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 […]
Tag: Calgary Hitmen
Fiddler-Schultz, Huber show well in pre-season
A couple younger members of the Calgary Hitmen are impressing with solid starts to the pre-season. With many returning roster spots potentially up for grabs, some of the guys that could be on the bubble this year stepped up with strong games in the Hitmen’s pair of victories last weekend […]
New year, somewhat same crew for the Hitmen
There is a lot of familiarity on the Calgary Hitmen pre-season roster. At the end of training camp, new Head Coach Steve Hamilton said that he intentionally avoided talking about players with other staff members to develop his own opinions about the roster. Hamilton must have liked what was already […]
Sorting through the Hitmen’s main camp roster
Like any Western Hockey League training camp, there are plenty of questions surrounding different parts of a new roster. Last year the Calgary Hitmen had to work through a logjam with the overage category, but the team was fairly certain on the starting netminder job and whom the two imported […]
Next wave of Hitmen arrive at rookie camp
The fruits from the big moves made last season have put on a Calgary Hitmen jersey for the first time. All 10 picks from the most recent Western Hockey League Bantam Draft are in attendance for the annual rookie camp, along with five picks from the 2017 draft, to go […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: more training camp rosters announced; Tri-City cuts down to 36
Lets continue our long looks at the training camp rosters for the 22 WHL teams. Kelowna and Brandon are the two teams so far to not release rosters for either a rookie or main camp. We have four more training camp rosters to look at today. Prince Albert Raiders Training […]
Hitmen goaltending group deepens
A psychic would struggle with predicting who is going to be between the pipes September 22 when the Calgary Hitmen open their Western Hockey League season in Cranbrook. Last year, clairvoyance was not needed in predicting the No. 1 netminder, as it was basically decided before the heat of summer […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Stankowski dealt to Calgary; Semifinals set for Hlinka Gretzky Cup
Stankowski staying closer to home The Seattle Thunderbirds rode a stellar effort from a 16-year-old goalie in the 2017 playoffs all the way to a Ed Chynoweth Cup. That rookie netminder may very well have won the WHL MVP award of not for 2017-18 NHL Calder Trophy winning center Mathew […]
Prokop picks up Team Canada experience
Luke Prokop is getting a lot of action with Team Canada this summer. When he put on the Team White jersey for the first time last week during the National Under-17 Developmental Camp, it marked the second time he suited up for his country in the past month. Prokop was […]
Flaming Hot Takes – July 30, 2018
Hockey is a results driven business. I know, not exactly ‘Breaking News’ there, but keep the phrase in mind. Ask any coach or GM, any scout, trainer, equipment manager or mascot. Hell, ask any owner. If you’re not successful, eventually someone else is going to get a chance to […]