Edmonton 5 Kootenay 1 The young Kootenay ICE (20-23-3-0) could be forgiven for overlooking the visiting Edmonton Oil Kings (13-26-4-2) on Friday night. They had just pulled out an exciting win on the road over the division-leading Medicine Hat Tigers and were about to have three straight games against teams […]
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WHL recap: Wolf shuts out Cougars; Hurricanes, Giants and Broncos emerge with wins
Lethbridge 6 @Regina 2 A night after the offense of the struggling Lethbridge Hurricanes (15-16-2-0) hit a season-low when they were shutout by the Brandon Wheat Kings, they rebounded with a six-goal effort against the Memorial Cup host Regina Pats (16-16-3-0). The ‘Canes were mired in a four-game losing streak and were […]
The Vancouver Giants turnaround
The Vancouver Giants are looking like a much improved hockey team in comparison to the 2016-17 WHL season. For their poor performance last year, fans wanted a turnaround. Most would chalk up last season to a number of reasons. Some include a new coach, a new general manager and a […]
WHL recap: Benson plays hero as Giants take down Thunderbirds in OT
Vancouver 4 Seattle 3 (OT) Tyler Benson’s WHL career has not had as many highlights as it should have at this point. A cyst on his tailbone and other assorted ailments have caused him to miss most of two seasons and the highlights that would have surely been there for […]
Blades fall flat in return home
By Les Lazaruk Unacceptable! Dean Brockman agreed with that adjective used to describe the effort of the Saskatoon Blades in Wednesday’s 6-3, home-ice loss to the Vancouver Giants. “Very much so,” confirmed the Bridge City Bunch head coach when asked about the use of ‘unacceptable.’ “I didn’t like (the […]
