There were no sour grapes in Cranbrook on Saturday as the Kootenay Ice snapped a four-game losing streak with a 5-3 win over a rare visit from the Everett Silvertips. Decked out in unique jerseys inspired by the flamboyant suits worn by Don Cherry, the Ice salvaged a come-from-behind effort […]
Central Division
Rebels post 5-4 win over Ice
Mason McCarty notched a hat trick on the way to a 5-4 win for the Red Deer Rebels over the Kootenay Ice on Thursday at Western Financial Place in Cranbrook. However, the home squad made it interesting near the end of the game, as a comeback fell just short by […]
Hitmen double up winless Blazers
Go ahead and insert your own proverbial phrase here about things not being as bad as they seem. Yes, the Calgary Hitmen haven’t had the greatest start to their season. But at least they are not the Kamloops Blazers. Taking advantage of the situation at hand, the Hitmen downed the […]
Local goalie shuts down stagnant Hitmen
This was not the start Dallas Ferguson envisioned when he accepted the head coach position with the Calgary Hitmen last summer. The Hitmen have been stung by one-goal games early this season, but at the CN Centre in Prince George, the Cougars left no doubt, picking up the 7-1 decision […]
Message received
On Saturday night after the Red Deer Rebels lost 5-2 to the visiting Brandon Wheat Kings. Head coach Brent Sutter had some choice words about his team’s level of effort and their results after the game. Tonight the Red Deer Rebels (3-3-0-0) took on the Everett Silvertips (3-4-0-0) in their […]
‘Round the DUB
An interesting week it has been around the WHL, from winning streaks ending, to losing streaks extended. Teams being sold and goals, goals and more goals. This is the week that was in the ‘DUB. On Oct. 4, the Seattle Thunderbirds were approved by the Board of Governors to be […]
Myskiw picks up first win as a Wheat King
The Brandon Wheat Kings came into Red Deer following last night’s 7-3 victory over the Edmonton Oil Kings with high hopes of avenging a shoot out loss to the Rebels just one week ago at home. Dylan Myskiw was up to the task, stopping 37 of 39 Red Deer shots. […]
Hart-less performance in Calgary
When the 4,982 fans showed up to catch their only glimpse of the Everett Silvertips for the next two years, they knew they were going to see some great goaltending. What they didn’t know, was that it wasn’t coming from the two-time Del Wilson Memorial Trophy winner Carter Hart, who […]
Hitmen release Reagan
Someone was going to be the odd man out eventually. When the Calgary Hitmen broke training camp in late August, there were two main questions circling the team like a tornado: the goaltending depth and the 20-year-old situation. The Hitmen opened camp with four 20-year-old players; Matteo Gennaro, Jakob Stukel, […]
2017 U16 rosters announced
The rosters for the 2017 U16 WHL Cup were announced and nearly every WHL team had a draft pick named. Let’s take a look at those 2002-born players that will be participating in the WHL Cup in Calgary later this month. U-16 Oct 18-22, 2017 in Calgary, Alb BC […]