Through 40 minutes Wednesday night in Portland, it seemed clear that Tavin Grant saves his best hockey for when he is playing in Portland against the Winterhawks (10-4) He earned his first career shutout exactly one month previous, stopping all 47 shots he saw. Grant was again perfect through the […]
U.S. Division
Americans remain perfect on home ice; down Rockets 4-3 in OT
Kennewick, Wa. The Tri-City Americans (10-4-2-0, 22pts.) and the Kelowna Rockets (7-5-2-1, 17pts.) have become very familiar with each other recently. The two teams have matched up against each other three times in the past fifteen days. The home team won the first two meetings with Tri-City winning 2-1 October […]
“Bad Coaching” leads to 4-2 loss for Red Deer
On the first cold and snowy night of unofficial winter in Red Deer, 3577 fans made their way to the Enmax Centrium to see the bi-annual home game against the Seattle Thunderbirds. The Thunderbirds of course are the Western Hockey League’s reigning champions and came to Red Deer on their […]
WHL-how they were built
As of October 31, 2017 there are 535 players in the WHL. 494 are from Canada/USA, while 41 are Import players. As you look at these numbers remember that this is where the players were taken in the draft and not all were selected by the team they are currently […]
WHL 16-Year-Olds
As of October 31st, 2017 there are 42 16-year-olds (born in 2001) on WHL rosters. The numbers listed under each player is what round they were selected in the 2016 WHL Bantam Draft. The 1st round picks have their overall selection displayed in brackets. eg. 1 (12) is 1st round […]
Silvertips hold off Winterhawks 3-2
2001-born goaltender Dustin Wolf is doing his best to make the Everett Silvertips faithful forget that this is their last year with Carter Hart. The Philadelphia Flyers prospect has yet to play a game this season after suffering an illness to begin the year. After throwing up a 38-save performance […]
Comeback kids steal two points from the Chiefs in overtime
The Red Deer Rebels ensured that 4,118 hockey fans got what they paid for, and then some tonight. The game was filled with the thrilling old-time hockey many fans in the arena grew up with. It was a boisterous crowd and the Rebels gave them something to cheer about with […]
WHL In NHL Draft Rankings
There are many, many NHL Draft Rankings that are available for hockey fans to view and it is always interesting to see where WHL players are rated. There are about a dozen that are most reliable and are updated on a regular basis. Not including the NHL Central Scouting Service preliminary […]
Americans pound Warriors; extend win streak to six
Kennewick, Wa. The Tri-City Americans (9-4-0-0, 18pts.) have been on a hot streak lately. Coming into tonight, they were 4-0 at home and were riding a 5-game win streak. After starting hot, the Moose Jaw Warriors (10-4-0-0, 20pts.) have cooled a bit recently, but are still very much a force […]
Despite big nights from Bellows/McKenzie, Winterhawks fall 6-4 to Warriors
Just four nights ago, the Portland Winterhawks (9-3) were sitting pretty. They had stormed out to a 9-1 record to start the season and were benefitting from a group of forwards that were all doing their part to hit the score sheet. Lack of scoring depth raised its ugly head […]