In 2011 Malcom Gladwell’s book “Outlier: The Story Of Success” he has a chapter on hockey and how much of an advantage is it for kids to be born earlier in the year. As you know in minor hockey you are grouped in your birth year but kids born in […]
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Central Division Recap January 2, 2017
Central Division Recap Calgary Last Week – 4 games – 1-1-1-1, lost twice to Medicine Hat (one in a shootout), split a pair to Edmonton (loss was in overtime), Hitmen had a lead in 3 of the 4 games. Beck Malenstyn 5 goals 1 assist, Matteo Gennaro 1 goal 4 […]
A look back at ’16 and ahead to ’17
Trying to sum up 2016 has been a struggle. I wanted to start this article a few weeks ago and add to it as time went on but it really hasn’t been easy to put my thoughts down on paper. WHLStats started on December 26th, 2015. Jesse and I worked […]
Weekly Review: B.C. Division
The teams are back at it after a ten-day break in the schedule. When the Western Hockey League returned to action, the schedule during the final week of December was very busy with a number of teams playing four games in five nights. The B.C. Division was not immune […]
East Division recap
There weren’t many who expected the Swift Current Broncos to have the seventh-best winning percentage at the mid-point of the Western Hockey League. Even Emanuel Viveiros, the Broncos’ first year general manager and head coach, didn’t expect his team to be this well established in the playoff race. “No, we’re […]
Jersey Competition Semi-Finals – Victoria vs Seattle/Tri-City vs Medicine Hat
After a impromptu tie breaker vote, we have our final four in the jersey competition. Two US Division teams, one Central Division, and one BC Division make up the semi-finals. The Victoria Royals have ousted a couple of princes in the Prince George Cougars and Prince Albert Raiders after a […]
Central Division – At the Break
The Hitmen headed into the Christmas break winning 2 of their last 3 games and were winners of 5 of their last 7. So far in December Jordy Stallard has 3 goals 7 assists for a team best 10 points. Jake Bean returned after missing 16 games with an upper […]
All Tied Up – Jersey Competition Tie-Break
Well well well. The Tri-City Americans and Vancouver Giants ended up tied with 26 votes each. So before we can start the semi-finals we will need to break this tie. The poll will run for 48 hours and will start fresh. So if you voted already, you can vote again! […]
B.C. Division Recap
Western Hockey League put the wraps on the unofficial first half of the regular season schedule last weekend. The well-earned 10-day break will enable players to relax briefly and recharge, allowing some bumps and bruises to mend before the busy second half begins on Dec. 27. The B.C. Division is […]
WHL Bantam Drafted Players on Rosters
As I was watching an Islanders-Capitals game yesterday TV Analyst Butch Goring had a stat that Washington had 14 former 1st round picks on their roster. That got me to thinking about the WHL teams and how many 1st round Bantam picks were on each team. Then of course I […]
