Colin Priestner has had success as a musician, an automotive executive, a tennis player, & a WHL GM. We spoke with him on the upward trajectory of the Saskatoon Blades & the young talent we expect to shine this upcoming season.
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Daily Dose of the Dub: Royals bring in Lees; Fatnillo retires; Svejkovsky signs
Royals acquire Lees The Victoria Royals acquired 2000-born forward Tyler Lees on Wednesday from the Saskatoon Blades in exchange for a conditional seventh round 2019 WHL Bantam Draft Pick. He was originally a fifth round pick by the Blades in 2015 out of the Regina Pat Canadians program. The same […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Blades add McKay; Chiefs bring in Michael King
Blades trade with the Chiefs TRADE 🔄 Blades acquire veteran winger from Chiefs Details » https://t.co/iPB4zQmktf pic.twitter.com/0AptrejbYJ — Saskatoon Blades (@BladesHockey) July 12, 2018 The Saskatoon Blades announced today that they had acquired 1999-born forward Riley McKay from the Spokane Chiefs for a fourth round bantam pick in 2019 and […]
Saskatoon Blades Head Coach Mitch Love
Mitch Love joined us en route from Everett to Saskatoon: speaking about his playing career, his coaching influences, relating to today’s teenage athletes, and more
Six WHLers invited to USA Hockey’s Select 17 camp
USA Hockey has updated their website, listing the rosters for the ten color-themed teams that will make up their Select 17 camp. The camp runs June 26th-July 2nd. Those that impress will be named to the roster for the U18 Hlinka Gretzky Cup starting August sixth in Edmonton and Red […]
NHL Draft rounds six and seven – WHL round up
David Tendeck (G) – Vancouver Giants Tendeck was selected in the sixth round, 158th overall to the Arizona Coyotes. Tendeck played in 48 WHL games for the Giants and posted a 25-16-3-2 record. He had three shutouts and a .912 save percentage. He also posted a 3.02 goals against average. […]
Portland Winterhawks notebook: Kurtis Smythe signs with Portland and Henri Jokiharju gets an NHL deal
On Monday the Winterhawks signed a second round Bantam pick from the 2016 draft. Because they have not had a second round pick of their own since the now aged-out Keoni Texeira was taken 26th overall in 2012, this pick had to come from elsewhere. That place was Saskatoon as […]
2008 WHL Bantam Draft Reboot
Every once in a while hockey fans wonder what if? Could their fortunes have turned around if they had made a better pick in the draft? What about if they hadn’t made that trade, or did make that trade? Today, DUBNetwork is looking back on the 2008 WHL Bantam Draft. […]
Bantam Draft history for each WHL team’s 2018 draft position
The WHL Bantam Draft is just three days away. It’s always fun to look at the past for each team in the draft and a good way of doing that is to look back at who each team took in past years with the pick number they have this year. […]
Examining the history of the WHL Lottery
It was designed to be quick and painless. This year’s installment of the Western Hockey League Bantam Draft Lottery was quick for all and painless for four of the six teams involved. Over the years, the lottery has produced its fair share of drama and this year was no exception. […]