Losing streaks of a few games happen, and the Winnipeg ICE have experienced that for the first time. Beginning a two-game road trip against a Medicine Hat team that’s off to a great start, Winnipeg never led as they got down early in a 5-2 loss inside of the Canalta […]
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Blades get revenge against Wheat Kings
Playing in their final game before a long road trip, the Brandon Wheat Kings gave their fans something to cheer about early on Friday night, but there wasn’t a ton of cheering after 60 minutes. Brandon scored just a few minutes into the contest, but Saskatoon scored two straight the […]
Noah King a key part of an excellent Spokane blue line
During the long playoff run for the Spokane Chiefs last season, there was one name that everyone in the Western Hockey League was aware of — Ty Smith. For good reason. The then 18-year-old blue liner was a former first-round NHL Draft pick for the New Jersey Devils, had played […]
Portland Winterhawks: Introducing Kishaun Gervais
Introducing Kishaun Gervais: Many rookies in the WHL are 16- or 17-years old. However, Kishaun Gervais is in his first season with the Portland Winterhawks and playing his 18-year-old year. He couldn’t be happier. His path to playing his first WHL regular season game with Portland on Tuesday was a […]
Experience is key for hometown boy McCallum
Lynden McCallum has gone through some ups and downs throughout his young hockey career. At 19-years-old, he’s missed time to injury and he’s had all-star seasons. He’s also had the opportunity to play for his hometown Western Hockey League team and that’s exactly what he’s doing right now. Born in […]
Calgary Hitmen weekly preview
The Calgary Hitmen headed into the week coming off their fourth straight victory of the season. Despite missing two top offensive players in Carson Focht and James Malm to undisclosed injuries, Calgary received depth contribution to pick up the two points at home against a young but skilled Portland Winterhawks […]
New challenge is no problem for ICE’s Kinder
Nino Kinder played the first 17 years of his hockey career in Germany. Competitively, it began in the 2012-13 season with the U16 ECC Preussen Juniors Berlin squad. He had 44 points in 27 games in what turned out to be an extremely successful season. That year really seemed to […]
Struch liking the Pats’ game despite losing streak
Coming into this season, the Pats hadn’t started a season 1-7 since 2010-11. That year though, they didn’t ever lose seven in-a-row. There was some optimism coming into this season. Last year only produced 19 wins, but most of the team was returning, and the hope was that most of […]
From small town to huge city with former Wheat King Pulock
Back in the 2010-11 season, a young man from Grandview, Manitoba, relocated for the first time. After living his whole life in his hometown, Ryan was set to call Brandon his hometown. Why? Because he was set to join the Western Hockey League’s Brandon Wheat Kings. He had a solid […]
Winnipeg ICE will continue to build
For the first time this season, the Winnipeg ICE have encountered a road bump. After a fantastic trip to Saskatchewan that resulted in five points in three games, things took a turn this past weekend and not for the good. Before we look at what’s ahead for the team, let’s […]