This is an ongoing series as we start the long road to the 2019-20 WHL season. We will be going in the order that teams were eliminated from contention. Keep in mind that the roster guesses vary because of information made available to us. We did our very best to […]
Tag: Ryan Hughes
Raiders end the Blades season in Game 6
PRINCE ALBERT-6 SASKATOON-3 Prince Albert wins series 4-2 Game 6 A “killers’ mentality” is how Saskatoon head coach Mitch Love saw the Raiders effort in Game 6. A team that had a chance to close out the series and they were successful on Sunday afternoon in Saskatoon. Meanwhile for the […]
Blades blow two-goal lead, down two games in series with Raiders
PRINCE ALBERT-3 SASKATOON-2 Prince Albert leads series 2-0 Game 2 Hockey games can change a lot in two minutes. In order to win a series in which you are the road team, you need to win at least one game to get the series. The Saskatoon Blades looked like they […]
2019 Playoff Preview: 1E)Prince Albert Raiders vs 2E)Saskatoon Blades
1 Saskatoon @ Prince Albert Friday, April 5 7:00 2 Saskatoon @ Prince Albert Sunday, April 7 6:00 3 Prince Albert @ Saskatoon Tuesday, April 9 7:00 4 Prince Albert @ Saskatoon Wednesday, April 10 7:00 5 * Saskatoon @ Prince Albert Friday, April 12 7:00 6 * Prince Albert […]
Blades come back and beat Warriors
SASKATOON- 5 MOOSE JAW- 3 A WHL first round playoff preview took place Sunday afternoon in Saskatoon. The Saskatoon Blades and Moose Jaw Warriors will play Game 1 against each other on March 22nd. This series, along with Portland and Spokane are the only two series that are guaranteed to […]
Blades get to 40 wins with victory over Pats
The Blades get their 40th win of the season but it was bigger than just the two points. The win was also important as far as the WHL Bantam draft goes, as the Blades own the Pats first round pick and Regina stayed in 19th place. The worse the Pats […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Tracey named CHL Player of the Week; Raiders sign prospect
Tracey gets nationwide honours #CHL Player of the Week is #NHLDraft prospect and @TheWHL’s rookie scoring leader @brayden_tracey of @MJWARRIORS with 11PTS in 4GP: https://t.co/lzBgTEmfhy pic.twitter.com/uQHuo545KH — CanadianHockeyLeague (@CHLHockey) February 26, 2019 A day after winning WHL Player of the Week, Moose Jaw Warriors rookie forward Brayden Tracey was named CHL Player […]
Blades quietly putting up third best record in the WHL this season
Just last season, the Saskatoon Blades were “robbed” of a playoff spot due to the way the Western Hockey League maintains it’s playoff positioning. The bridge city team had more points and a better record than both the Lethbridge Hurricanes and the Red Deer Rebels but both of those teams […]
Portland trades Hughes to Blades for Paterson and two picks
On Thursday, the WHL’s trade deadline, Portland traded 19-year-old forward Ryan Hughes to the Saskatoon blades for fellow 1999-born forward Josh Paterson and two draft selections. In the deal, the Winterhawks received a 2020 2nd round pick, previously belonging to Swift Current. The Broncos traded this pick when they acquired […]
Winterhawks use four goal second period to defeat Thunderbirds 6-3 on New Year’s Eve
Monday night marked the 28th time the Portland Winterhawks (21-11-3-2) and Seattle Thunderbirds (11-19-4-0) got together for a New Year’s Eve matchup. The Winterhawks scored five straight goals, four in the second period, to defeat the Thunderbirds 6-3. Seattle was looking to close the gap on the near annual event, […]
