Edmonton Oil Kings – 42-18-8 – Eastern Conference Final loss to the Raiders After winning only 22 games in 2017-18, expectations weren’t very high for the Edmonton Oil Kings last season. At most, it was believed they could push for the second wildcard spot in the Eastern Conference if all […]
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Oil Kings defeat the Hitmen despite an early deficit
A third-period surge from the Edmonton Oil Kings helped them come from behind to defeat the Calgary Hitmen 3-1 on home ice. The scoring began early at the Downtown Community Arena, but not in favour of the hometown Oil Kings. Calgary’s third-round pick from the 2018 draft, Rory Neill, beat Dylan […]
Summer Read: From Outhouse to Wolf, artist brings masks to life
Travis Michael of TM Kustoms – Goalie Mask Airbrushing & Sign Art uses his talent as an artist to bring goalie masks to life. Often a reflection of not only the team but the goalie himself, a mask full of artwork has become a mainstay of hockey. Since 2014, Michael […]
Off-season outlook: Edmonton Oil Kings
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 […]
Protas scores back-to-back hat tricks, Raiders move onto WHL Final with 4-2 series win
For the second game in a row, an unlikely hero emerged for the Prince Albert Raiders. It was the same hero as the last game as Aliaksei Protas stepped up with his second hat trick in as many nights. His three goals came in the first 40 minutes and helped […]
Protas hat trick leads Raiders to 4-0 win over Oil Kings, take 3-2 series lead
Usually in the playoffs, teams will look for contributors from some of the most unlikely of sources. The Prince Albert Raiders are no different despite being a high powered offense through the entire regular season and playoffs. They’ve received help every step of the way from the usual cast of […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Dawson Holt and David Tendeck win Weekly Awards, Belarus wraps up U-18 Preliminary Round
Giants’ Dawson Holt and David Tendeck take home weekly awards Forward @DawsonHolt of the @WHLGiants is your WHL On the Run Player of the Week! DETAILS ? | https://t.co/LR7d2ZmKwY pic.twitter.com/DLG0qeEVWZ — The WHL (@TheWHL) April 22, 2019 The Vancouver Giants have been quite impressive in their Western Conference Final series […]
Jake Neighbors scores overtime winner; Oil Kings tie series at one
It is sometimes hard to remember that Jake Neighbours turned 17 less than a month ago. With the playoffs in full swing all he’s done so far is put points on the board and score meaningful goals. This one came with 5:11 to play in the first overtime period, a […]
Today’s Gameday Preview: Game 2’s in Vancouver and Prince Albert
Chapter one in Round 3 has been written with the Edmonton Oil Kings falling to the Prince Albert Raiders by a single goal, and the Vancouver Giants running up the Spokane Chiefs for a 4-1 win. Both home teams were winners last night, so both higher seeds took 1-0 leads […]
Goaltender showcase in Prince Albert stakes the Raiders to a 1-0 series lead
It wasn’t meant to be like this. TheRaiders and Oil Kings headed into the night’s action as high powered offenses, scoring a lot of goals on their way to the third round matchup. Prince Albert had scored 39 goals while Edmonton had 34. This series had all the makings of […]