Regions Alberta – 73 BC – 61 Saskatchewan – 41 Manitoba – 26 Arizona – 7 Colorado – 6 Minnesota – 6 Texas – 3 California – 2 Alaska – 1 Kansas – 1 Nevada -1 North Dakota – 1 Washington – 1 Cities/Towns Calgary, AB – 15 Winnipeg, […]
U.S. Division
Draft Geek Rankings Recap
For the purpose of this analysis I took every WHL team and tried to rate how they did on Bantam Draft Day based on the resident scouting team, Draft Geek’s rankings of players. For example, if a team took the 10th, 20th and 45th ranked players their total would be […]
WHL playoff recap: Home Ice proves Advantageous, Pats & T’birds up 3-2
Regina 5 Lethbridge 3 (Regina leads series 3-2) Game story: -Lethbridge’s Josh Tarzwell opened the scoring in this tilt, it was his first WHL playoff goal in his first game of this series. Later in the game he would take a hard body check against the boards and it looked […]
WHL playoffs: Western Conference Final – Kelowna Rockets vs Seattle Thunderbirds
We will be previewing the conference final match-ups in an on-going series. While any best-of-seven series that ends in five games may, on the surface, appear to have been a cakewalk of sorts for the winning team, the Kelowna Rockets […]
WHL playoff second round preview: Portland Winterhawks vs Kelowna Rockets
We will be previewing each of the four second-round playoff match-ups in an on-going series. Here we have the matchup between Kelowna and Portland. For much of the regular season, a frequent topic of discussion was the quality of B.C. Division teams. It was an ultra-competitive division, where it seemed […]
WHL Playoff Preview: Everett Silvertips versus Seattle Thunderbirds
We knew it was going to come to this didn’t we? Since about mid January, the Everett Silvertips and Seattle Thunderbirds were the two best teams in the U.S. Division and now they’ll settle the matter in the second round of the playoffs. How close were they? Everett won the […]
Game Day Playoff Edition 1
Welcome to the first of many game day previews for the duration of the playoffs. We will take a look at matchups throughout the playoffs and focus in on some players who have made an impact in their series. Medicine Hat Tigers lead 2-0 in their series with the Brandon […]
U.S. Division Playoff Preview
If the U.S. Division bracket of the WHL Playoffs is as exciting as the regular season stretch run was then we are all going to be in for a treat. It came down to the final weekend but the Everett Silvertips were able to hold off the Seattle Thunderbirds and […]
WHL playoff round one preview: Portland Winterhawks v. Prince George Cougars
We will be previewing each of the eight first-round playoff match-ups in an on-going series. Here we have the series in the western conference bracket between Prince George and Portland. A few weeks ago it was unimaginable that the Prince George Cougars (45-21-3-3) would finish any lower than first place […]
PDO
Which WHL teams are the strongest when you combine shooting percentage plus save percentage? These stats include overtime goals and shots but does not include shootouts. Team SH% SV% PDO Tri City 12.8% 89.6% 102.4% Kamloops 10.2% 92.2% 102.4% Regina 12.0% 90.3% 102.2% Lethbridge 12.2% 89.8% 102.0% Moose Jaw 10.9% […]