In what may have been billed as a mismatch, the Brandon Wheat Kings (15-7-0-1) made the third stop of their six-game road trip in Red Deer (9-15-3-0) tonight. 3624 people were in attendance in a game that had the highest of highs and the lowest of lows for the home […]
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WHL recap: Spokane continues Regina’s woes in the U.S.; Brandon, Kamloops and Everett emerge victorious
Brandon 3 @Swift Current 2(OT) The Brandon Wheat Kings (15-7-0-1) and goaltender Logan Thompson showed everyone why the Swift Current Broncos (17-5-2-0) felt it was necessary to trade away so many assets to the Calgary Hitmen earlier Saturday in exchange for Matteo Gennaro and Beck Malenstyn. Neither was in the […]
“Run and Gun” Blades rally to nip Wheat Kings
By Les Lazaruk Saskatoon Blades have been known in the past…even in this season…to complain that their Western Hockey League team doesn’t do the things at home that they seem to be able to do on the road. That changed Friday night at SaskTel Centre. Braylon Shmyr was the […]
“Murphy’s Law” bites Blades in setback to Brandon
By Les Lazaruk You could see it coming, especially if you were among the 6,242 fans at SaskTel Centre Friday night. Chance after chance after chance to score was denied or missed by the Saskatoon Blades until the visiting Brandon Wheat Kings took advantage of their opportunities and downed […]
Hitmen can’t hold off furious Wheat Kings comeback
A wild third period boiled down to a heavyweight matchup in the closing minutes. The Calgary Hitmen’s third-ranked penalty kill was pinned against the Brandon Wheat Kings’ second-ranked power play for nearly two full minutes of six-on-four action. The Wheat Kings are one of the best teams in the Western […]
Thompson and Thompson tame Blades
By Les Lazaruk BRANDON – They aren’t a law firm…they aren’t even brothers! But (goaltender Logan) Thompson and (right winger Baron) Thompson were the difference as the home-standing Wheat Kings handed the Saskatoon Blades their second loss in as many nights by a 3-1 score Saturday. Baron Thompson broke […]
WHL recap: Tigers tame Thunderbirds in OT; Wheat Kings, Warriors, Giants and Royals emerge victorious
Brandon 2 Kootenay 0 Logan Thompson and the Brandon Wheat Kings (10-6-0-1) had some excuses for dropping a 4-2 game to the Kootenay ICE (8-9-1-0) on Friday night. They were missing four defenseman and saw many penalties put their d-men present away in the penalty box. Instead of letting this […]
WHL recap: ICE double up Wheat Kings; Raiders, Blazers, Rockets and Silvertips emerge victorious as well
Kootenay 4 @Brandon 2 The Brandon Wheat Kings (9-6-0-1) were a very short-handed team on the back end coming into Friday night’s tilt with the visiting Kootenay ICE (8-8-1-0). With blue liners Daniel Bukac, Garrett Sambrook and James Shearer all out due to lower body injuries and 16-year-old Braden Schneider […]
Back-to-back Wins on back-to-back nights for Blades
By Les Lazaruk The only negative Saturday for the Saskatoon Blades wasn’t securing a shutout for Ryan Kubic. But, after surrendering Tanner Kaspick’s power play tally with 46 seconds remaining in the third period, the 19-year-old goaltender wasn’t chastened. “Not really, no,” said the St. Andrews, Mb, product […]
Wheat Kings power past the Royals
The Victoria Royals (9-2-1-0) fell to the Brandon Wheat Kings (8-3-0-1) Saturday night at the Westman Place in Brandon, in what was a showdown of two of the top teams in the WHL. Coming into the game, each team were man-advantage specialists, as Brandon boasted the top power play percentage, while […]
