(Calgary, AB) The Calgary Hitmen useed a strong opening 20 minutes to crawl back into this series vs the Lethbridge Hurricane via a 5-3 win. Goaltender Jack McNaughton stood tall with 26 saves while Carson Focht leads the way up front with 2 goals and an assist. Netminder Carl Tetachuk […]
WHL Playoffs
Giants hold off Thunderbirds to take a 2-1 series lead
(Kent, WA) The Vancouver Giants took a 2-1 series lead over Seattle with a 6-4 victory down in Kent, Washington in front of a crowd of 4425 at the Accesso ShoWare Center. The home team got off to a quick start in Game 3 with their regular season leading scorer […]
Victoria Royals win a tight Game 3 against the Kamloops Blazers
Scott Walford and Kody McDonald combined on a nice play for the game-winning goal to steal a victory in Kamloops. It was fitting as both players were the best for Victoria on Tuesday night as they took a 2-1 series lead. Walford and McDonald played a mixture of offensive and […]
Blades take stranglehold on series with Warriors
SASKATOON- 3 MOOSE JAW -2 Saskatoon leads series 3-0. The Saskatoon Blades are one win away from the second round as they now have a three games to none lead on the Moose Jaw Warriors. Two of the three games have been decided by one goal while the other was […]
Sogaard and the Tigers retake series lead with 5-0 win
(Medicine Hat, AB) The Medicine Hat Tigers had to be kicking themselves in Edmonton on Sunday night. They were just 20 minutes away from putting the Central Division champion Edmonton Oil Kings down 0-2 on the road. Then the Oil Kings finally seemed to solve Tigers goalie Mads Sogaard a […]
Edmonton comes back for 4-3 win and evens series with Medicine Hat
(Edmotnon, AB) Goals are at a premium in the post-season. The Central Division leading Edmonton Oil Kings were finding that out over the weekend against the wild card Medicine Hat Tigers. Despite firing 50 shots on import goalie Mads Sogaard in Game 1, they only scored once and lost 2-1. […]
Thunderbirds take Game 2, even up the series
The Seattle Thunderbirds evened their series with the Vancouver Giants up with a 4-1 win on Saturday to make it a best-of-five. Now the teams head down the I-5 for Games 3 and 4. The Thunderbirds got off to a quick start, with overage forward Sean Richards giving Seattle their first lead […]
Four goal third period helps Portland even series with Spokane
(Spokane, WA) Game 2 between the Spokane Chiefs (1-1) and Portland Winterhawks (1-1) started with the Chiefs riding the momentum from their Game 1 victory. They jumped out to a 2-0 lead before Portland scored four unanswered goals in the second and third periods. The teams traded goals 21 seconds […]
Hurricanes top Hitmen for 2-0 series lead
Jake Leschychyn‘s first career hat-trick paced the Lethbridge Hurricanes Saturday night has they defeated the Calgary Hitmen 4-1 to take a 2-0 series lead in their best-of-seven series. Carl Tetachuk was terrific in the victory, making several incredible stops during his 32 saves performance. While Jack McNaughton gave his team […]
Gerlach scores two, Blades are up two
SASKATOON-3 MOOSE JAW-1 Saskatoon leads series 2-0. A noteworthy change to start Game 2, the Warriors started Adam Evanoff in favour of Brodan Salmond. Salmond let in a weak OT goal in Game 1 and Warriors head coach Tim Hunter was taking no chances. The Blades won the game and […]