Regina 3 Prince Albert 2 (SO) Sometimes it’s all about how you are playing when the playoffs start. For the Regina Pats (39-25-5-1), Wednesday night’s 3-2 shootout win over the Prince Albert Raiders (32-25-9-3) at home was a positive sign for the Pats playoff aspirations. The win was the sixth straight for […]
Eastern Division
Warriors clinch first Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy
By Matthew Gourlie It wasn’t a Picasso, but the Moose Jaw Warriors and Prince Albert Raiders got what they needed out of Tuesday’s game. The Warriors’ 2-1 shootout victory clinched them first place in the East Division and the franchise’s first Scott Munro Memorial Trophy as the Western Hockey League’s […]
Late-season swing ends with Blades on outside, looking in
BRANDON – Newsflash: The Prince Albert Raiders finally lost a game! However, it came far too late to be of any help to the Saskatoon Blades. The hoped-for return to the WHL post-season came to an end Tuesday night in Western Manitoba when the Wheat Kings kept replying quickly […]
Warriors secondary scorers break out
By Matthew Gourlie On the goal where Jayden Halbgewachs moved into the Western Hockey League’s scoring lead, he passed up a chance at his 69th goal of the season. Breaking in on a two-on-one with the net empty Sunday afternoon, Tanner Jeannot was looking for Halbgewachs to help him get […]
Raiders just keep winning; this time in OT over the Hitmen
The Calgary Hitmen closed the book on their season series with a 4-3 overtime loss to the Prince Albert Raiders Saturday night at the Art Hauser Centre. Mark Kastelic broke the 20-goal barrier at the 9:02 mark of the third period on the power play when he took a pass from Tristen […]
Warriors win East Division grudge match
By Matthew Gourlie If Saturday night was merely an appetizer, the main course of a Moose Jaw-Swift Current playoff series could be one for ages. The East Division rivals went to war in front of 4,765 fans at Mosaic Place with first place on the line. The Warriors skated away […]
Brandon Clinches Playoff Spot; Blades Have “Tragic Number”
By Les Lazaruk It was another weekend evening that went totally against the Saskatoon Blades’ way…only this time, one team clinched a playoff spot at their expense and the other put the Bridge City Bunch on the brink of elimination. Normally Brandon’s back-up goaltender, Dylan Myskiw stopped 29 of 31 […]
Swift Current lets foot off the gas in loss to Brandon
The Swift Current Broncos were coming off a 3-2 win at home against the Calgary Hitmen when they travelled to Brandon to take on the Wheat Kings. Swift Current was one point behind reigning Moose Jaw in the standings before Friday’s game. And thanks to a 6-3 loss to the […]
Very little goes the Blades way Friday
By Les Lazaruk It was another Friday of watching a badly-wanted WHL playoff spot become even less likely for the Saskatoon Blades. Tristen Nielsen scored the winning goal on a breakaway in overtime – the third of the game for the 18-year-old product of Fort St. John, B.C., […]
WHL recap: Rassell nets his 50th and Tigers get the win; Raiders, Thunderbirds and Pats get key victories
Prince Albert 6 Moose Jaw 4 When you are the top seed in the WHL’s Eastern Conference and the playoffs are approaching, the last thing you want to have is the current team you are set to play against playing their best hockey of the entire season. Worse yet is […]