It’s that time again folks. We are mere hours away from the 2018-19 WHL season starting. With the start of another regular season, the hopes of all 22 fan bases are high. With the turnover every year in this developmental league, there are a whole lot of unknowns until the […]
Tag: Kamloops Blazers
Daily Dose of the Dub: Oil Kings acquire Myskiw; exodus from NHL camps back to the WHL continues
Oil Kings flood the crease, add Myskiw in deal with Wheat Kings The #OilKings have acquired goaltender Dylan Myskiw from the Brandon Wheat Kings in exchange for a conditional 5th round pick in the 2019 @TheWHL Bantam Draft. Welcome aboard, Dylan! pic.twitter.com/PIN3VltM1T — Edmonton Oil Kings (@EdmOilKings) September 19, 2018 […]
2018-19 WHL Season Previews: Kamloops Blazers
It’s that time of year again! We at the DubNetwork always try to come up with a new order for previews each year and this season we are going with least recent to most recent Ed Chynoweth Cups for our order of previews. They will run 2-to-3 a day until […]
Blazers roster down to 26; Pre-Season continues.
On Sunday, September 9th the Kamloops Blazers trimmed their roster down to a more manageable number of 26. Blazers reduced roster to 26 today (4G, 8D, 14F)Five 16yr olds re-assigned:D Ethan BrandwoodD Trevor ThurstonF Riley GinnellF Reese BeltonF Daylan Kuefler — Jon Keen (@JonKeenNLSports) September 9, 2018 Forwards Riley Ginnell (02), Reese […]
Stuart Scores two; Blazers use overtime to beat Rockets.
This game did not have two points on the line, but don’t tell these teams that. Games between Kamloops and Kelowna are always hard fought, even in the preseason. In the first period Kelowna started the scoring by cashing in on a odd play. With Max Palaga out of the […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Rosters getting trimmed
As the second week of the preseason in the WHL gets rolling along, teams are starting to trim down their rosters. While a vast majority of players being removed from the rosters, are 15 or 16-year-olds, there will be a few veteran names included. Chiefs see Hamaliuk and Chenier leave […]
WHL Players off to NHL Camps
The beginning of the WHL season brings a lot of hope, and optimism for teams, fans and players. The Western Hockey League is always well represented at NHL training camps so it will come as no surprise that this year 115 WHL’ers will be making the best impressions they can at […]
Blazers head into preseason with roster at 38
The Kamloops Blazers coaching staff and GM Matt Bardsley wrapped up training camp Monday by trimming the roster down to 38. Kamloops will bring four goaltenders, 11 defensemen, and 23 forwards into their five game pre-season which finds the team at home for the first three and on the road […]
WHL training camp roster notes
We have already done deep dives on the training camp rosters for the Regina Pats, Moose Jaw Warriors, Tri-City Americans and the Portland Winterhawks. Lets continues that trend with a look at 11 more WHL teams training camp rosters. There are some notable names missing and there are a few […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Rosters coming together for U18 Hlinka Gretzky Cup; Hurricanes and Blazers make a trade
As we near the start of the U18 Hlinka Gretzky Cup, we are finding out more of the eight competing country’s rosters. Lets take a look at some that we know. Finland’s 2018 Hlinka Gretzky Cup roster announced: Team Finland has been selected for the #HlinkaGretzkyCup. #U18fi #2019nhldraft pic.twitter.com/7e9KrEfJGo — […]