As each Western Hockey League team hits the 18-game mark, they pass the quarter pole of the season. DUBnetwork took a look at the Central Division with a 25 per cent of the season in the books. The Central Division was expected to be wide open this year with the […]
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Tigers get the best of Schneider in his return
A controversial goal reversal robbed the Calgary Hitmen of one point in the standings, took away a chance to split a brief home-and-home series with the Medicine Hat Tigers and spoiled the return of goaltender Nick Schneider. There was no pre-game ceremony or video tribute for the former Tiger, as […]
Hitmen hammer Hurricanes in the first, skate to a 6-3 win
Saturday night at the Scotiabank Saddledome carried a different story than the night before at the Enmax Centre, but the ending remained the same. In the Calgary Hitmen’s second home-and-home series this season, this time featuring the Lethbridge Hurricanes, the Hitmen swept the affair with a pair of convincing 6-3 […]
Hitmen make a splash with the addition of Orca Wiesblatt
At 16 years old, Orca Wiesblatt was nearing on top of the junior hockey world. He helped the Brooks Bandits capture the Alberta Junior Hockey League title and came within one goal of winning the franchises’ second Royal Bank Cup. Despite all the team success, Wiesblatt wanted something different. Growing […]
2018 NHL Draft profiles: Tristen Nielsen
Spending the formative years of his youth in Fort St. John, B.C., the only barrier Calgary Hitmen left winger Tristen Nielsen had to break down was a sheet of plywood produced locally at the Peace Valley OSB plant. Once hockey season ended and summer arrived — where average daily high […]
Third period meltdown burns Hitmen
The Calgary Hitmen’s leading goal scorer had the puck on his stick as time ticked away in the third period of a tie game. Standing from the same general area where he netted two power play goals earlier, he fired off a quick snap shot, beating Spokane Chiefs rookie netminder […]
Gauthier’s greatness can’t carry Cougars past Hitmen
Taylor Gauthier couldn’t have dreamt a of better performance for his debut at the Scotiabank Saddledome. The Calgary native stepped onto the ice at the Dome for the first time since he was six and did everything in his power to backstop his Prince George Cougars against the team he […]
Hart-less performance in Calgary
When the 4,982 fans showed up to catch their only glimpse of the Everett Silvertips for the next two years, they knew they were going to see some great goaltending. What they didn’t know, was that it wasn’t coming from the two-time Del Wilson Memorial Trophy winner Carter Hart, who […]
Hitmen release Reagan
Someone was going to be the odd man out eventually. When the Calgary Hitmen broke training camp in late August, there were two main questions circling the team like a tornado: the goaltending depth and the 20-year-old situation. The Hitmen opened camp with four 20-year-old players; Matteo Gennaro, Jakob Stukel, […]
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 […]