Just a couple weeks after Seattle Thunderbirds forward Sami Moilanen skipped out on his 19-year-old season in the WHL to play professionally in his home country of Finland, Swift Current Broncos winger Aleski Hepoiniemi and Regina Pats forward Emil Oksanen followed his path back to Suomi. It was announced on […]
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Sami Moilanen reportedly returning to Finland
It has been reported that 1999-born Finnish winger Sami Moilanen is leaving the Seattle Thunderbirds to return to play in Finland. He will reportedly join Tappara of the Liiga league for the 2018-19 campaign. Tapparalle kaksi hyökkääjäsopimusta ➡https://t.co/Hm0LqkZEPQ#Tappara #Tampere #Liiga pic.twitter.com/IbXpIST7ty — Tappara Official (@Tapparaofficial) May 15, 2018 Tappara has […]
Portland Winterhawks Mike Johnston looks back on 2017-18 campaign and forward towards next year
The 2017-18 season was the eighth in the WHL for Mike Johnston, the head coach, general manager and vice president of the Portland Winterhawks, over the past 10 years. His two different tenures in that span has seen four trips to the WHL final and one Ed Chynoweth Cup as […]
Zamula and Oksanen sign on to join Memorial Cup hosts
Today it was announced that both Egor Zamula and Emil Oksanen have signed with the Regina Pats’ hockey club. The Pats had lost both Filip Ahl and Sergei Zborovskiy to the pro ranks following their run to the WHL Championship finals last year. Egor Zamula was drafted 60th overall in […]
Busy week for Wheat Kings players and management
NHL Development Camps Underway By the end of this week, there will have been a total of seven current Brandon Wheat Kings players take the ice wearing the logo of a National Hockey League team, doing their best to show case their talents in hopes of obtaining an invite to […]
B.C. Division teams look to replace productive imports
The CHL Import Draft has come and gone again, amid the usual curiosity and controversies. The seven players chosen by B.C. Division teams have a tough act to follow. They come in behind a host of imports that have had an enormous impact in recent years. Prince George Cougars With […]
A look at Pats second round import pick Emil Oksanen
Today we had the good fortune of being approached by Marco Bombino. Marco is a writer for McKeen’s Hockey, Finn Prospects and Finnish website Jatkoaika. He is the creator of Finnish Junior Hockey as well. Seeing as the Pats selected Finnish Prospect Emil Oskanen, he wanted to give fans of the […]
East Division contenders look for gems in Import Draft
The Memorial Cup hosts were one of the busiest teams during the Canadian Hockey League’s annual import draft. The Regina Pats selected at the end of each of the draft’s two rounds, but used both of their picks to try to replace Filip Ahl and Sergey Zborovskiy. The Pats closed […]
10 Possible CHL Import Draft Picks
A fan requested that we publish a list of some of the eligible and potentially available players for the upcoming Import Draft. Here are a few names that have been bandied about, courtesy of Brayden Sullivan of Draft Geek! You can find him @sullydraftgeek on twitter. Name: Ostap Safin […]