REGINA – It’s not as big of a battle as which 20-year-old will be the odd overager out with the Saskatoon Blades, but, who will be the backup goaltender behind Logan Flodell with the Bridge City Bunch is a battle nonetheless. Joel Grzybowski put in a claim Friday afternoon, making […]
Eastern Division
Dress Rehearsal 1…Blades Desperately Seeking Scoring
REGINA – Don’t let the score fool you — when the Saskatoon Blades could’ve used a goal early in Thursday’s preseason opener against the Regina Pats, they just couldn’t find the back of the net. With only 190 goals scored in 72 games last season, the Bridge City Bunch […]
Warriors blanked in rookie game
By Matthew Gourlie The Swift Current Broncos ended the Moose Jaw Warriors in Game 7 of the first round of last year’s playoffs at Mosaic Place. On Tuesday, the Broncos opened the 2017-18 Western Hockey League pre-season with a 4-0 win over the Warriors in the team’s annual rookie game. […]
Newcomers bolster Warriors blue line
By Matthew Gourlie With 18 returning veterans, there were plenty of familiar faces at the Moose Jaw Warriors training camp. It was a pair of new faces on the blue line that drew a lot of attention though. Rookie Russian import Oleg Sosunov was stuck in Tampa Bay waiting for […]
Saskatoon Blades notebook: looking at the potential depth chart
SASKATOON – Major junior hockey’s “dirty word” isn’t allowed to be uttered anymore in Saskatoon! REBUILD!!! Following four consecutive seasons of not being in the Western Hockey League playoffs, after mortgaging the future in order to be a competitive host team for the 2013 MasterCard Memorial Cup, the Blades opened […]
Of contract extensions, going back to the future and getting ready for training camp
SASKATOON – He might not have the WHL resume of a Ken Hodge or Don Hay, but Dean Brockman has something that those legendary coaches may not have ever experienced, a career’s worth of adversity in one season! Brockman and his staff of assistants Bryce Thoma and Ryan Keller […]
Moose Jaw Warriors notebook: looking at the potential depth chart
With their training camp opening Thursday, it’s a good time to look at a possible depth chart for the Moose Jaw Warriors heading into the 2017-18 Western Hockey League season. The Warriors have 18 returning players and four more with at least a game of WHL experience. They look to […]
Zamula and Oksanen sign on to join Memorial Cup hosts
Today it was announced that both Egor Zamula and Emil Oksanen have signed with the Regina Pats’ hockey club. The Pats had lost both Filip Ahl and Sergei Zborovskiy to the pro ranks following their run to the WHL Championship finals last year. Egor Zamula was drafted 60th overall in […]
B.C. U16 shortlist roster announced
Last week Hockey Alberta announced their shortlist and it was stock full of WHL drafted talent. This week B.C. Hockey made their shortlist official. The group will be evaluated while with their club teams and then whittled down to a group of 20 that will represent the British Columbia province […]
WHL burning questions: summer edition
We’ve entered the summer doldrums, the time when hockey fans are just itching to see their teams hit the ice. We thought it was high time to look at the WHL teams burning questions as we head into the final month before training camps. Each team will have a Face […]