The Americans ended up with the gold medal from the World Junior Championship they deeply desired, expect it was the Canadian Jake Bean heading to Kennewick, Wash., instead of Team USA winning gold in Buffalo, N.Y. Slightly more than 24 hours removed from receiving his gold medal, local defenceman Bean […]
Tag: Central Division
Hitmen can’t capture Canadian magic, fall to the Warriors
The 5,345 faithful fans at the Scotiabank Saddledome Friday night didn’t have a whole lot to cheer about through the first 40 minutes, as their third tilt of the season with the Moose Jaw Warriors seemed destined for blowoutsville. The crowd was brought to their feet during the second intermission […]
Hitmen send Grishakov to the Royals
News broke earlier this afternoon that the Calgary Hitmen traded Andrei Grishakov to the third place Victoria Royals for a third-round pick in the 2019 Western Hockey League Bantam Draft. Grishakov was in his second season with Hitmen after the club selected him 106th overall in the second round of […]
Hitmen call up Bryce Bader
The Calgary Hitmen are going through the dog days of January and have a roster riddled with absent and injured players. The club called up one of their top prospects in Bryce Bader to help them through one of the more challenging parts of the season. Even with icing three […]
Stotts saves the day in overtime
The Calgary Hitmen have gone through the gauntlet over the past few weeks trying to dress a cohesive team, but the World Junior Championship, untimely injuries and unexpected winter flu bugs have deprived them of that opportunity. For the first time this season, the Hitmen skated their top four picks […]
Hitmen battle back to end 2017 in style
The first 36 games of the 2017-18 season didn’t necessarily go the Calgary Hitmen’s way, but they wrapped up the official first half of their season with a divisional victory that has evaded them the past few weeks. Coming off the heels of a four-game sweep to the Kootenay Ice, […]
Ice sweep holiday series over Hitmen
Not even the switch to the white jerseys at home could save the Calgary Hitmen from what was basically the worst-case scenario ending to a mini series with the Kootenay Ice. Before the holiday break, the Hitmen opened up an organizational first, a four-game regular season series with the same […]
At the halfway mark : Central Division
Every team in the Central Division is within a game or two of the official halfway mark of another WHL season. Coming off the holiday break, some teams are settling into their grooves, while others could be looking at roster moves in the not-so-near future. The Central is considered the […]
Hitmen head into holiday break on a sour note
The Calgary Hitmen were 3:13 away hitting the holiday break in good spirits. Now, the holiday break will be spent figuring out how to claw back into the Central Division standings along with valuable time with rarely seen family members, following the 4-3 loss to the Kootenay Ice Sunday evening […]
Hitmen add Klassen prior to winter break
With the World Junior tournament absorbing the Calgary Hitmen’s top blue line pairing, the team announced earlier today that they added Devan Klassen to their roster. Klassen, 16, went undrafted through the Bantam Draft and currently captains the 5-13-4 Grande Prairie Ernies Sports Storm of the Alberta Midget Hockey League. […]