For the third straight meeting, the Moose Jaw Warriors weren’t able to hold a lead against the Medicine Hat Tigers. Saturday night, the Tigers made their comeback count as they skated away 5-3 winners in front of 3,268 at the Canalta Centre. The Warriors (39-8-1-2) had surrendered three-goal leads to […]
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Burke Provides “Comfort” for Warriors in Sunday Victory Over Blades
By Les Lazaruk Oh, the hardships of being the best! The Western Hockey League’s top team is looking for “uncomfortable” situations to be put in over the final third of the 2017-18 regular-season in order to get them “battle ready” for, what they hope will be, a long playoff […]
Even Strength and Specialty Teams
Even Strength Which teams are the best at even strength? To calculate this we have removed PP goals for and against, SH goals for and against. So these stats include 4-on-4 and 3-on-3 situations. Here are the rankings as of January 16/18. Team ES Total Moose Jaw 66 Swift […]
Halbgewachs nets 50th goal in win over Regina
By Matthew Gourlie Last season it took a heroic four-goal effort for Jayden Halbgewachs to reach the 50-goal mark. Friday night, Halbgewachs became the first Moose Jaw Warrior to score 50 goals in fewer than 50 games. The 20-year-old scored twice to lead the Warriors to a 5-3 win over […]
Points Per Game
As of January 16/18 here are the WHL players who are averaging at least 1 point per game this season. Name Team GP G A PTS PTS/G 1 Heponiemi, Aleksi SC 32 21 58 79 2.47 2 Steenbergen, Tyler SC 29 35 30 65 2.24 3 Burke, Brayden MJ […]
WHL 3-on-3 Overtime & Shootout History
3-on-3 overtime was implemented into the WHL in the 2015-16 season. 2017-18 marks the 13th season the WHL has used the shootout format. As of January 16/18 there has been 902 shootouts in WHL history. The first year there were 94 shootouts, the most in one season. Before switching […]
Warriors earn OT win in hard-fought battle
By Matthew Gourlie After three weeks of high-octane offensive hockey, the Moose Jaw Warriors contested a game that had much more of a playoff-style edge to it. Space was at a premium in the offensive zones and the area in front of each net was hotly contested Sunday afternoon as […]
WHL recap: January 13th
Moose Jaw @Prince Albert Just one night after guarantee win night, the Prince Albert Raiders took on the Moose Jaw Warriors at the Art Hauser Centre. It would be the Raiders who got the early jump in this one as Jordy Stallard would score his 28th goal of the year. […]
Howden golden in return to Warriors lineup
By Matthew Gourlie A lot can change in a month. When Brett Howden left to join the Canadian world junior team, his Moose Jaw Warriors looked a lot different than they do now. Friday he returned to the lineup for the first time since winning gold and he and linemate […]
Warriors add Clague and win seventh straight game
By Matthew Gourlie After 42 games the Moose Jaw Warriors have the best record in the Western Hockey League and are on pace for the best season in franchise history. They got significantly better at the WHL trade deadline. The Warriors acquired Kale Clague from the Brandon Wheat Kings in […]