches of the schedule with a resounding win against a provincial rival. Entering Wednesday night’s game against the Edmonton Oil Kings at the Scotiabank Saddledome, the Hitmen sat six points back of a playoff spot and with an eight-game stretch […]
Even Strength & Specialty Teams
All stats based on games played until December 12, 2017. PP + PK Which teams are the strongest on the specialty teams? This is a simple equation of combining the teams PP % and PK %. Team PP PK Total Swift Current 34.9 77.9 112.8% Portland 29.4 83.2 […]
“Juggled” lines spur Blades on to blowing away Hurricanes
By Les Lazaruk What worked in the third period on Sunday was maintained by the Saskatoon Blades Tuesday…with prolific results! Linemates Cam Hebig and Kirby Dach each posted four-point games, pacing the Bridge City Bunch to a 5-3 victory over the visiting Lethbridge Hurricanes. Twenty-year-old Hebig is the centre. […]
Since the trade
This is an in depth look at all the trades made in the WHL during the 2017-18 season. Since September 1, 2017 there have been 42 trades. Obviously some of the trades also involved draft picks and it’ll be years until the stats can be finalized. September 6/17 – Red […]
