It’s not often you see an overage player sign a professional contract and then immediately return to the WHL, but that’s exactly what happened on Thursday when Krystof Hrabik signed a two-year contract with the AHL’s San Jose Barracuda and was immediately loaned back to the Tri-City Americans.
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Miner experiencing Brandon from a different angle
2,070 Kilometres. That’s the distance the Vancouver Giants have traveled since they left for their East Division trip on Monday morning after taking on the Kelowna Rockets at the Langley Events Centre the night prior. The first stop on the six-game road trip is Brandon, Manitoba, to take on the […]
Boston Bilous ready to step up for Raiders
After a hot start to the season for Boston Bilous, the DUBNetwork’s Brandon Rivers sat down to interview Bilous last week about his development and mind-set going into this season. BR: How did it feel getting your first shutout of the year in Saskatoon? BB: We had a little sour […]
Medicine Hat Tigers – Weekend Preview
Coming off its only three-games-in-three nights weekend of the season – yes, it’s out of the way early – the Medicine Hat Tigers are preparing for a pair of Western Hockey League contests this weekend. If the Tigers have their way with their opponents this weekend, as they did last […]
Blades battle back to beat Hurricanes
On a night when the Lethbridge Hurricanes needed their best players to be the best players, they did just that. Dylan Cozens, Calen Addison, and Logan Barlage combined for five points, but it wasn’t enough as the high flying Saskatoon Blades mounted a third period comeback, thanks to Jayden Wiens […]
Blazers get revenge on Ross and the Thunderbirds
The message was clear for the Blazers in their second meeting with goaltender Roddy Ross and the Thunderbirds — get in the blue paint. After stymieing the Blazers with 50 saves on 51 shots in the first head-to-head match up, the Blazers knew they had to make life difficult for […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Olson returns to Tri-City, Thunderbirds acquire Gottfried and more
The U.S. division continues to get better as Kyle Olson has returned from Rochester Americans training camp to re-join the Tri-City Americans as their captain for his final season of junior hockey eligibility.
Calm before the storm: Thunderbirds weekly preview
Monday, Seattle got a boost when it was announced by general manager Bil La Forge that overage forward Matthew Wedman had been returned to Seattle by the Florida Panthers organization. The 40-goal scorer from just a season ago was also named the 36th captain in franchise history. Joining Wedman in […]
A conversation with Carter Bancks
Victoria had the unique opportunity to host the Vancouver Canucks training camp early in the fall. The city also had the privilege of hosting an exhibition NHL game between the Canucks and the Calgary Flames. During the training camp, we had a chance to catch up with a former WHL […]
Rebels power play sparks win over Blades
When things are going your way, they have a tendency to really go your way. That was the case for the Rebels as two power-play goals and some late-game “puck luck” led to the team’s second victory of the season. “We’ve been working on our power play. The power play […]