Brendan De Jong and Stelio Mattheos head back to the WHL The #Canes have assigned three players to their Junior teams. ?: https://t.co/IyA8K4pODy pic.twitter.com/ZOV60Y87mK — Carolina Hurricanes (@NHLCanes) September 16, 2018 -As expected, Brendan De Jong, the 1998-born defenseman was sent back to the Portland Winterhawks and Stelio Mattheos, the […]
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Stotts, Yeryomenko picked in NHL Entry Draft
Rarely does a trade work out so well for all the parties involved as it did when the Swift Current Broncos and Calgary Hitmen constructed a blockbuster Nov. 25. The Hitmen sent a pair of veteran, two-way forwards in Matteo Gennaro and Beck Malenstyn along with a 2018 fifth-round pick […]
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 […]
Edmonton suffers loss in final home game
The last home game of the season for the Edmonton Oil Kings and last opportunity for their 20 year olds to play in front of their home crowd came Saturday night. The Oil Kings (21-42-6-2) took on the Calgary Hitmen (24-36-9-2) in their final two games of the season in […]
Hitmen chill Ice in shootout
As the season winds down and the Calgary Hitmen play out the string on what could be the fourth-worst season in franchise history, the club is playing decent hockey and borrowed a phrase from the legendary hip-hop group Cypress Hill, decideding that they “Ain’t goin’ out like that.” The Hitmen […]
Hitmen take game – Tigers take the Central Division title
Calgary 3 @Medicine Hat 1 This was probably not the way that the Medicine Hat Tigers (35-27-8-0) wanted to clinch the Central Division title. Despite dropping a 3-1 contest to the Calgary Hitmen (22-36-9-2), due to three, third period goals, a Lethbridge loss, sealed the ninth division title in Tigers franchise history. […]
Raiders just keep winning; this time in OT over the Hitmen
The Calgary Hitmen closed the book on their season series with a 4-3 overtime loss to the Prince Albert Raiders Saturday night at the Art Hauser Centre. Mark Kastelic broke the 20-goal barrier at the 9:02 mark of the third period on the power play when he took a pass from Tristen […]
Hitmen only need final 20 minutes to silence Rebels
Sometimes when teams get into a groove, they think they can settle in. Red Deer has seen both sides of getting into a groove this season and of late. It seems the team is settling into the wrong side of the groove. Red Deer has been allowing teams to control […]
Battle in Red Deer sends Hitmen and Rebels to OT
It was another one of those games in the schedule where you could miss it. If you weren’t paying attention, you’d look past it and see the three games in three nights coming up. You might think this game isn’t as important as some of the other games remaining down […]
WHL in NHL Draft Rankings
There are many, many NHL Draft Rankings that are available for hockey fans to view and it’s always interesting to see where WHL players rank. There are roughly a dozen rankings that are reliable and updated on a regular basis. Here are a few of those rankings that have been […]
