By Les Lazaruk It’s getting to be that some things are expected when the Saskatoon Blades play on Friday nights, at home and when the Swift Current Broncos visit! Although Chase Wouters scored on the first shot of the game, just 24 seconds into the contest, the Bridge City […]
Eastern Division
A long time coming for Blades
By Les Lazaruk EDMONTON – While on the road towards getting to .500, there was an unexpected twist for the Saskatoon Blades on Saturday. Cam Hebig sent a soft shot along the ice between the pads of Boston Bilous with 9.8 seconds left in the third period, giving the […]
WHL recap: Tigers tame Thunderbirds in OT; Wheat Kings, Warriors, Giants and Royals emerge victorious
Brandon 2 Kootenay 0 Logan Thompson and the Brandon Wheat Kings (10-6-0-1) had some excuses for dropping a 4-2 game to the Kootenay ICE (8-9-1-0) on Friday night. They were missing four defenseman and saw many penalties put their d-men present away in the penalty box. Instead of letting this […]
Not so special-teams Rebels demise in 4-3 defeat.
The beginning of a long road trip for the Rebels started in Regina as the team was set to face the Pats in the first of a seven game road trip. They would welcome Lukus MacKenzie, freshly brought over from the Saskatoon Blades, to the team. Ethan Anders would make […]
Blades come undone, again, in Medicine Hat
By Les Lazaruk MEDICINE HAT – Maybe it was just the final score that made it seem this way, but all the good to come out of three straight wins appeared to be negated by 41 bad minutes by the Saskatoon Blades Friday in a 7-2 loss to the […]
WHL recap: ICE double up Wheat Kings; Raiders, Blazers, Rockets and Silvertips emerge victorious as well
Kootenay 4 @Brandon 2 The Brandon Wheat Kings (9-6-0-1) were a very short-handed team on the back end coming into Friday night’s tilt with the visiting Kootenay ICE (8-8-1-0). With blue liners Daniel Bukac, Garrett Sambrook and James Shearer all out due to lower body injuries and 16-year-old Braden Schneider […]
Three late goals in 35 seconds spark Warriors to 5-2 win
By Matthew Gourlie After exploding for nine goals in their last outing, the Moose Jaw Warriors found goals much harder to come by Thursday night — for 56 minutes, at least. It took the Warriors 36 shots to score twice on Prince Albert Raiders goalie Curtis Meger. However, the Warriors […]
WHL Where You From
Based on the WHL rosters as of October 31, 2017 there is a total of 534 players on the active rosters. These do not include AP call-ups but does include players on the injured list. Alberta leads with 29.78% of the players and BC is 2nd with 27.15%. The top […]
WHL Birth Months
In 2011 Malcom Gladwell’s book “Outlier: The Story Of Success” he has a chapter on hockey and how much of an advantage it is for kids to be born earlier in the year. In minor hockey you are grouped in your birth year but kids born in January on average […]
WHL recap: Pats too much for ICE in 5-1 win
Through the first 12 games of his year, it is safe to say that the Regina Pats were expecting more from Jake Leschyshyn. He had produced just two goals and five assists. Despite suffering a season-ending knee injury last year, the Vegas Golden Knights drafted him in the second round. […]