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. […]
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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. […]
Non-playoff season costs Brockman his job
By Les Lazaruk The Saskatoon Blades are in the market for the 21st head coach in franchise history after Dean Brockman was fired Sunday morning. That was less than 24 hours after the bridge city bunch finished a fifth consecutive season without qualifying for the playoffs, the last two of […]
Late win streak “small consolation” for Blades
By Les Lazaruk The facts are a tough pill to swallow for the Saskatoon Blades. They will finish the 2017-18 WHL regular-season with more points than five of the six teams in the Central Division and with more wins than four teams that will compete in the playoffs, starting Thursday. […]
“Old School” nasty revived in Blades victory in Prince Albert
By Les Lazaruk PRINCE ALBERT – The toughest guy affiliated with either team Friday was Raiders’ Associate Coach Dave Manson. It almost seemed as if the Saskatoon Blades and P.A. decided to play a meaningless game in his honour – mean and nasty! In a game in which there […]
Late-season swing ends with Blades on outside, looking in
BRANDON – Newsflash: The Prince Albert Raiders finally lost a game! However, it came far too late to be of any help to the Saskatoon Blades. The hoped-for return to the WHL post-season came to an end Tuesday night in Western Manitoba when the Wheat Kings kept replying quickly […]
Brandon Clinches Playoff Spot; Blades Have “Tragic Number”
By Les Lazaruk It was another weekend evening that went totally against the Saskatoon Blades’ way…only this time, one team clinched a playoff spot at their expense and the other put the Bridge City Bunch on the brink of elimination. Normally Brandon’s back-up goaltender, Dylan Myskiw stopped 29 of 31 […]