It’s fortunate for the Moose Jaw Warriors that they have been the least-penalized team in the Western Hockey League by a wide margin because they also have the least-effective penalty kill in the league. The Warriors allowed two power play goals against on consecutive nights as they split a pair […]
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Daily Dose of the Dub: Team Canada releases U17 roster; Nielsen requests trade; Giants set franchise record
NEWS | Meet the 6⃣6⃣ players who will wear the ? at #WorldU17. Roster: https://t.co/xGt0CzR9qN pic.twitter.com/PEnt1XFvD1 — World U17 Challenge (@HC_WU17) October 16, 2018 Team Canada has announced their 66-man roster for the upcoming World U17 tournament, and the list features 16 current WHL players. The tournament starts on November […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Thunderbirds add Schaufler; Scott and McGovern get shutouts
Seattle brings in another Kootenay blue liner TRADE: T-Birds Acquire Loeden Schaufler and Pick From @WHLKootenayICE https://t.co/pEgA92cr0d pic.twitter.com/dnftP8TWOf — Seattle Thunderbirds (@SeattleTbirds) October 8, 2018 The Seattle Thunderbirds made another trade with the Kootenay ICE on Monday, bringing in 2000-born, right-handed defenseman Loeden Schaufler, a ninth-round pick in the 2019 […]
Communication is key to Stankowski’s return
Carl Stankowski could barely skate with the Ed Chynoweth Cup held high after he helped down the Regina Pats in six games during the 2017 Western Hockey League finals. Despite barely being able to push off with his right leg, Stankowski backstopped the Seattle Thunderbirds to their first league title—in […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Prokop and Elder going to Calgary; Blocker headed back to Swift Current
Family reunion in Calgary BREAKING: Hitmen sign 18-year-old prospect Josh Prokop Details ➡️ https://t.co/1Yv23jjDAD pic.twitter.com/viRGHu4JVf — Calgary Hitmen (@WHLHitmen) September 26, 2018 The Calgary hitmen have signed 2000-born forward Josh Prokop. Josh, 18, will join his younger brother Luke on the Hitmen. Originally committed to Ohio State for 2018-19, the […]
Hitmen make final roster moves
Two days ago, the Calgary Hitmen unveiled the players who will suit up in Cranbrook in their Western Hockey League opener tonight the Kootenay ICE, as they hope to end the franchise’s second-longest playoff drought. The drought may be insignificant with only having to sit and watch the WHL playoffs […]
2018-19 WHL season previews: Calgary Hitmen
Calgary Hitmen 2017-18: The 2017-18 season for the Calgary Hitmen will be remembered as one of the few rebuilding years in franchise history. It was clear early that the Hitmen wouldn’t be contenders even in a down year for the Central Division, so the great sell off began early. The […]
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 […]
Sanders reassigned; other Calgary Hitmen roster battles
Following last year’s frenetic trade deadline, Calgary Hitmen GM Jeff Chynoweth said of newly acquired 19-year-old netminder Nick Sanders, “we feel Nick can not only help us push for a playoff spot this season but audition to be one of our three overages next year.” The only issue was 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 […]