‘Twas the night before Christmas for Western Hockey League fans. Ken Fox — who oversees the provinces of Saskatchewan and Manitoba as head scout for the Kamloops Blazers — has his own take on the hours leading up to the WHL Bantam Draft. “It’s a night before your wedding, […]
Interviews
Wheat Kings Schneider continues to make noise
Braden Schneider grew up in Prince Albert, SK and with that, he spent many nights inside the Art Hauser Centre watching the Western Hockey League’s Raiders, a team that won the Ed Chynoweth Cup following the 2018-19 season. However, Schneider never had the opportunity to play with his hometown […]
Pats’ Brook continues classroom excellence
Excelling on the ice and becoming an all-star player is something that Roblin’s Jakob Brook has always strived to achieve. Brook is still in search of becoming an all-star in the Western Hockey League and he’ll definitely be in a position to really show what he has next season. […]
From Americans to Hurricanes: The Morgan Geekie story
Just five years ago, Morgan Geekie played 44 games with the Yellowhead Chiefs of the Manitoba AAA U18 Hockey League. He had 63 points during that season (27G). In the prior season (2013-2014), Geekie also made his Western Hockey League debut with the Tri-City Americans. He scored one goal […]
A Giant Farewell: Milos Roman
This year’s class of 1999-born junior hockey players around the world will forever be a part of a unique graduating class. Their junior careers didn’t end with a championship or a salute from their fans at season’s end; it was ended abruptly by a global pandemic. For a short […]
NHL Draft, franchise records and life as a starter with Dylan Garand
Dylan Garand, like most players that comprise the CHL, has had an unwelcome headstart to the offseason. Now back home in Victoria B.C, the 17-year-old shared a few minutes to discuss his first WHL season as a starter and what lies ahead. One could argue that Garand stated his […]
Tendeck ends WHL journey with an NHL contract
Life has been fairly different for everyone around the world as of late, mostly in a negative aspect. For some, life has changed for the better. Enter David Tendeck. On Monday, the longtime Giants goaltender signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Arizona Coyotes, the organization that drafted him […]
McKay’s junior journey ends in Saskatoon
320 games. That’s how many times Swan River’s Riley McKay has hit the ice for game action throughout his junior hockey career. It’s a career that began in his hometown of Swan River with the Stampeders of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League. The journey would continue on to Spokane […]
Scott Walford moves on to the next challenge
Saskatoon Blades defenceman Scott Walford reflects on his junior hockey career and feels no regrets. “I think that being a junior hockey player, you want to make sure that you can say that at the end of your career that you left everything out there.” As he, like all […]
Kelowna Rockets Season Review
When the Kelowna Rockets hit the ice Sept. 21 against the Spokane Chiefs to open the 2019-20 Western Hockey League season, there was a tremendous amount of excitement. It wasn’t just the usual opening night, fired-up fan base. No way. This was different. This was next level, off-the-charts anticipation […]