For a player in the middle of his 17-year-old season in the WHL, Dylan Cozens of the Lethbridge Hurricanes has already played in a lot of big games. He played in 12 WHL playoff games in his 15-year-old season and 16 last year. He also played in key roles for […]
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2019 NHL Draft Profile: Peyton Krebs
In 2015-16, the Kootenay ICE were in a free fall. They suffered their worst season in franchise history, winning only 12 games. That poor season landed them with the first-overall pick in the 2016 WHL Bantam Draft. They chose center Peyton Krebs from Okotoks, Alta. Krebs, who was point-a-game in […]
2019 NHL Draft Profiles: Clay Hanus
Next up in DubNetwork’s NHL Drat Profile spotlight is Portland Wiinterhawks defenseman Clay Hanus. He was named a “C” prospect in the Players to Watch rankings released by NHL Central Scouting. This means that they feel he could be drafted in the fifth, sixth or seventh rounds of the 2019 […]
2019 NHL Draft Profiles: Dustin Wolf
(In the very first of a weekly segment here, we will start our 2019 NHL Draft profiles on DubNetwork with Everett Silvertips goalie Dustin Wolf. We will then be giving you one each Tuesday at 9am until the end of the regular season). For the first time in several seasons, […]
Daily Dose of Dub: invites to NHL Development Camps going out
It’s that time of year again. Those players that were not drafted over the weekend, get scooped up to attend NHL camps of the 31 teams. So far we have come across the invite lists for 22 of the NHL’s 31 teams. Here is who each NHL team has invited […]
NHL Draft rounds four and five – WHL round up
Joel Hofer (G) – Swift Current Broncos Hofer was selected in the fourth round 107th overall to the St. Louis Blues. Hofer played in 19 games and had a 8-3-1-1 record. He recorded one shutout and a .914 save percentage to go with a 2.61 goals against average. Hofer was […]
NHL Draft rounds two and three – WHL round up
This slow emergence of WHL players being drafted continued with just two picks in the second round. The defensemen from the league led the way with the first four picks. The emergence of WHL forwards began with picks 92 and 93. Jett Woo (D) – Moose Jaw Warriors Woo was […]
Alexander Alexeyev gets drafted by the Washington Capitals
The WHL saw another defenseman get selected at the 2018 NHL Entry Draft when the Washington Capitals took Red Deer Rebels blue liner Alexander Alexeyev with the 31st pick – the last in the first round. Red Deer has quite the recent history of developing defensemen into top-three round picks. […]
Ty Smith drafted by the New Jersey Devils
The WHL saw their first player get drafted into the NHL at the entry draft in Dallas, Texas as defenseman Ty Smith was selected 17th overall by the New Jersey Devils. Smith went the entire season as the top-ranked WHL draft eligible and so it was no surprise to see […]
WHL links and notes: who will get drafted from the WHL this weekend?
It’s been a long year for NHL scouts both professional and armchair. Their year officially concludes this weekend with the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which starts tonight. Let’s take a look at the WHL players listed in the final NHL Central Scouting Service’s final rankings and where they were through the […]