It’s that time again folks. We are mere hours away from the 2018-19 WHL season starting. With the start of another regular season, the hopes of all 22 fan bases are high. With the turnover every year in this developmental league, there are a whole lot of unknowns until the […]
Tag: Brandon Wheat Kings
2018-19 WHL season previews: Brandon Wheat Kings
Brandon Wheat Kings 2017-18: The Wheat Kings surprised many by surging toward the forefront of a competitive East Division at the Christmas break. Then General Manager Grant Armstrong saw Moose Jaw, Regina and Swift Current buying and driving up prices. Instead of going all in, Armstrong decided to sell. Armstrong […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Oil Kings acquire Myskiw; exodus from NHL camps back to the WHL continues
Oil Kings flood the crease, add Myskiw in deal with Wheat Kings The #OilKings have acquired goaltender Dylan Myskiw from the Brandon Wheat Kings in exchange for a conditional 5th round pick in the 2019 @TheWHL Bantam Draft. Welcome aboard, Dylan! pic.twitter.com/PIN3VltM1T — Edmonton Oil Kings (@EdmOilKings) September 19, 2018 […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: ICE and Blades make some roster changes; Yeryomenko on his way back from Nashville
Kootenay lets go of Wegleitner; reassigns Lieffers and Streu ICE reduce roster to 26. READ >> https://t.co/DzXrU6xSpZ#OurICE pic.twitter.com/MRdrHGgoeo — Kootenay ICE (@WHLKootenayICE) September 17, 2018 The Kootenay ICE announced Monday that they had trimmed forwards Gunnar Wegleitner, Sebastian Streu and Eli Lieffers from their roster. The press release stated that […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Rosters getting trimmed
As the second week of the preseason in the WHL gets rolling along, teams are starting to trim down their rosters. While a vast majority of players being removed from the rosters, are 15 or 16-year-olds, there will be a few veteran names included. Chiefs see Hamaliuk and Chenier leave […]
WHL Players off to NHL Camps
The beginning of the WHL season brings a lot of hope, and optimism for teams, fans and players. The Western Hockey League is always well represented at NHL training camps so it will come as no surprise that this year 115 WHL’ers will be making the best impressions they can at […]
Fresh Faces of the WHL: Ridly Greig
(As part of a running feature before the start of the year, we will have some features on players going into their rookie WHL seasons). The Brandon Wheat Kings had the eighth overall pick in the WHL Bantam Draft and they went to a strong program in Alberta to take […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Patera signs with Brandon; Hanas scores but U.S. falls in Five Nations opener; T-birds and Royals announce training camps
Hanas and USA’s U17 team falls in opener Portland Winterhawks center Cross Hanas is playing with USA Hockey’s U17 team at the Five Nations Tournament in Piestany, Slovakia. Hanas scored in the opening game of the tournament and the U.S. grossly out shot the Czech Republic but could not fight […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: 2018-19 WHL leading scorer candidates
Jayden Halbgewachs led the WHL in scoring a season ago with 70 goals, 59 assists and 129 points. With Halbgewachs aging out of the league, we will have a new scoring leader in 2018-19. In fact the top-six scorers from a season ago are likely not returning to the WHL. […]
Portland Winterhawks notebook: the Mike Johnston executive tree
Since he joined the Portland Winterhawks in 2008, Mike Johnston has done a good job of recruiting players to come and play in the WHL with Portland. Along the way he has brought in a strong group of individuals to help him in scouting and recruiting. The success that he […]
