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BRANDON – Newsflash: The Prince Albert Raiders finally lost a game! However, it came far too late to be of any help to the Saskatoon Blades. The hoped-for return to the WHL post-season came to an end Tuesday night in Western Manitoba when the Wheat Kings kept replying quickly […]
By Les Lazaruk What was dormant for three games came alive and was responsible for a badly-needed Saskatoon Blades’ victory Tuesday night. The bridge city bunch broke a string of 13 consecutive power play chances without scoring by notching four goals on seven opportunities in a wild and wooly […]
By Les Lazaruk A former friend did to the Saskatoon Blades Friday what he had done many times on their behalf last season. Logan Flodell stopped 43 of 46 shots to backstop the Lethbridge Hurricanes to a 5-3 victory over the Bridge City Bunch. While 20-year-old Regina product Flodell […]
By Les Lazaruk The Saskatoon Blades have a “two-strike” count against them. With 10 games remaining in the regular-season, the Bridge City Bunch needs to avoid a third strike or hope that it doesn’t put them out…of the playoffs! For the second time in two weeks, the blue and […]
By Les Lazaruk Turn-about, obviously, is fair play. That has been pointed out previously this season with the Saskatoon Blades and it happened again Saturday night. After allowing the last five goals Friday in a 6-3 loss in Brandon, the bridge city bunch scored four unanswered tallies in the […]
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 […]
By Les Lazaruk Oh, the hardships of being the best! The Western Hockey League’s top team is looking for “uncomfortable” situations to be put in over the final third of the 2017-18 regular-season in order to get them “battle ready” for, what they hope will be, a long playoff […]
Victoria Royals center Eric Florchuk was just five-foot-four a few years ago. He grew an incredible nine inches in a short span and got himself on the radar of WHL teams. His bantam draft stock rose nearly as much as his height. It surged so much so, that the Royals […]
Victoria, BC – Dante Hannoun looks primed for a giant season. Noticeably one of the best players in training camp and preseason, the Victoria Royals (4-0-0) dynamo has continued that solid play into the regular season. In a Sunday afternoon battle versus the Kamloops Blazers (0-5-0), Hannoun led the Royals past the […]
