Racial incident affects Seattle Thunderbirds Seattle Thunderbirds Statement on Racial Incident with Team https://t.co/5an43cmklE pic.twitter.com/DydKLtxNlQ — Seattle Thunderbirds (@SeattleTbirds) March 25, 2021 A report of two players communicating inappropriate racial comments and actions towards a third player in the Seattle locker room was brought forward in the week leading […]
Tag: Central Division
Daily Dose of the DUB: Seabrook retires, Rebels name leadership group, and lots more
Brent Seabrook retires Brent Seabrook says he’s unable to play and announces the end of his 15-year career due to injury. #Blackhawks https://t.co/SK1U8eJfth — Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) March 5, 2021 After 15 seasons of professional hockey defenseman Brent Seabrook has called it a career following a trio of surgeries and […]
Daily Dose of the DUB: WHL with two big announcements, alumni signings and more
East Division Hub Centre approved The Western Hockey League has been granted approval to host a Hub Center in Regina. DETAILS ? | https://t.co/33eM5L5bYm pic.twitter.com/bSXRZy7yxB — The WHL (@TheWHL) February 12, 2021 On Friday, the Western Hockey League announced that a hub centre in Regina had been granted approval for […]
New Information Regarding BC Division’s Return To Play
During a press conference on February 5th, 2021, the British Columbia government provided additional information about the COVID-19 pandemic. Although no plan was formally laid out about a return to play for the WHL in BC, we can use the information given to predict what a return to play […]
WHL granted OK to play 24-game season in Alberta
As supplied by the Western Hockey League Calgary, AB – The Western Hockey League announced today it has been granted approval by the Government of Alberta and Alberta Health to return to play, which will enable the WHL’s Alberta-based teams in the Central Division to open their season on Friday, February 26. […]
Is a bubble the WHL’s best option?
With the announcement that the WHL intends to play a 24-game schedule, many questions have arisen. As of right now, we know that the league is going to play a divisional only schedule with the hope of playoffs after to determine the WHL’s participant in the Memorial Cup. There […]
Vancouver prevails in Saturday night overtime thriller
In a night that had an abundance of goals, penalties and even a penalty shot in the final seconds of regulation, the Vancouver Giants came out with a 5-4 victory in overtime. “It was a great first period and I’m really happy we found a way to win at the […]
2019-20 WHL Season Previews: Edmonton Oil Kings
Edmonton Oil Kings – 42-18-8 – Eastern Conference Final loss to the Raiders After winning only 22 games in 2017-18, expectations weren’t very high for the Edmonton Oil Kings last season. At most, it was believed they could push for the second wildcard spot in the Eastern Conference if all […]
Double Dip: Hurricanes and Tigers set for home and home weekend
Highway three rivals and central divisional foes square off this weekend for a home and home series. The Lethbridge Hurricanes and Medicine Hat Tigers are set to square off Friday, February 22 in Lethbridge and Saturday the 23rd in Medicine Hat. This will be the seventh and eighth matchups this season. […]
Flaming Hot Takes: January 25, 2019
It’s a great time of the season as the stretch drive begins in earnest and there is still so much to be decided across the WHL. Not all of today’s takes are going to be about the playoff chase as there are a lot of other things happening around the […]