Calgary Last Week – 1-1-1-0. The Hitmen played 3 games in 3 nights starting with a 6-5 overtime loss to Regina. That was their 3rd straight OT loss. After an 8-3 win in Kootenay they returned home and lost 6-1 to Brandon. 6 of their last 11 games have gone […]
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Central Division Recap
Calgary Hitmen Last Week – 1-1-2-0, started the week with a convincing win against Red Deer, then lost 7-2 to Victoria and followed that up with losses in overtime to Lethbridge and Prince Albert. After winning 3 of 4 the Hitmen have now lost 3 straight. The Hitmen scored 10 […]
Central Division Recap
Calgary Last Week – 2-1-1-0, all 4 games were 1-goal decisions with 3 going to overtime. Overall 5 of their last 8 games have gone to extra time. Matteo Gennaro led the team with 6 goals and 1 assist including earning his 1st career hat-trick, Mark Kastelic had a big […]
Central Division Trade Deadline Recap
Calgary As written a few weeks ago, one of the strategies for the Hitmen at the deadline was to build for next year by trading some of their 19-year-olds. Before the deadline Calgary had 7 and would need to be down to the league mandated 3 before October 15th next […]
Central Division Recap January 2, 2017
Central Division Recap Calgary Last Week – 4 games – 1-1-1-1, lost twice to Medicine Hat (one in a shootout), split a pair to Edmonton (loss was in overtime), Hitmen had a lead in 3 of the 4 games. Beck Malenstyn 5 goals 1 assist, Matteo Gennaro 1 goal 4 […]
Central Division – At the Break
The Hitmen headed into the Christmas break winning 2 of their last 3 games and were winners of 5 of their last 7. So far in December Jordy Stallard has 3 goals 7 assists for a team best 10 points. Jake Bean returned after missing 16 games with an upper […]
Quarter Pole: Central Division Edition
Medicine Hat Tigers (13-5-1-0) .711 The Tigers might be the positive surprise of the division this season, after a bit of a slump last year, coach Clouston has turned the team into the early division leaders. Mason Shaw has stepped up in a big way and is among the league […]
WHL Jersey Competition Round 2: Victoria vs Prince George/Lethbridge vs Swift Current
Matchup No. 9 Victoria Royals vs Prince George Cougars Victoria Royals photos courtesy of victoriaroyals.com MT – Well how is this for a matchup, the new Victoria team against the old Victoria team. Since moving from Chilliwack in 2011 and becoming the Royals, Victoria has made no changes to their […]
Central Intelligence
Apologies for the short hiatus. But here we are about a month into the WHL season and separating 1st from 6th is just 7 points. Making the Central the tightest in the league. We’ll start in reverse order. 6. Kootenay Ice (1-5-3-1) The Ice have largely been the beneficiary of […]
Central Intelligence: Week 1 roundup
The first week of the WHL season in the Central Division consisted entirely of in-division games: six games, 12 teams, all home-and-home series. Calgary Hitmen vs. Kootenay Ice The Hitmen ran the table over the weekend, albeit just barely. The series kicked off Friday in Calgary, where a very odd situation took place. […]