Tschigerl debuts
NEWS: Hitmen have recalled 15-year-old forward Sean Tschigerl from OHA Edmonton Prep.
Tschigerl is expected to make his WHL debut this afternoon! pic.twitter.com/4xKvnkOYri
— Calgary Hitmen (@WHLHitmen) January 20, 2019
Calgary Hitmen top prospect Sean Tschigerl made his debut Sunday afternoon in a 4-1 loss to Red Deer, recording one shot on goal. The 2018 fourth overall pick has been playing this season for OHA Edmonton Prep of the CSSHL where he has 43 points in just 24 games this season.
Winterhawks reach milestones
?MILESTONE?
Tonight, @BrendanDeJong skated in his 300th career @TheWHL game all with the Winterhawks! Brendan is just the 9th player in organization history to play in 300 regular season games.
Congrats, Brendan! ? pic.twitter.com/wna1RC3KmV
— Portland Winterhawks (@pdxwinterhawks) January 20, 2019
20-year-old defenceman Brendan De Jong played in his 300th career WHL game in Portland’s 5-1 win over Everett on Saturday, scoring a goal. He was drafted by the Carolina Hurricanes in the sixth round, 166th overall in 2017 and has 80 points in 301 games in the WHL.
?MILESTONE?
Tonight, one of our newest Winterhawks, @JoshPaterson19 is skating in his 250th career @TheWHL game!
Congrats, Josh ? pic.twitter.com/odFMALjVqN
— Portland Winterhawks (@pdxwinterhawks) January 21, 2019
Recently acquired Josh Paterson skated in his 250th WHL game Sunday evening in a 3-2 loss against Tri-City. The 19-year-old from Edmonton has 142 points in the 250 games, including four points in four games for the Winterhawks.
Former Winterhawk fitting in with new team
Nino Niederreiter scores his first with the Hurricanes. pic.twitter.com/XEbRQ1cHQI
— let’s go rangres (@DraftLook) January 21, 2019
Former Portland Winterhawk Nino Niederreiter scored his first two goals in his second game with the Carolina Hurricanes after being acquired from Minnesota for former Calgary Hitmen forward Victor Rask this past Thursday. The Swiss forward skated in 120 WHL games, recording 130 points.
Three Stars of the Night
1st Star: Tri-City’s Kyle Olson had two goals in the Americans 3-2 win over Portland.
2nd Star: 16-year-old goalie Talyn Boyko stopped 45 of 47 shots for his second career win.
3rd Star: Victoria’s Griffen Outhouse had 39 saves in a 2-1 win over Everett.
Honourable Mentions
Red Deer’s Brandon Hagel had a goal and an assist in the Rebels 4-1 win over Calgary….Kamloops Martin Lang had a goal and an assist in a 3-2 overtime win over the Cougars….Victoria’s Kody McDonald scored the game winning goal in the Royals’ win against Everett….
Troubling Moments
Sunday afternoon’s game involving the Red Deer Rebels and the Calgary Hitmen had two major penalties including this checking to the head major from the Hitmen’s Egor Zamula:
Calgary's Egor Zamula given a 5 minute major and GM for his hit on Red Deer's Oleg Zaytsev tonight. pic.twitter.com/UyO4UyHiyK
— Brandon Rivers (@BriversWHL) January 21, 2019
The second major penalty came from Hitmen captain Mark Kastelic who received a five minute major and a game misconduct for head butting.
