By Matthew Gourlie The Swift Current Broncos ended the Moose Jaw Warriors in Game 7 of the first round of last year’s playoffs at Mosaic Place. On Tuesday, the Broncos opened the 2017-18 Western Hockey League pre-season with a 4-0 win over the Warriors in the team’s annual rookie game. […]
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Newcomers bolster Warriors blue line
By Matthew Gourlie With 18 returning veterans, there were plenty of familiar faces at the Moose Jaw Warriors training camp. It was a pair of new faces on the blue line that drew a lot of attention though. Rookie Russian import Oleg Sosunov was stuck in Tampa Bay waiting for […]
Moose Jaw Warriors notebook: looking at the potential depth chart
With their training camp opening Thursday, it’s a good time to look at a possible depth chart for the Moose Jaw Warriors heading into the 2017-18 Western Hockey League season. The Warriors have 18 returning players and four more with at least a game of WHL experience. They look to […]
WHL burning questions: summer edition
We’ve entered the summer doldrums, the time when hockey fans are just itching to see their teams hit the ice. We thought it was high time to look at the WHL teams burning questions as we head into the final month before training camps. Each team will have a Face […]
East Division contenders look for gems in Import Draft
The Memorial Cup hosts were one of the busiest teams during the Canadian Hockey League’s annual import draft. The Regina Pats selected at the end of each of the draft’s two rounds, but used both of their picks to try to replace Filip Ahl and Sergey Zborovskiy. The Pats closed […]
Brook one of six Warriors headed to NHL summer camps
Josh Brook had a memorable Saturday. In the morning he was selected in the second round, 56th overall, by the Montréal Canadiens in the National Hockey League draft. That night he graduated from Goose Lake High School in Roblin, Man. The six-foot-one, 185-pound defenceman shot up draft boards as the […]
Former WHL Players taken in the NHL Expansion draft
Nine former WHL players were selected by the newest NHL franchise, Vegas Golden Knights, at tonight’s NHL Awards ceremony. The event was held at the T-Mobile Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. The very first selection made was from the Colorado Avalanche. The team finished in last place in the NHL […]
Moose Jaw Warriors Draft Overview
Moose Jaw Warriors Looking at Moose Jaw’s draft class, they really took players who brought offense and skill to their future line up. It seems as though after their first two picks they went high risk high reward type of guys who are incredibly raw. They did take a goalie […]
Game Day Playoff Edition 1
Welcome to the first of many game day previews for the duration of the playoffs. We will take a look at matchups throughout the playoffs and focus in on some players who have made an impact in their series. Medicine Hat Tigers lead 2-0 in their series with the Brandon […]
WHL playoff round one preview: Swift Current Broncos vs. Moose Jaw Warriors
Given their proximity, it has always been surprising that there hasn’t been more of a rivalry between the Moose Jaw Warriors and Swift Current Broncos. Sure there’s plenty of division-rival animosity, but neither team would consider the other their main foe. That may change starting Friday. One of the […]