Prince Albert 4 Kootenay 3 The Prince Albert Raiders (22-20-9-2) fell two points back of the Saskatoon Blades when the Blades took down the Kootenay ICE (23-28-3-0) 5-3 on Tuesday. They made up those two points by dispatching the ICE themselves 4-3 on Wednesday evening. It was not an easy time […]
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Gawdin leads Broncos 5-3 over Ice
Glenn Gawdin notched a hat trick to lead the Swift Current Broncos to a 5-3 win over the Kootenay Ice in a penalty-riddled affair on Saturday at Western Financial Place. The two teams were tied up 3-3 going into the final frame, however, Gawdin tallied his hat trick for the […]
Ice get outworked in 5-2 loss to Oil Kings
Despite a strong two-goal performance from Brett Davis, the Kootenay Ice were unable to handle the Edmonton Oil Kings in a 5-2 loss at Western Financial Place on Wednesday evening. Tomas Soustal, Nick Bowman, Colton Kehler, Brett Kemp and Trey Fix-Wolansky all scored for the Oil Kings while Todd Scott […]
Ice offence explodes in 7-3 win over ‘Canes
In the span of just over two minutes, the Kootenay Ice tallied four goals en route to a 7-3 win over the Lethbridge Hurricanes on Tuesday night in Western Financial Place It was an offensive outburst so hot, it set off fire alarms in the arena. Okay, further investigation revealed […]
WHL in NHL Draft Rankings
There are many, many NHL Draft Rankings that are available for hockey fans to view and it’s always interesting to see where WHL players rank. There are roughly a dozen rankings that are reliable and updated on a regular basis. Here are a few of those rankings that have been […]
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 […]
Krebs lifts Ice 4-3 over Hitmen
Good things come in threes. The Kootenay Ice picked up their third straight win against the Calgary Hitmen in as many games, starting off the second half of the season by going the distance for a 4-3 OT finish on Wednesday night in Cranbrook. Rookie Peyton Krebs tallied the game-winner […]
Ice take out Hitmen 5-1
Michael King was crowned as the opening goal-scorer to cause a hailstorm of stuffies at Western Financial Place, leading the Kootenay Ice to a 5-1 win over the Calgary Hitmen on Teddy Bear Toss night. Just before the halfway mark of the first period, King took advantage of a loose […]
WHL recap: Minulin nets OT winner; Gauthier shuts down ICE
Swift Current 5 Prince Albert 4 (OT) With Tyler Steenbergen out nursing an unknown ailment, the Swift Current Broncos (20-6-2-0) were going to need their newly acquired secondary scoring to step up. Matteo Gennaro did that in a big way Tuesday. He assisted on four of his team’s five goals […]
WHL recap: ICE skate past a weary Blazers squad
Kootenay 4 @Kamloops 0 The miles put on the road seemed to catch up with the Kamloops Blazers (13-15) on Sunday afternoon. They had hosted the Everett Silvertips on Friday, went down for a game Saturday night with the Seattle Thunderbirds in Kent, WA and then went back home for […]