It’s not often you see an overage player sign a professional contract and then immediately return to the WHL, but that’s exactly what happened on Thursday when Krystof Hrabik signed a two-year contract with the AHL’s San Jose Barracuda and was immediately loaned back to the Tri-City Americans.
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Medicine Hat Tigers – Weekend Preview
Coming off its only three-games-in-three nights weekend of the season – yes, it’s out of the way early – the Medicine Hat Tigers are preparing for a pair of Western Hockey League contests this weekend. If the Tigers have their way with their opponents this weekend, as they did last […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Smith returned to Chiefs, Hitmen release Krajc, Raiders and Rebels, Hurricanes and Silvertips connect on trades
The New Jersey Devils officially announced on Tuesday the decision to return defenseman Ty Smith to the Spokane Chiefs for another year of junior hockey.
Pratt bringing American flavour to the Captaincy of the Pats
The Pats have a long and storied history, but one thing is uncommon — an American captain. The Pats have only had three U.S. born captains. In 1921-22 Howard Milne, who was born in Park River, North Dakota, was the first. There is some debate if he grew up playing […]
Kinder and Teply lead ICE to tremendous start
When it comes to the Western Hockey League season, the word “grind” can be used to describe the winter long race to the Memorial Cup. From the hours on the ice training to the time in the gym and the dozens of hours spent on a bus, it’s truly exactly […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Wedman returns to Seattle, Hitmen get Kastelic back from Senators and more
Mark Kastelic has been returned to the Calgary Hitmen after attending Ottawa Senators (NHL) and Belleville Senators (AHL) training camps as an undrafted free agent.
Lambos paces ICE offence in win
The Winnipeg ICE hit the road on Thursday afternoon to Saskatchewan for their first three-in-three of the year. An undoubtedly daunting task was at hand. On Friday, they dealt with task number one, and that was beating the Saskatoon Blades. Task number two was trying to find a way to […]
WHL Gameday Preview: Sunday, September 29th, 2019
DUBNetwork Feature Game of the Night: September 29, 2019 Lethbridge Hurricanes @ Edmonton Oil Kings 4:00 PM (MDT) Central Division rivals are set to renew familiarities this afternoon, as the Lethbridge Hurricanes travel up the highway to visit the Edmonton Oil Kings. Both teams picked up victories in the opening […]
Protas and Watts lead Raiders past Pats
Regina came out with a good start to the game, similar to the first two games of the season. They were able to take a two to nothing lead into the first intermission, thanks to second star of the night Riley Krane. He opened the scoring by throwing a puck […]
WHL Gameday Preview: Friday, September 27th, 2019
DUBNetwork Feature Game of the Night: Portland Winterhawks 2-0-0-0 @ Vancouver Giants 2-0-0-0 7:30PM (PDT) It’s an early season battle of undefeated teams as the Portland Winterhawks travel to Vancouver to face-off against the Giants. Both teams won there first two games respectively this past weekend. The Giants are coming […]