Both the Portland Winterhawks (7-5-0-1) and the Kamloops Blazers (5-6-0-1) played their second game in their weekend of three games in three nights. Portland lost 4-1 last night on the road in Spokane. Meanwhile, the Blazers departed Seattle with a convincing 7-2 victory over the the Thunderbirds. Jermaine Loewen had […]
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Kamloops not a fan of Island life; special teams not so special.
KAMLOOPS – Last weekend the Blazers were in Victoria for a pair of games vs the Royals. They ended up losing both, but did play well and had 2-0 and 3-1 leads in the second game on Saturday. The special teams battle was won by the Royals as they went […]
Flaming Hot Takes: WHL Coaching
In my opinion, one of the things that separates the Western Hockey League from most other developmental leagues is the extremely high level of coaching. The WHL is a teaching league for everyone involved from the players, referees, scouts, general managers, journalists and that list includes the men behind the […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Tri-City hires Kelly Buchberger as new head coach
The Tri-City Americans announced at a press conference today that they had hired Kelly Buchberger as their new head coach. Buchberger fills the void left when Mike Williamson stepped down from the position earlier this summer. Buchberger played in the WHL for the Moose Jaw Warriors back in 1984-85 and […]
Daily Dose of Dub: invites to NHL Development Camps going out
It’s that time of year again. Those players that were not drafted over the weekend, get scooped up to attend NHL camps of the 31 teams. So far we have come across the invite lists for 22 of the NHL’s 31 teams. Here is who each NHL team has invited […]
WHL links and notes: who will get drafted from the WHL this weekend?
It’s been a long year for NHL scouts both professional and armchair. Their year officially concludes this weekend with the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, which starts tonight. Let’s take a look at the WHL players listed in the final NHL Central Scouting Service’s final rankings and where they were through the […]