A week of homecomings… The Tri-City Americans got two key overage forwards back from the AHL last week. They also finally got to play at the Toyota Center after starting the season with five straight road games. The San Jose Barracuda announced on October 3rd that they had signed Czech […]
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Daily Dose of the Dub: BREAKING: Warriors acquire Hardy from Giants
It’s not often you see an overage player sign a professional contract and then immediately return to the WHL, but that’s exactly what happened on Thursday when Krystof Hrabik signed a two-year contract with the AHL’s San Jose Barracuda and was immediately loaned back to the Tri-City Americans.
Warm providing Americans with consistent goaltending
The Tri-City Americans were set up for a hard weekend. They were playing two tough road games against the Seattle Thunderbirds and Spokane Chiefs, both of which have potent play makers who can put the puck in the net. Over the two games though, only one puck got into the […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Raiders acquire Watts, CHL unveils team of the week, Weekly Report notes
The Prince Albert Raiders have acquired forward Brayden Watts from the Vancouver Giants in exchange for a fifth-round pick in the 2021 WHL Bantam Draft.
2019-20 WHL Season Previews: Tri-City Americans
Last Season: 34-28-5-1-74 points. They finished in the first wild card spot. Their first season under their new head coach Kelly Buchberger was one where most of the big names turned professional. This included Morgan Geekie, who signed a late contract with Carolina, and Michael Rasmussen, who played in 62 […]
Off-season outlook: Tri-City Americans
This is an ongoing series as we start the long road to the 2019-20 WHL season. We will be going in the order that teams were eliminated from contention. Keep in mind that the roster guesses vary because of information made available to us. We did our very best to […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Habscheid earns 500th win; Hagel breaks franchise record; Everett books ticket to postseason
Habscheid joins 500 club Congratulations to Raiders Head Coach Marc Habscheid on recording his 500th career WHL win tonight! — Prince Albert Raiders (@PARaidersHockey) February 10, 2019 Prince Albert Raiders head coach Marc Habscheid earned his 500th career WHL coaching win Saturday night against the Lethbridge Hurricanes. The Swift Current native started […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Americans acquire Schmiemann; Royals remain last unbeaten team
Calgary ships Schmiemann south BREAKING: #WHLHitmen have acquired a fourth-round selection in the 2019 WHL Bantam Draft and a conditional fifth-round pick in 2020 from the Tri-City Americans in exchange for Dom Schmiemann. Details ➡️ https://t.co/BEkNv1F7Xv pic.twitter.com/7gW84audni — Calgary Hitmen (@WHLHitmen) October 6, 2018 The Tri-City Americans have acquired 6’4″ […]
Edmonton suffers loss in final home game
The last home game of the season for the Edmonton Oil Kings and last opportunity for their 20 year olds to play in front of their home crowd came Saturday night. The Oil Kings (21-42-6-2) took on the Calgary Hitmen (24-36-9-2) in their final two games of the season in […]