With the season upon us, it’s time for my annual tour around the league. I’m going to pick out one subject for each team and say what it is that I’m looking for and why it’s important. At the end of the year I’ll look back and see what the […]
Tag: Kamloops Blazers
Daily Dose of the Dub: WHL kicks off 2019-20 season
1999-born defenseman Brayden Pachal won’t be returning to the Prince Albert Raiders this season as he has signed an entry-level contract with the Vegas Golden Knights after attending training camp on an amateur try-out contract.
Blazers ready to kickoff the 2019-2020 campaign
At the beginning of the week, the Blazers roster sat at a total of 27 players, four over the team’s limit for opening night. Over the course of the week, the Blazers trimmed their roster to 23 players, which now includes nine rookies and three 16-year olds. The first move […]
WHL Gameday Preview: Friday, September 20th, 2019
DUBNetwork Feature Game of the Night: Brandon Wheat Kings @Winnipeg ICE 7:30PM CDT The WHL has officially returned. What better way to start the season than in Winnipeg for the first WHL regular season game since 1984 when the Winnipeg Warriors played their last game there before moving to Moose […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: McGrew back to Spokane, Newkirk back to Portland, WHL teams make final cuts before opening day
The Washington Capitals have assigned Aliaksei Protas (Prince Albert Raiders), Eric Florchuk (Saskatoon Blades) and Alex Kannok-Leipert (Vancouver Giants) back to the WHL.
DUBNetwork’s 2019-20 WHL Player Award Predictions
We put out our team predictions earlier today and now we release who our 21 voting contributors think will hoist the five major trophies in the WHL. Of all the player awards, this was the most lopsided. Kamloops native and forward Logan Stankoven took home 14 of the 21 votes. […]
DUBNetwork’s 2019-20 WHL team predictions
This past week, 21 different individuals that work for DUBNetwork in some scope voted on who they thought would win each of the WHL’s four divisions, who would be left on top of each conference in the playoffs and who would win the final. We also picked which team we […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Chiefs release Klassen, Blazers release Caller, More players return from NHL Camps
The Spokane Chiefs have released goaltender Reece Klassen and he is now a free agent and can pursue other hockey opportunities.
Daily Dose of the Dub: Winterhawks acquire DiLaura, Wheat Kings acquire Ginnell and so much more
The Portland Winterhawks have acquired Isaiah DiLaura from the Prince George Cougars in exchange for a 2022 seventh-round pick.
Daily Dose of the Dub: WHL Opening Week begins with flurry of moves around the league
The Ottawa Senators made 11 cuts yesterday which included sending Mads Sogaard back to the Medicine Hat Tigers and releasing Conner McDonald from his pro-tryout contract which allows him to return to the Edmonton Oil Kings for his overage season.