By Matthew Gourlie Justin Almeida learned the value of opportunities early in his hockey career. The 18-year-old Moose Jaw Warriors centre is making the most of the opportunity to play a big role on the high-flying top-ranked team in the Western Hockey League. Almeida has been one of the breakout […]
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WHL in NHL Draft Rankings
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 […]
Burke Provides “Comfort” for Warriors in Sunday Victory Over Blades
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 […]
Shots, shots, shots, shots, shots, shots
Red Deer didn’t see it coming. No one did. The Moose Jaw Warriors are the second ranked team in the entire Canadian Hockey League and even they didn’t see it coming. 69. The number of times the Warriors put the puck on the Red Deer net. An inconceivable number of […]
Warriors survive Tigers comeback
By Matthew Gourlie Friday night Brayden Burke was face-down on the Mosaic Place ice, in a lot of pain, trying desperately to get off the ice. Tuesday night Burke was face-down on the ice with a broad smile on his face a second after potting a late game-winning goal. What […]
Almeida hat trick helps Warriors to bounce-back win over Royals
By Matthew Gourlie The Moose Jaw Warriors have been one of the Western Hockey League’s best teams so far this season. For the first time in two weeks they played like it on Tuesday night. The Warriors put together a strong effort and beat the Victoria Royals 7-4 at Mosaic […]
Saskatoon steals a point with stirring comeback
By Matthew Gourlie The Saskatoon Blades are a team that doesn’t go down easily. That is a lesson that the Moose Jaw Warriors should have absorbed on Saturday night as they struggled to hold off the Blades. It seemed, on Tuesday, that they had not. The Warriors raced out to […]
Blades captain quells Warrior uprising
By Les Lazaruk Blocking shots, deflecting passes, clearing the front of the net; that all falls under the job description of Saskatoon Blades’ captain Evan Fiala. Scoring late game-winning goals,not so much in the defenceman’s wheelhouse. But, that was the biggest part of the 20-year-old’s role in Wednesday’s 5-4 […]
