The #Oilers have assigned forward Kailer Yamamoto to the @SpokaneChiefs of @TheWHL. Yamamoto recorded three assists in nine games. pic.twitter.com/RAWkT65Wqe — Edmonton Oilers (@EdmontonOilers) November 6, 2017 The Edmonton Oilers announced today that they had sent Kailer Yamamoto back to the Spokane Chiefs of the WHL. Yamamto played in the […]
U.S. Division
WHL recap: Tigers tame Thunderbirds in OT; Wheat Kings, Warriors, Giants and Royals emerge victorious
Brandon 2 Kootenay 0 Logan Thompson and the Brandon Wheat Kings (10-6-0-1) had some excuses for dropping a 4-2 game to the Kootenay ICE (8-9-1-0) on Friday night. They were missing four defenseman and saw many penalties put their d-men present away in the penalty box. Instead of letting this […]
Cole Kehler stars as Portland edges Everett 3-1
(Everett, WA) It was a defensive effort that former Everett Silvertips (7-10-1-0) coach Kevin Constantine would have been proud of. The Portland Winterhawks (12-4) went into Xfinity Arena and took both points, eking out a 3-1 win in Everett.Despite the 44 shots against, the Winterhawks as a team kept the […]
Tri-City continues its winning ways against Spokane
Spokane, Wa. The Tri-City Americans (11-4-2-0, 24pts.) have been quite a thorn in the side of their bitter rivals, the Spokane Chiefs (8-7-1-2, 19pts.) over the past two seasons. The Americans have won 11 of the past 13 meetings putting them firmly in control of the latest chapter of this […]
WHL recap: ICE double up Wheat Kings; Raiders, Blazers, Rockets and Silvertips emerge victorious as well
Kootenay 4 @Brandon 2 The Brandon Wheat Kings (9-6-0-1) were a very short-handed team on the back end coming into Friday night’s tilt with the visiting Kootenay ICE (8-8-1-0). With blue liners Daniel Bukac, Garrett Sambrook and James Shearer all out due to lower body injuries and 16-year-old Braden Schneider […]
Portland survives second period-goes on to win in Spokane 4-1
Having played the Portland Winterhawks (11-4) three times already in their first 16 games this season, the Spokane Chiefs (8-7-1-1) were in need of their first really dominant frame in their fourth meeting Friday night in Spokane.They got just that in the second period, out-shooting the Winterhawks 24-9 in the […]
Portland Winterhawks sign 2002-born goalie Dante Giannuzzi
The Winterhawks have signed goaltending prospect Dante Giannuzzi. https://t.co/hl3sQ4SLmK pic.twitter.com/70eocJMpau — Portland Winterhawks (@pdxwinterhawks) November 3, 2017 The Portland Winterhawks made the signing of goaltender Dante Giannuzzi official on Friday afternoon. They took Giannuzzi in the fifth round of last May’s bantam draft out of Winnipeg. According to Elite Prospects, […]
Seattle take a close one in Edmonton 3-1
The 8-5-0-1 Seattle Thunderbirds made their way up the central swing to face off against the 5-8-2-0 Edmonton Oil Kings. Seattle started Edmonton native Matt Berlin while the 2001 rookie net minder Boston Bilous got the nod for Edmonton. Newly acquired Jantzen Leslie for the Oil Kings made his […]
WHL Where You From
Based on the WHL rosters as of October 31, 2017 there is a total of 534 players on the active rosters. These do not include AP call-ups but does include players on the injured list. Alberta leads with 29.78% of the players and BC is 2nd with 27.15%. The top […]
WHL Birth Months
In 2011 Malcom Gladwell’s book “Outlier: The Story Of Success” he has a chapter on hockey and how much of an advantage it is for kids to be born earlier in the year. In minor hockey you are grouped in your birth year but kids born in January on average […]
