West calls 2,500th game Tonight the Voice of the Americans, Craig West, will call his 2,500th WHL game. Congrats on the milestone, Westie! 🎙#AmsNation pic.twitter.com/W9aoz6bIla — Tri-City Americans (@TCAmericans) March 15, 2022 Tri-City Americans play-by-play broadcaster Craig West called his 2,500th DUB game on Tuesday night. Congratulations to Westie! […]
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33 WHL alumni sign new deals on day one of NHL free agency
Free agency opened on Thursday afternoon in the National Hockey League and although the deals will continue to roll in, as of this writing 33 former WHL players have signed new contracts. The contracts dolled out ranged from one-year, two-way deals worth as little as $750,000 to Brayden Point’s […]
Daily Dose of the DUB: BC Division teams get government funding, Pats and Royals make a deal, alumni moves in the NHL, and more!
WHL clubs to get a piece of $11-million pie #WHL teams receive BC government funding ? | Brian Wiebe (@brian_wiebe) ? | https://t.co/UJ9W9mB367#DUBNetwork #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/o8RtLubPOr — DUBNetwork (@dub_network) July 28, 2021 The BC Ministry of Tourism, Arts, Culture and Sport announced on Tuesday it has formed the Amateur Sport League […]
Boys of Summer: BC athletes train while giving back
The Boys of Summer Where can you see NHL stars face-off against the WHL’s first player with exceptional status in the middle of summer? Only at the Boys of Summer charity tournament in British Columbia. Many fans of the sport of hockey have heard of Da Beauty League, a summer […]
The long way from Portland to Seattle (Kraken)
With the official announcement of Seattle’s NHL team name, hockey fans are now asking a new question: who will be the first players to pull on the Kraken jersey for a game? Furthermore, which former Winterhawks might we see as part of the inaugural Kraken team? As we hope […]
2010 WHL Bantam Draft reboot
Here we have it, the third article in what I hope continues to be a yearly adventure down memory lane: redrafting the 2010 WHL Bantam Draft. These links will take you to the 2008 and 2009 Reboots. Of course, I have the advantage of hindsight. None of what I […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: WHL hands out weekly awards; Chiefs extend GM
Weekly Awards 2019 #NHLDraft prospect @brayden_tracey of the @MJWARRIORS is your WHL On the Run Player of the Week! DETAILS ?| https://t.co/MmdvSMis0h pic.twitter.com/gCArHdZxnk — The WHL (@TheWHL) February 25, 2019 Moose Jaw Warriors forward Brayden Tracey has been named WHL Player of the Week after posting 11 points (6G, 5A) in four […]
Skyler McKenzie moving on to the pro ranks
On July 3rd, the Winnipeg Jets announced that they had signed 1998-born forward Skyler McKenzie if the Portland Winterhawks to a three-year entry-level contract. The five-foot-eight, 158 pound native of Sherwood Park, Alberta was drafted by the Jets in the seventh round of the 2017 draft, 198th overall. His recollection […]