Kennewick, Wa. Both the Tri-City Americans (22-14-5-0, 49 pts.) and the Portland Winterhawks (25-13-1-2, 53 pts.) made some moves this week at the trade deadline to build for a deep playoff run. Defenseman Jake Bean made his debut for the Americans last night to the delight of the home crowd. […]
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Injury riddled Americans down Blazers 4-1 in Kamloops
Kamloops, B.C. Both the Tri-City Americans (22-12-5-0, 49 pts.) and the Kamloops Blazers (17-20-1-2, 37 pts.) were looking a little different on Sunday evening. The Americans completed a monster trade on Saturday evening which sent forward Carson Focht and defenseman Dakota Krebs to the Calgary Hitmen in exchange for defenseman Jake […]
Hitmen receive a haul for the hometown kid
The Americans ended up with the gold medal from the World Junior Championship they deeply desired, expect it was the Canadian Jake Bean heading to Kennewick, Wash., instead of Team USA winning gold in Buffalo, N.Y. Slightly more than 24 hours removed from receiving his gold medal, local defenceman Bean […]
Americans pull off deal for Bean
The most anticipated trade of the season happened four days prior to the Jan. 10 deadline. The Calgary Hitmen have dealt 19-year-old defenceman Jake Bean to the Tri-City Americans for the 17-year-old forward Carson Focht, 18-year-old defenceman Dakota Krebs, a second-round pick in the 2018 WHL Bantam Draft, a first-round […]
Hitmen special teams clicks without key contributors
It’s hard to imagine how any team could see a drastic improvement in their special team play after subtracting their top defensive unit and leading scorer. But that’s exactly what the Calgary Hitmen accomplished last month. Their penalty kill lacked execution and owned percentage at 63.4 per cent in November. […]
WHL at the World Junior Championships day 10
Denmark 3 Belarus 2 (SO) It was another thriller of a relegation game on Thursday afternoon in Buffalo. The Danes, behind an invigorated Portland Winterhawks winger Joachim Blichfeld, took a 2-0, first period lead. Blichfeld assisted on both Dane goals and that gave him four points in his last four […]
WHL at the World Junior Champiosnhips day five
Czech Republic 6 Belarus 5 Belarus (0-4) and the Czech Republic (2-1) played a thriller in the opening game on Saturday. Belarus took a 2-0 lead in the second period but the Cezchs reeled off five goals in a row to take a 5-2 lead in the third period. Red […]
WHL at the World Junior Championships day four
Russia 5 Belarus 2 Russia (2-1) kept themselves in the running for the top spot in Group B with a 5-2 win over Belarus (0-3). They scored twice in the first, added another goal in the third and then held off the Belorussians, who were able to find the net […]
WHL at the World Junior Championships day two
Switzerland 3 Belarus 2 Belarus (0-2) looked on the verge of winning their first game at the WJCs since 2007, after taking a 2-1 lead in the third period after Viktor Bovbel notched a power play goal. Instead, Switzerland (1-0) stormed back and got goals from Valentin Nussbaumer and Phillipp […]
WHL at the World Junior Championships day one
Czech Republic 5 Russia 4 The Czech Republic opened the 2018 IIHF U-20 World Junior Championships with a shocking upset of the Russians. The 56th ranked prospect by Future Considerations Martin Kaut led the way with three assists, while the 5th ranked prospect by the same publication, Filip Zadina potted […]