Two days ago, the Calgary Hitmen unveiled the players who will suit up in Cranbrook in their Western Hockey League opener tonight the Kootenay ICE, as they hope to end the franchise’s second-longest playoff drought. The drought may be insignificant with only having to sit and watch the WHL playoffs […]
Tag: Mark Kastelic
Edmonton suffers loss in final home game
The last home game of the season for the Edmonton Oil Kings and last opportunity for their 20 year olds to play in front of their home crowd came Saturday night. The Oil Kings (21-42-6-2) took on the Calgary Hitmen (24-36-9-2) in their final two games of the season in […]
Raiders just keep winning; this time in OT over the Hitmen
The Calgary Hitmen closed the book on their season series with a 4-3 overtime loss to the Prince Albert Raiders Saturday night at the Art Hauser Centre. Mark Kastelic broke the 20-goal barrier at the 9:02 mark of the third period on the power play when he took a pass from Tristen […]
Very little goes the Blades way Friday
By Les Lazaruk It was another Friday of watching a badly-wanted WHL playoff spot become even less likely for the Saskatoon Blades. Tristen Nielsen scored the winning goal on a breakaway in overtime – the third of the game for the 18-year-old product of Fort St. John, B.C., […]
2018 NHL Draft Profiles: Mark Kastelic
Mark Kastelic doesn’t want to hear about his chances in the upcoming National Hockey League Entry Draft. It is the furthest thing from the 18-year-old’s mind as he goes through the grind of his third season with the Calgary Hitmen. “I honestly haven’t thought about it that much compared to […]
Edmonton scores late to beat the Hitmen
The Calgary Hitmen (11-19-6-1) opened the New Year with a trip up north to face the Edmonton Oil Kings (10-22-4-1). Edmonton has managed points in all four of their previous games since returning from Christmas break. Calgary opened the New Year hoping to gain ground on the Eastern Conference […]
Hitmen battle back to end 2017 in style
The first 36 games of the 2017-18 season didn’t necessarily go the Calgary Hitmen’s way, but they wrapped up the official first half of their season with a divisional victory that has evaded them the past few weeks. Coming off the heels of a four-game sweep to the Kootenay Ice, […]
Ice sweep holiday series over Hitmen
Not even the switch to the white jerseys at home could save the Calgary Hitmen from what was basically the worst-case scenario ending to a mini series with the Kootenay Ice. Before the holiday break, the Hitmen opened up an organizational first, a four-game regular season series with the same […]
Hitmen head into holiday break on a sour note
The Calgary Hitmen were 3:13 away hitting the holiday break in good spirits. Now, the holiday break will be spent figuring out how to claw back into the Central Division standings along with valuable time with rarely seen family members, following the 4-3 loss to the Kootenay Ice Sunday evening […]
Ice take out Hitmen 5-1
Michael King was crowned as the opening goal-scorer to cause a hailstorm of stuffies at Western Financial Place, leading the Kootenay Ice to a 5-1 win over the Calgary Hitmen on Teddy Bear Toss night. Just before the halfway mark of the first period, King took advantage of a loose […]
