By Les Lazaruk The Saskatoon Blades responded Friday in the two ways they needed to. Coming off a less-than-impressive effort in a 7-3 loss in Regina Wednesday, the Bridge City Bunch started strong…scoring three times in the first 10 minutes…on the way to a 5-0 victory over the visiting […]
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Tigers take overtime win in Edmonton
The Medicine Hat Tigers (25-19-5-0) made their way to Edmonton to take on the Oil Kings (13-27-5-2). Earlier before the game, Mason Shaw was cleared to skate by Minnesota doctors, a big boost to Medicine Hat’s playoff hopes. Josh Dechaine got the start for Edmonton, while former first round bantam […]
WHL recap: Hay nearing record with Kamloops win; ‘Tips keep rolling
Kamloops 4 @Edmonton 2 With that win… Don Hay is now at career total 741. One win shy of tying all-time win mark in the WHL. #Kamloops — Jon Keen (@JonKeenNLSports) January 22, 2018 Quinn Benjafield and Joe Gatenby have their head coach one win away from history. The former […]
WHL recap: Volcan sparks Thunderbirds; Hurricanes and Oil Kings nab victories
Edmonton 5 Kootenay 1 The young Kootenay ICE (20-23-3-0) could be forgiven for overlooking the visiting Edmonton Oil Kings (13-26-4-2) on Friday night. They had just pulled out an exciting win on the road over the division-leading Medicine Hat Tigers and were about to have three straight games against teams […]
WHL 3-on-3 Overtime & Shootout History
3-on-3 overtime was implemented into the WHL in the 2015-16 season. 2017-18 marks the 13th season the WHL has used the shootout format. As of January 16/18 there has been 902 shootouts in WHL history. The first year there were 94 shootouts, the most in one season. Before switching […]
WHL recap: January 13th
Moose Jaw @Prince Albert Just one night after guarantee win night, the Prince Albert Raiders took on the Moose Jaw Warriors at the Art Hauser Centre. It would be the Raiders who got the early jump in this one as Jordy Stallard would score his 28th goal of the year. […]
Howden golden in return to Warriors lineup
By Matthew Gourlie A lot can change in a month. When Brett Howden left to join the Canadian world junior team, his Moose Jaw Warriors looked a lot different than they do now. Friday he returned to the lineup for the first time since winning gold and he and linemate […]
Moose Jaw rally in Edmonton
The Moose Jaw Warriors (32-6-1-2) have carved their way through there Central division swing and make their way to Edmonton to face the Oil Kings (10-23-4-2). Edmonton has struggled lately but have strung together some strong performances as of late. Brody Wilms got the start for Moose Jaw, while Josh […]
WHL recap: seven-up in Prince Albert, Wheat Kings and Tigers also win
Kootenay @Prince Albert The Kootenay ICE (18-19-3-0) were riding a two game losing skid heading into a Saskatchewan road trip. The Prince Albert Raiders (13-17-6-2) were fading from the playoff picture having gone 3-6-1-0 over the last ten games. Jordy Stallard would get the scoring going early for the Raiders, his […]
WHL Monthly Records
December 2017 Overall Moose Jaw – 13 10-1-1-1 22 Everett – 12 10-2-0-0 20 Vancouver – 11 8-2-1-0 17 Kelowna – 11 8-3-0-0 16 Seattle – 11 7-2-2-0 16 Brandon – 12 8-4-0-0 16 Saskatoon – 12 8-4-0-0 16 Swift Current – 12 8-4-0-0 16 Tri City […]