Earlier today Hockey Canada announced that Lethbridge Hurricanes head coach Brent Kisio would lead the team headed to the Czech Republic for the annual Ivan Hlinka Memorial tournament. Brent has been the head coach of the Hurricanes over the last two seasons, compiling a record of 90-45-5-4 in the regular […]
Central Division
Stukel strives to wear Canuck colours
It’s a dream 20 years in the making. Jakob Stukel basically grew up in the shadows of General Motors Place, idolizing the Vancouver Canucks. Last summer, the Canucks selected the hometown kid in the sixth round of the NHL Entry Draft in Buffalo N.Y. He was fresh off his most […]
Canada Day in the nation’s capital for Gennaro
It was the perfect way to celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday; running around Parliament Hill and the streets of downtown while attending a developmental camp for the Ottawa Senators. That’s how Calgary Hitmen centre Matteo Gennaro spent his Canada Day. Gennaro (20) flew out to the nation’s capital for the Sens’ […]
Edmonton Oilers Draft Lethbridge Hurricanes Goaltender Stuart Skinner
“We have a trade!” Even in the 3rd round of the NHL Draft, those words still grab the attention of the potential draftees and their families. For Edmonton born and raised Stuart Skinner those words would be prophetic. The Oilers had just traded picks 82 and 126 to the Arizona […]
Canada names camp invites for 3 National Teams.
It is that time of year again, Team Canada is getting themselves ready for upcoming tournaments by announcing rosters for training camps. The 2018 World Juniors will be held in December and January in Buffalo and Orchard Park, NY, USA. Canada would like to have a great showing after finishing […]
Unsigned NHL Draft Picks from 2015
With two weeks until the NHL teams need to sign their 2015 NHL Entry Draft picks, I thought it would be a good time to see who remains to be signed and by what teams. These players will be eligible to re-enter the draft if they are not signed by […]
WHL 2017 Bantam Draft Where You From
Regions Alberta – 73 BC – 61 Saskatchewan – 41 Manitoba – 26 Arizona – 7 Colorado – 6 Minnesota – 6 Texas – 3 California – 2 Alaska – 1 Kansas – 1 Nevada -1 North Dakota – 1 Washington – 1 Cities/Towns Calgary, AB – 15 Winnipeg, […]
WHL playoff recap: Home Ice proves Advantageous, Pats & T’birds up 3-2
Regina 5 Lethbridge 3 (Regina leads series 3-2) Game story: -Lethbridge’s Josh Tarzwell opened the scoring in this tilt, it was his first WHL playoff goal in his first game of this series. Later in the game he would take a hard body check against the boards and it looked […]
WHL Playoff Recap: Wong’s OT heroics leads Lethbridge to the Eastern Conference Final
Lethbridge 5 @ Medicine Hat 4 OT .@WHLHurricanes advance to Eastern Conf. Championship series following an electrifying 7 game series w/ @tigershockey. #MHvsLET #WHLPlayoffs pic.twitter.com/iaE5YgeQyD — The WHL (@TheWHL) April 19, 2017 -For most of us, playing in a game 7 is the ultimate dream game. Having it go to […]
WHL playoff second round preview: Lethbridge Hurricanes vs. Medicine Hat Tigers
Now that the dust has settled on the first round of the Western Hockey League playoffs, it is time to look a the first round survivors and their match-ups. I’ll be taking a look at the series that begins in Medicine Hat on Friday night. The Medicine Hat Tigers were […]