Bruce Hamilton is best known these days as the owner and general manager of Kelowna Rockets of the Western Hockey League. Perennially a top team in the WHL, the Rockets have struggled this season to a 12-15-2 record through early December. What many current WHL followers may not know about […]
Interviews
Interview: Bruce Hamilton – Kelowna Rockets (Part 1)
DUBNetwork sat down with Bruce Hamilton on November 30th in his office at Prospera Place, home of the Kelowna Rockets. In an exclusive one-hour interview, the discussion covered many topics, including his career as a player and professional scout, the decision to pursue Western Hockey League franchise ownership in Tacoma, […]
Interview: Adam Foote, Kelowna Rockets
When the Kelowna Rockets began the current Western Hockey League campaign, there was both uncertainty and anticipation. Uncertainty…due in large part to the quality of offensive talent the team graduated after the 2017-18 season. Anticipation…due in large part to both the roster transformation and the city’s pursuit to host the […]
Part two with Victoria Royals Cameron Hope
This is Part 2 of the DUBNetwork’s conversation with Victoria Royals President & General Manager Cameron Hope. Part 1 can be found HERE Over recent years Victoria has iced different roster builds, from bruising and physical teams to the smaller and skilled teams of recent years. When asked what determines […]
An interview with Victoria Royals Cameron Hope
The DUBNetwork recently caught up with Victoria Royals President and General Manager Cameron Hope to discuss his club’s start to the season, the progression of his players and the look ahead. In a season that many have deemed a rebuild, Victoria raced out to a 7-0 start, all against rival […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: 47 WHL players on latest NHL Central Scouting list; Pats add two forwards; More rumblings around Cranbrook
WHL has 12 more names on November’s list than October’s NHL Central Scouting released their players to watch list on November 12th and there were quite a few changes from the list that came out in early October. This is not surprising as scouts get more viewings. Of the 14 […]
Cross Hanas: Born to play in the WHL
The WHL is not something many kids grow up knowing too much about in the state of Texas. The land where high school football is king does not make much room for hockey in the first place, but even for those that do play the sport, the Western League’s closest […]
Lukas Svejkovsky not looking back after choosing Giants and the WHL
The Vancouver Giants have been high on 2001-born forward Lukas Svejkovsky for quite some time. It’s not hard to see why. The five-foot-nine, 159 pound play-maker was a solid point producer at the nearby Delta Hockey Academy and hails from a hockey family. His father Jaroslav Svejkovsky lit up the […]
2019 NHL Draft Profile: Dillon Hamaliuk
Every year during the WHL campaign, there is at least one player who starts out far down or off the radar for NHL scouts. Then, that player gradually works their way up the rankings until they end up far above where they were at the start of the year. Last […]
2019 NHL Draft Profile: Dylan Cozens
For a player in the middle of his 17-year-old season in the WHL, Dylan Cozens of the Lethbridge Hurricanes has already played in a lot of big games. He played in 12 WHL playoff games in his 15-year-old season and 16 last year. He also played in key roles for […]