The Western Hockey League announced its Team WHL roster for the 2019 CIBC Canada Russia Series which is slated to take place on November 13th and 14th in Prince Albert and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan respectively. What should be to no one’s surprise, Vancouver Giants defenceman Bowen Byram was named to the squad for […]
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Alexeyev scores in pre-tournament game; poised to lead Russia at World Juniors
In Kamloops, B.C. on Thursday night, there was one player taking the Sandman Centre ice who was familiar to the WHL fans in attendance. That was Red Deer Rebels defenseman Alexander Alexeyev. While Alexeyev is no stranger to throwing on the Russian national sweater, he had yet to represent them […]
Flaming Hot Takes – November 5th, 2018 – Canada Russia Series Edition
A Better Option for the Canada/Russia Series Long time listeners of The Pipeline Show will be very familiar with this subject as its one I’ve talked about annually on the program for the last decade. The annual Canada-Russia Series begins this week and will feature a touring Russia squad playing […]
Flaming Hot Takes – October 25, 2018
We’re a solid month into the 2018-19 WHL season which provides a large enough sample size for fans and pundits alike to start picking things apart. Here are my Hot Takes from what I’ve seen so far this season. -Everyone who picked Prince Albert Raiders forward Brett Leason to lead […]
Russia with crazy comeback win over Team WHL 4-3
The CIBC Canada-Russia series moved from Moose Jaw to Swift Current for game two between the Russian select U-20 team and Team WHL. The WHL was as close to perfect as you can get Monday night, on their way to a dominant 7-0 win. They were not so perfect in […]
Team WHL dominates opener in CIBC Canada Russia Series 7-0
The best Canadian players that the WHL has, put on a show Monday night in Moose Jaw. Led by two goals and an assist by Kelowna’s Kole Lind, three assists from Brandon’s Kale Clague and two point nights from Portland’s Cody Glass, Tri-City’s Michael Rasmussen, Kelowna’s Dillon Dube and Moose […]