Tyson Zimmer’s path to the Western Hockey League isn’t going like anything he had expected. After he was drafted sixth overall by Brandon in the 2019 WHL U-15 Draft, Zimmer took part in his first main camp with Brandon last year. The 16-year-old also played in a preseason game […]
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“It’s an exciting time” Wheat Kings GM Darren Ritchie
The Western Hockey League has announced that a new season will officially begin on January 8, 2021. The WHL originally had a date of Friday, December 4 — which was just a tentative date — but things are now set in stone. When the 2019-2020 season came to an […]
Zimmer pushes hard for 2020-2021 success
The Western Hockey League has announced that the 2020-2021 season will begin on Friday, December 4. The novel coronavirus has caused a delay of more than two full months. In Manitoba, the Brandon Wheat Kings have yet to set a day when training camp will begin. When they do, […]
Zimmer aims for big things with Wheat Kings
For so many young Canadians, getting a chance to play on the country’s national team is just about the highest honour that can be achieved. Tyson Zimmer is one of those young Canadians who had that exact dream, and he’s received some national recognition. We’ll get to that in […]
Exciting times for Wheat Kings
The Western Hockey League has a tentative plan of beginning the 2020-2021 season on Friday, October 2. The biggest word is “tentative” as with everything going on in the world right now, there is no certain way to say whether next season can start on that date or if […]
Zimmer strives to make 2020-21 Wheat Kings
This past season was anything but an ordinary one for Brandon Wheat Kings prospect, Tyson Zimmer. Playing his first season with the U18 Okanagan Prep Red team, the team found themselves in some pretty unfamiliar territory when it came to icing a roster for several games. That’s because the […]
ICE prospect Geekie shines under bright lights
Weekday hockey, something the Winnipeg ICE will experience for the first time this week. They will welcome the Lethbridge Hurricanes to town on Wednesday for the first of two straight against the Canes’. Wednesday’s game will be the first time the ICE has played not on a weekend. Winnipeg will […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: BREAKING: Warriors acquire Hardy from Giants
It’s not often you see an overage player sign a professional contract and then immediately return to the WHL, but that’s exactly what happened on Thursday when Krystof Hrabik signed a two-year contract with the AHL’s San Jose Barracuda and was immediately loaned back to the Tri-City Americans.
Wheat Kings look ahead after even preseason
September 20, the night many coaches of WHL teams, fans of the league, general managers and so many more have been waiting for. The curtain on the 2019-2020 regular season will rise with seven games across the league. One of the games is the newly created “Manitoba Battle” as the […]
2019-20 WHL Season Previews: Brandon Wheat Kings
The excitement for WHL hockey fans and teams continues to build as the regular season is just one week away. Starting on September 20, 14 of the teams in the league will take to the ice to begin their 2019-20 regular-season campaigns. The night’s schedule includes two all-Saskatchewan battles (Saskatoon […]
