Calgary Last Week – 2-1-1-0, all 4 games were 1-goal decisions with 3 going to overtime. Overall 5 of their last 8 games have gone to extra time. Matteo Gennaro led the team with 6 goals and 1 assist including earning his 1st career hat-trick, Mark Kastelic had a big […]
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Central Division Trade Deadline Recap
Calgary As written a few weeks ago, one of the strategies for the Hitmen at the deadline was to build for next year by trading some of their 19-year-olds. Before the deadline Calgary had 7 and would need to be down to the league mandated 3 before October 15th next […]
Central Division Recap January 2, 2017
Central Division Recap Calgary Last Week – 4 games – 1-1-1-1, lost twice to Medicine Hat (one in a shootout), split a pair to Edmonton (loss was in overtime), Hitmen had a lead in 3 of the 4 games. Beck Malenstyn 5 goals 1 assist, Matteo Gennaro 1 goal 4 […]
Central Division – At the Break
The Hitmen headed into the Christmas break winning 2 of their last 3 games and were winners of 5 of their last 7. So far in December Jordy Stallard has 3 goals 7 assists for a team best 10 points. Jake Bean returned after missing 16 games with an upper […]
WHL Jersey Competition Round 2: Spokane vs Edmonton/Medicine Hat vs Portland
Matchup No. 13 Spokane Chiefs vs Edmonton Oil Kings Spokane Chiefs photos courtesy of spokanechiefs.com MT – A franchise that started out in Kelowna in 1982 and moved south to Spokane in 1985 wears the ever popular red, white, and blue. A very traditionalist jersey taking all its inspiration from […]
Quarter Pole: Central Division Edition
Medicine Hat Tigers (13-5-1-0) .711 The Tigers might be the positive surprise of the division this season, after a bit of a slump last year, coach Clouston has turned the team into the early division leaders. Mason Shaw has stepped up in a big way and is among the league […]
Central Intelligence
Apologies for the short hiatus. But here we are about a month into the WHL season and separating 1st from 6th is just 7 points. Making the Central the tightest in the league. We’ll start in reverse order. 6. Kootenay Ice (1-5-3-1) The Ice have largely been the beneficiary of […]
WHL Jersey Competition Round 1: Edmonton vs. Everett/Medicine Hat vs Kootenay
Matchup No. 5 Edmonton Oil Kings vs. Everett Silvertips Edmonton Oil Kings photos courtesy of oilkings.ca MT – The fourth WHL team to play in Edmonton and the third incarnation of the Oil Kings dawn the popular red, white, and blue colours. The added “gold”, or yellow if you ask […]
No Scoring on New Ice
September 24th marks the last day the Oil Kings scored a goal on home ice… Since the 2013-14 Memorial Cup run, the Edmonton Oil Kings have failed to finish in the top 15 for goals scored, a trend that’s unlikely to stop anytime soon. The WHL is cyclical, for most teams, […]
NHL Draft Spotlight: Brayden Gorda
Brayden Gorda Position: Defense (left-handed) Height: 6-foot-2 Weight: 190 pounds Birthdate: 1999-04-17 Team: Edmonton Oil Kings (WHL) [xyz-ips snippet=”Brayden-Gorda-Stats”] Stats brought to you by WHLStats.ca Scouting Report: Gorda is coming into his second season with the Edmonton Oil Kings and is expected to take on the role of a top pairing WHL […]
