Seattle brings in another Kootenay blue liner TRADE: T-Birds Acquire Loeden Schaufler and Pick From @WHLKootenayICE https://t.co/pEgA92cr0d pic.twitter.com/dnftP8TWOf — Seattle Thunderbirds (@SeattleTbirds) October 8, 2018 The Seattle Thunderbirds made another trade with the Kootenay ICE on Monday, bringing in 2000-born, right-handed defenseman Loeden Schaufler, a ninth-round pick in the 2019 […]
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2018-19 WHL season previews: Kootenay ICE
2017-18: 27-38-5-2 The Kootenay Ice went through monumental change in the 2017 offseason, as Jeff Chynoweth sold the franchise to Winnipeg investors Matt Cockell and Greg Fettes. Cockell brings a hockey resume as a WHL goaltending alumni with the Saskatoon Blades, Seattle Thunderbirds, Regina Pats and the Spokane Chiefs. He […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: ICE and Blades make some roster changes; Yeryomenko on his way back from Nashville
Kootenay lets go of Wegleitner; reassigns Lieffers and Streu ICE reduce roster to 26. READ >> https://t.co/DzXrU6xSpZ#OurICE pic.twitter.com/MRdrHGgoeo — Kootenay ICE (@WHLKootenayICE) September 17, 2018 The Kootenay ICE announced Monday that they had trimmed forwards Gunnar Wegleitner, Sebastian Streu and Eli Lieffers from their roster. The press release stated that […]
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 […]
Flaming Hot Takes: WHL Coaching
In my opinion, one of the things that separates the Western Hockey League from most other developmental leagues is the extremely high level of coaching. The WHL is a teaching league for everyone involved from the players, referees, scouts, general managers, journalists and that list includes the men behind the […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Preseason starts Thursday!
Saskatoon takes on Prince Albert to start the 2018 preseason The very first game of the WHL preseason takes place on Thursday at the Art Hauser Center as the Saskatoon Blades take on the Prince Albert Raiders. The two teams look to be contenders in the East Division this year […]
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 […]
Fresh Faces of the WHL: Connor McClennon
(As part of a running feature before the start of the year, we will have some features on players going into their rookie WHL seasons). A lot of the hopes of the new “ice age” in Cranbrook, B.C. rest on the shoulders of the Kootenay ICE’s top draft picks. […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: ICE make another trade; Tigers still trying to get Podkolzin; Button’s U20 team has U.S. Division flavor
Tigers trade White to the ICE: TRADE ALERT ?: The ICE have acquired forward Jaeger White (@Jwhite_19) from the @tigershockey. READ >> https://t.co/PDxR3yMtS1#OurICE pic.twitter.com/qpbWvR2acP — Kootenay ICE (@WHLKootenayICE) August 14, 2018 The Kootenay ICE brought in another overage player on Monday as they acquired 1998-born forward Jaeger White from the […]
