By Les Lazaruk The argument can be made that one athlete shouldn’t be the difference between a team having success or failure. The Saskatoon Blades would be on the opposite side of that debate on Saturday night! After losing the first two games of the regular-season, scoring only four […]
Tag: Calgary Hitmen
Healthy McKinstry bolsters Hitmen back end
The Calgary Hitmen are hoping that a new beginning can change the course of Ryely McKinstry’s career. The Hitmen announced Monday afternoon that they traded a conditional pick in the 2019 Western Hockey League Bantam Draft for McKinstry, a left-handed defenceman from the Vancouver Giants. Following an incredible minor hockey […]
‘Round the ‘DUB
(in an on-going feature we will use this space to bring you up to date on some of the news and notes from around the WHL) The Western Hockey League opened their 2017-18 regular season Sept. 22 with eight games. The line combos as well as our own game tracker […]
Kootenay wins opener as new Ice age dawns
Michael King reigned supreme on Friday evening for the Kootenay Ice home opener, scoring twice to lead the team to a 3-2 win over the Calgary Hitmen. Swiss import Gilian Kohler posted the game-winner, while Ice netminder Bailey Brkin picked up his first win in an Ice uniform with 36 […]
Restructured Hitmen look to build off last year’s playoff drive
Calgary Hitmen 2016-17 season: 30-32-8-2, 70 points, swept by the Regina Pats in the opening round of the playoffs 4-0. It was an offseason of great turnover for the Calgary Hitmen this summer, on and off the ice. In July, the Hitmen introduced a pair of personnel changes, with a […]
Nielsen neutralizes Oil Kings comeback attempt
Four days off. That’s all Calgary Hitmen centre Tristen Nielsen allowed himself to have following the end to his first full season with the club. Coming back with a retooled body and an improved snap shot, Nielsen looks ready for an impact year with the Hitmen. He guided them to the 3-2 […]
Hitmen roll on as vets leave for NHL camps
As the Calgary Hitmen went to work this week following an 0-2 start to their preseason, they had to do so without seven of their veteran players. NHL training camps and the Young Stars Tournament in Penticton, B.C. swallowed up nearly one third of a projected starting lineup. Team Canada […]
Anderson makes case for captaincy
Yesterday the Prince George Cougars were in Red Deer for their annual pre-season mini tournament. The Cougars had already won their first game over the Edmonton Oil Kings on Friday afternoon by a score of 3-2. They would face off against the Calgary Hitmen, who lost to the Red Deer […]
Import-ant first steps for Reichel and the Rebels
And so it begins. Unofficially, it is the beginning of hockey season in central Alberta. Red Deer played host to the second game of the day in the tournament they are hosting, the first having been played just hours earlier between the Edmonton Oil Kings and the Prince George Cougars. […]
Hitmen brace for preseason slate
And then there were 32. More than 80 players arrived at Calgary Hitmen training camp a week ago. Since then, the management and coaching staff have trimmed the roster considerably, as they kickoff their exhibition season tomorrow in Red Deer when they take on the Rebels (7 p.m.) at the […]