Welcome to the first of many game day previews for the duration of the playoffs. We will take a look at matchups throughout the playoffs and focus in on some players who have made an impact in their series. Medicine Hat Tigers lead 2-0 in their series with the Brandon […]
Central Division
WHL playoff round one preview: Calgary Hitmen vs. Regina Pats
The Regina Pats were the best team in the Canadian Hockey League throughout the season. Still, they felt there was room for improvement. When the Pats lost four straight games it was the right time to buy into some changes that head coach/general manager John Paddock wanted to see. […]
PDO
Which WHL teams are the strongest when you combine shooting percentage plus save percentage? These stats include overtime goals and shots but does not include shootouts. Team SH% SV% PDO Tri City 12.8% 89.6% 102.4% Kamloops 10.2% 92.2% 102.4% Regina 12.0% 90.3% 102.2% Lethbridge 12.2% 89.8% 102.0% Moose Jaw 10.9% […]
Even Strength
Which teams are the best at even strength? To calculate this we have removed PP goals for and against, SH goals for and against and only used stats from regulation time. Here are the rankings. Team ESGF ESGA Total Regina 233 131 102 Medicine Hat 238 183 55 Prince George […]
PP & PK
Which WHL teams are the strongest on the specialty teams? This is a simple equation of combining the teams PP % and PK %. Team PP PK Total Regina 31.5 81.4 112.9% Medicine Hat 29.4 81.6 111.0% Everett 20.8 85.8 106.6% Seattle 22.2 83.3 105.5% Kelowna 25.2 80.1 105.3% […]
Shootout History
2016-17 marks the 12th season the WHL has used the shootout format. There has been 873 shootouts in WHL history. The first year there were 94 shootouts, the most in one season. Before switching to 3-on-3 overtime last season the WHL averaged 78 shootouts a season. Last year there 43 […]
Since The Trade
This is an in depth look at all 86 trades made in the WHL during the 2016-17 season. Obviously some of the trades also involved draft picks and it’ll be years until the stats can be finalized. September 6/16 – Edmonton trades Carter Phair to Kamloops for 2018 4th […]
3 on 3 Overtime
3-on-3 overtime was implemented into the WHL in the 2015-16 season. Here are the teams listed in order of most wins. Team OTW OTL Regina 15 10 Edmonton 14 11 Lethbridge 13 5 Kamloops 12 7 Spokane 12 13 Everett 11 14 Moose Jaw 11 15 Portland 11 7 Prince […]
WHL playoff round one preview: Red Deer Rebels v. Lethbridge Hurricanes
We will be previewing each of the eight first-round playoff match-ups in an on-going series. First up we have the two-three series in the Central Division bracket. The Lethbridge Hurricanes enter the playoffs as one of the hottest teams since the Christmas break. They finished the regular season with a […]
WHL playoff round one preview: Brandon Wheat Kings vs. Medicine Hat Tigers
We will be previewing each of the eight first-round playoff match-ups in an on-going series. First up we have the two-three series in the Central Division bracket. Next on the docket is the other series in the Central Division bracket between the top-seed Medicine Hat Tigers and first wild-card Brandon […]