The Brandon Wheat Kings couldn’t leave Medicine Hat soon enough. After the first two games of what was anticipated to be a tightly played best-of-seven opening Eastern Conference playoff series, the Medicine Hat Tigers have out-gunned the Wheat Kings by a combined score of 14-5. The latest blow ended up […]
Eastern Division
Almeida’s OT winner levels series
By Matthew Gourlie Justin Almeida and the Moose Jaw Warriors were not going to be denied. After forcing a turnover at his own blue line, the Warriors sniper kicked into high gear. Almeida fought off the check of Max Martin to slip a puck through the legs of Prince Albert […]
Broncos fall flat against Pats in Game 2
Coming off a Game 1 win against the Regina Pats, the Swift Current Broncos returned to home ice on Saturday to face their first-round rivals in Game 2. The electricity on the ice and in the building was the same, but the road team was able to escape with the […]
Swift Current Broncos take game one from the Regina Pats
After ending the regular season as bitter rivals, the Swift Current Broncos and Regina Pats were ready for battle. The regular season stats don’t matter anymore. The regular season win record doesn’t mean much. And both teams were ready for a new battle on ice in this first game of […]
Tigers ambush Wheat Kings in playoff opener
Game 1 of the Eastern Conference opening round confirmed that the regular season doesn’t carry any impact when the playoffs roll around. Overtime was required in all four regular season meetings between the Brandon Wheat Kings and Medicine Hat Tigers, with the Wheat Kings taking the season series 3-1. The […]
Underdog Raiders roll to Game 1 win in Moose Jaw
By Matthew Gourlie They call the playoffs the second season. It certainly felt like a different season for the Moose Jaw Warriors. The WHL’s regular season champions never recovered from a slow start against an unwavering Prince Albert Raiders team in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference opening round series. […]
Playoff History: Medicine Hat Tigers vs. Brandon Wheat Kings
2017 Medicine Hat won 4-0 1st Round, As expected this series wasn’t even close from start to finish. The Tigers finished in first in the Central Division and 31 points higher than the Wheat Kings in the overall standings. Medicine Hat out scored the Nolan Patrick-less Brandon Wheat Kings 21-9. […]
2017-18 Playoff previews: Medicine Hat Tigers vs Brandon Wheat Kings
Brandon Wheat Kings (40-27-3-2, 85 points, first wildcard spot) vs. Medicine Hat Tigers (36-28-8-0, 80 points, Central Division winner) Head to head: Dec. 2 BDN 5-4 OT Dec. 8 BDN 4-3 OT Jan. 13 MH 4-3 OT Feb. 24 BDN 4-3 OT Series leaders: Wheat Kings Stelio Mattheos 5 G, […]
Playoff History: Swift Current Broncos vs. Regina Pats
2017 Regina won 4-3 2nd Round, despite having 24 less regular season points, the Broncos took a three games to one lead early in this matchup but it was the Pats who would come out on top securing victories in games five, six and seven. Game four was a triple […]
2018 WHL Playoff Previews – Swift Current Broncos vs Regina Pats
And so it begins. Again. In front of two already sold out crowds on March 23rd and 24th in Swift Current at the iPlex, the Eastern Division Swift Current Broncos will host the Regina Pats in the first round of playoffs. If there were two words to describe this series […]