Remaining Schedule (as of January 22) It’s time to look at each teams’ remaining schedule. Strength of remaining schedule is a report from WHL Stats Pro at the DubNetwork in which they use their own unique special formula that is different from just adding up the opposition’s winning percentages. […]
Eastern Division
Winterhawks overcome poor first period in beating Wheat Kings 4-3
Skating undermanned again and playing their seventh game in ten days, the Portland Winterhawks (28-15-1-3) came out flat. Evan Weinger and the Brandon Wheat Kings (28-15-3-1) did not. The former Winterhawks forward scored twice in the opening 20 minutes and had his squad leading 3-0 over the team that he […]
WHL recap: Hay nearing record with Kamloops win; ‘Tips keep rolling
Kamloops 4 @Edmonton 2 With that win… Don Hay is now at career total 741. One win shy of tying all-time win mark in the WHL. #Kamloops — Jon Keen (@JonKeenNLSports) January 22, 2018 Quinn Benjafield and Joe Gatenby have their head coach one win away from history. The former […]
Burke Provides “Comfort” for Warriors in Sunday Victory Over Blades
By Les Lazaruk Oh, the hardships of being the best! The Western Hockey League’s top team is looking for “uncomfortable” situations to be put in over the final third of the 2017-18 regular-season in order to get them “battle ready” for, what they hope will be, a long playoff […]
Blades Out-Last Pats in Battle of Deadline Trading Partners
By Les Lazaruk The ex-Blades may have found the scoresheet Saturday night. But, it was the ex-Pats who had the bigger smiles! Eric Florchuk opened and finished the scoring in his first home game for Saskatoon…his second goal at 1:37 of overtime gave the Bridge City Bunch a 4-3 […]
SHSV% or PDO
SHSV% Which WHL teams are the strongest when you combine shooting percentage plus save percentage? These stats include overtime but do not include shootouts. Team SHSV% Victoria 105.2% Swift Current 104.5% Moose Jaw 104.3% Brandon 103.7% Kelowna 102.3% Everett 102.2% Portland 100.9% Seattle 100.9% Tri City 100.6% Vancouver […]
PP + PK
PP + PK Which teams are the strongest on the specialty teams? This is a simple equation of combining the teams PP % and PK %. Here are the rankings as of December 13/17. Team PP PK Total Swift Current 34.9 77.9 112.8% Portland 29.4 83.2 112.6% […]
Even Strength and Specialty Teams
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. So these stats include 4-on-4 and 3-on-3 situations. Here are the rankings as of January 16/18. Team ES Total Moose Jaw 66 Swift […]
Swift Current Broncos start U.S. road trip strong
January 17 Swift Current Broncos vs Tri-City Americans The Swift Current Broncos are on their American road trip right now. They have taken on the Tri-City Americans and the Portland Winterhawks already. In the next few days they plan to match up against Seattle, Everett, and Spokane. With Skinner in […]
Topping’s hat trick leads Tri-City to victory over Wheat Kings
Kennewick, Wa. The Tri-City Americans (23-16-6-0, 52 pts.) came into tonight in desperate need of a win. The team had dropped five straight, and with the U.S. Division getting super tight, points are at a premium. The Brandon Wheat Kings (28-13-3-1, 60 pts.) would be no easy opponent to get […]