The Brandon Wheat Kings came into Red Deer following last night’s 7-3 victory over the Edmonton Oil Kings with high hopes of avenging a shoot out loss to the Rebels just one week ago at home. Dylan Myskiw was up to the task, stopping 37 of 39 Red Deer shots. […]
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2017 U16 rosters announced
The rosters for the 2017 U16 WHL Cup were announced and nearly every WHL team had a draft pick named. Let’s take a look at those 2002-born players that will be participating in the WHL Cup in Calgary later this month. U-16 Oct 18-22, 2017 in Calgary, Alb BC […]
‘Round the ‘DUB
With the season underway, teams are making final adjustments to their rosters. The key deadline here is October 10th, the day that all WHL teams must be at three overage players. By then most teams will have played six regular season games. Tavin Grant of the Prince George Cougars recorded […]
WHL Recap: Steenbergen scores four in Broncos win, Raiders double up Tigers
Swift Current 7 Brandon 2 It was the Tyler Steenbergen show in this one as the fourth-year Sylvan Lake, AB product lit up the Brandon Wheat Kings tonight in Brandon. Five times Steenbergen hit the scoresheet, posting a career high four goals and adding an assist. His carrier high is […]
Red Deer runs their record to 3-0 with shootout win over Brandon
Another character win for the Rebels Despite leading the game 2-1 after the first period, the Rebels found themselves down 3-2 after 40 minutes. The explosive power play for the Wheat Kings was mostly kept quiet on the night, going just one for five. Red Deer’s power play also went […]
2017-18 season previews: Brandon Wheat Kings
(In our ongoing season preview series, today we look at the Brandon Wheat Kings) Brandon Wheat Kings (2016-17 season: 31-31-7-3 72 points, lost to the Medicine Hat Tigers in the first round of the playoffs) The Brandon Wheat Kings have some of the largest question marks heading into the 2017-18 […]
B.C. U16 shortlist roster announced
Last week Hockey Alberta announced their shortlist and it was stock full of WHL drafted talent. This week B.C. Hockey made their shortlist official. The group will be evaluated while with their club teams and then whittled down to a group of 20 that will represent the British Columbia province […]
WHL burning questions: summer edition
We’ve entered the summer doldrums, the time when hockey fans are just itching to see their teams hit the ice. We thought it was high time to look at the WHL teams burning questions as we head into the final month before training camps. Each team will have a Face […]
East Division contenders look for gems in Import Draft
The Memorial Cup hosts were one of the busiest teams during the Canadian Hockey League’s annual import draft. The Regina Pats selected at the end of each of the draft’s two rounds, but used both of their picks to try to replace Filip Ahl and Sergey Zborovskiy. The Pats closed […]
Unsigned NHL Draft Picks from 2015
With two weeks until the NHL teams need to sign their 2015 NHL Entry Draft picks, I thought it would be a good time to see who remains to be signed and by what teams. These players will be eligible to re-enter the draft if they are not signed by […]