This year’s NHL Draft was held at Rogers Arena in Vancouver on June 21-22. The first Canadian chosen was Kirby Dach of the Saskatoon Blades, who went to the Chicago Blackhawks. Next up was Vancouver Giants defenseman Bowen Byram. Dylan Cozens was the next Canadian up, as the Buffalo Sabres […]
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WHL overreaction Monday: who will be the first to 50 goals?
photo courtesy Brian Liesse/Seattle Thunderbirds -One week ago our WHL Unfiltered podcast asked its followers who would lead the WHL in goals. Lethbridge’s Tyler Wong ran away with the poll and he is a very good bet to lead the league in scoring during his overage season. Since this poll […]
Random WHL Stats as of February 6
If the playoffs started today … Regina vs Saskatoon (Pats lead season series 3-0-1-0) Medicine Hat vs Brandon (Tigers lead the season series 2-1) Moose Jaw vs Swift Current (Warriors lead the season series 2-1) Lethbridge vs Red Deer (Hurricanes lead the season series 4-0-1-0, 1 of the wins was […]
WHL overreaction Monday: best 15-year-old seasons
When 2001-born and number-one 2016 bantam draft pick Peyton Krebs was called up for a game against the Prince Albert Raiders on January 20th under emergency circumstances he was ready to make an immediate impact. He had two goals and two assists, leading the Ice to a 6-3 win over the Raiders. […]
WHL Point A Game Players January 22/17
Rank Name Team GP G A PTS +/- PTS/G 1 Steel, Sam REG 38 34 49 83 34 2.18 2 Brooks, Adam REG 38 25 55 […]
WHL PP + PK
Which WHL teams are the strongest on the specialty teams? This is a simple equation of combining the teams PP % and PK %. Team PP PK Total Regina 32.8 80.9 113.7% Everett 24.8 87.8 112.6% Medicine Hat 28 81.1 109.1% Tri City 26.4 81.5 107.9% Portland 25.8 79.9 105.7% […]
Lists: Team Edition January 18, 2017
Most Fights Vancouver Giants – 31 Spokane Chiefs – 30 Kelowna Rockets – 28 Lethbridge Hurricanes – 27 Least Fights Everett Silvertips – 8 Portland Winterhawks – 9 Seattle Thunderbirds – 14 Tri-City Americans – 15 Most 1st Period Goals Regina Pats – 71 Lethbridge Hurricanes – 64 Portland Winterhawks […]
Does Your Birthdate Matter?
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 […]
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 […]
Random WHL Stats as of December 16
16 teams have a record of .500 or better. 3 teams in the East Division are below .500. All 5 U.S. teams are above .500. Portland, Vancouver and Prince George have played a league high 19 home games. Calgary has played only 12 home games, while Seattle and Saskatoon have […]
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