Prior to Hockey Canada announcing the 66 players who would comprise three Canadian teams at the IIHF U17 World Hockey Challenge next month, Cole Sillinger of the Medicine Hat Tigers being named was by many accounts a foregone conclusion. While nobody was taking anything for granted, Sillinger’s performance out of […]
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Daily Dose of the Dub: Goalie shuffling in WHL, released overagers find new teams, Weekly report and more
The Prince Albert Raiders have acquired goaltender Duncan McGovern from the Winnipeg ICE for an eighth-round pick in the 2022 WHL Bantam Draft.
Tigers knock off road weary Blades
On a Tuesday night in Medicine Hat when the Tigers organization celebrated the anniversary of its first Western Hockey League game, the hosts welcomed another storied franchise to Canalta Centre. The Saskatoon Blades, an original WHL franchise, arrived in the Gas City after dismantling the Calgary Hitmen 9-3 Monday afternoon. […]
Medicine Hat Tigers – Weekend Preview
Coming off its only three-games-in-three nights weekend of the season – yes, it’s out of the way early – the Medicine Hat Tigers are preparing for a pair of Western Hockey League contests this weekend. If the Tigers have their way with their opponents this weekend, as they did last […]
2019-20 WHL Season Previews: Medicine Hat Tigers
Medicine Hat Tigers: Last Season: 35-27-4-2 (4th in Central Division) Despite a first-round playoff exit last season, the Medicine Hat Tigers were able to complete the regular season well above .500. There have been plenty of off-season adjustments, which we note later in this piece. For certain, the powers-that-be are […]
Dru Krebs: All in the family
It is an inevitable part of his short-term future — questions about the hockey dynamics that have firmly entrenched the family name on the Western Hockey League landscape. Yet the insightful and animated 16-year-old defenceman from Okotoks, Alberta, seems to take it all in stride these days. Dru Krebs, who […]
2019 NHL Draft Profile: Peyton Krebs
In 2015-16, the Kootenay ICE were in a free fall. They suffered their worst season in franchise history, winning only 12 games. That poor season landed them with the first-overall pick in the 2016 WHL Bantam Draft. They chose center Peyton Krebs from Okotoks, Alta. Krebs, who was point-a-game in […]