Seattle 10 @Spokane 3 It was stat night Sunday evening in Spokane as the Seattle Thunderbirds (15-14-3-1) scored a season-high 10 goals in crushing the Spokane Chiefs (18-13-1-2). Nolan Volcan led the way for the T-birds with his first career five-point game, but rookies Nikita Malukhin (two goals), Jake Lee […]
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Spokane finally solves Portland 6-3
It was a night of returns and absences for the Portland Winterhawks, Saturday at Veteran Memorial Coliseum. They faced their first of what could be many games without defenseman Henri Jokiharju (Finland) and forwards Joachim Blichfeld (Denmark) and Kieffer Bellows (USA) who are all vying for roster spots on their […]
WHL recap: Thompson leads streaking Wheat Kings; Kelowna, Seattle and Spokane all win
Kelowna 7 @Prince Albert 3 The Kelowna Rockets (19-11-2-1) road trip through the WHL’s East Division has been feast or famine. They started off with a 7-5 win over the Rrgina Pats, then dropped four straight, where they lost by three or more each time. Friday night, it was a […]
Texeira boosts Portland over Spokane
When your team is mired in a five-game losing streak and is struggling to score, you expect your veteran leaders to step up and provide a boost. Portland Winterhawks overage d-man Keoni Texeira did just that Tuesday night in Spokane. With the teams tied at two and trading chances, Texeira […]
WHL recap: Tri-City and Brandon foil comebacks; Prince Albert, Calgary, Everett and Kelowna emerge victorious
Brandon 4 Medicine Hat 3 (OT) The Brandon Wheat Kings (21-7-0-1) have quietly piled up the points in their first 29 games this year. Despite all the attention being given to the Moose Jaw Warriors, Swift Current Broncos, Portland Winterhawks and others, the Wheat Kings now sit with the second […]
WHL recap: Onyebuchi, Steenbergen, Quenneville and Bruggen-Cate launch bears
Moose Jaw 3 @Swift Current 2 It figures that after a night of up-and-down hockey reminiscent of the late 1980’s in the WHL, we would see the same two teams be locked in a tight, much lower scoring affair. A night after the Swift Current Broncos (19-6-2-0) Tyler Steenbergen provided […]
WHL recap: Hart leads Silvertips over Blazers; Tigers, Giants and Rockets all add wins
Medicine Hat 4 Victoria 3 (OT) Linus Nassen picked a great time to notch his first career WHL goal. The Swedish import defenseman had piled up 17 assists, including one on the power lay that had allowed his Medicine Hat Tigers (16-10) to force overtime against the visiting Victoria Royals […]
2017 Bantam Draft w/17-18 Stats
Stats from Eliteprospects.com 1st round Prince Albert – Kaiden Guhle – CSSHL OHA 18 GP 7-10-17 16pm Kootenay – Connor McClennon – CSSHL Northern Alberta 17 GP 8-20-28 12pm Vancouver – Justin Sourdif – BC Midget Valley West 14 GP 9-17-26 12pm Edmonton – Jake Neighbours – Alberta Midget […]
WHL Monthly Records
November 2017 Overall GP Record Points 1. Portland 12 11-0-0-1 23 2. Moose Jaw 11 9-1-0-1 19 3. Swift Current 12 8-3-1-0 17 4. Kelowna 12 8-3-1-0 17 5. Brandon 10 8-2-0-0 16 6. Kamloops 10 8-2-0-0 16 7. Everett 11 7-3-0-1 15 8. Medicine Hat 11 7-4-0-0 14 9. […]
Chiefs continue to confound Blades
By Les Lazaruk SPOKANE, Wa. – Occasionally, not scoring on a two-man advantage doesn’t hurt a team. But, that wasn’t the case for the Saskatoon Blades Wednesday. After failing to score on a two-man power play in Tuesday’s 5-2 victory at Tri-Cities, the Bridge City Bunch were presented with […]