Friday, September 3 Thunderbirds add King from Warriors ACQUIRED | The Seattle Thunderbirds have acquired defenseman Cory King from the Moose Jaw Warriors in exchange for a sixth round pick in the 2024 Bantam Draft. More about him here ? https://t.co/6JqKcpj7Ya pic.twitter.com/Phj4vD6QGr — Seattle Thunderbirds (@SeattleTbirds) September 3, 2021 The […]
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Plus/Minus The CHL Import Draft
PLUS/MINUS The CHL Import Draft The CHL import draft is like playing Uno. There are so many different colors (countries), each card has its own unique characteristic (positions) and the wild cards can save you or burn you (will they come to North America or stay home?). There is no […]
Regina Pats: the week leading up to the trade deadline, a history
In the past few seasons, the Regina Pats have been active just prior to the WHL trade deadline. Here are some of the trades the Pats have made in the week leading up to the January 10th deadline. The first date just happens to be January 3, one week […]
Daily Dose of the DUB: Wheat Kings sold, alumni signings, and more
Brandon Wheat Kings sold by McCrimmon BREAKING NEWS: The Brandon Wheat Kings have been sold to the J&G Group of Companies. ?: https://t.co/s7s4XCK28A pic.twitter.com/ep9Ygs921m — Brandon Wheat Kings (@bdnwheatkings) September 8, 2020 Following 28 years as owner of the Brandon Wheat Kings, Kelly McCrimmon has sold the franchise to […]
Pats This Week: Minor league alumni update
This week we’re looking at Pats alumni playing in the AHL and ECHL. Matt Bradley (2017-18) In 2018-19, Bradley’s first pro season saw him play in 66 games for the ECHL’s Newfoundland Growlers, where he collected 15 goals and 30 assists. It was also the Growlers’ first season as a franchise. […]
Blades add to blue line with import signings
The Saskatoon Blades appear to have their defense core ready to go for the 2019-20 Western Hockey League season with signing its two 2019 import-drafted players to standard player agreements. Selected 55th and 115th overall by Saskatoon in the 2019 Canadian Hockey League Import Draft, 19-year-old Libor Zabransky and 17-year-old […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Almeida signs ELC, gets 100th point; Sutter hits 500 wins
Almeida signs BREAKING: Justin Almeida (@justinalmeida27) signs NHL Entry-Level contract w/ @penguins DETAILS: https://t.co/E5aJuLqgXv pic.twitter.com/nCeAFBFCnp — Moose Jaw Warriors (@MJWARRIORS) March 9, 2019 Moose Jaw Warriors forward Justin Almeida signed his entry-level contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday. The 1999-born was drafted by the Penguins in the fifth round (129th overall) […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: WHL hands out monthly awards; six alumni given Canada West awards
Monthly Awards 2019 #NHLDraft prospect @brayden_tracey of @MJWARRIORS is your WHL @CanadianJerky Player of the Month! DETAILS ? | https://t.co/0WkIg3ye96 pic.twitter.com/FBbTG7tRy7 — The WHL (@TheWHL) February 28, 2019 After being named both CHL and WHL Player of the Week, Moose Jaw Warriors rookie forward Brayden Tracey was named WHL Player of the […]
Henry’s hat-trick sends Regina to Memorial Cup semi-final and ends Swift Current’s season
Counting the preseason, the Swift Current Broncos were playing in their 106th game of the 2017-18 campaign on Wednesday evening. It was also the last game of the round robin in the Mastercard Memorial Cup and would turn out to be their last as they fell 6-5 to the host […]
Kubic and the Pats offense thwart Broncos to tie the series
The Swift Current Broncos had a 2-1 edge in this series over the Regina Pats before this game. But a twist of fate has evened out the series again. During the latest Manny In The Morning interview by Ryan Switzer, Broncos head coach, Manny Viveiros explained, “Regina played very well.” […]