It’s that time of year again! We at the DubNetwork always try to come up with a new order for previews each year and this season we are going with least recent to most recent Ed Chynoweth Cups for our order of previews. They will run 2-to-3 a day until […]
Tag: Victoria Royals
Daily Dose of the Dub: Yet another Royals trade; players coming back from NHL camps
Victoria adds Doust TRADE: We have made a trade with @BladesHockey for 2001 F @LoganDoust! The Blades will receive a 9th round pick in 2020 and a conditional pick. Details: https://t.co/g0E5ykKV1W pic.twitter.com/Md8VaK9Fzh — Victoria Royals (@victoriaroyals) September 12, 2018 The Royals made their ninth trade since May 3rd on Wednesday, […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Two trades as U.S. Division rivals send players to B.C.
Cougars acquire a big forward TRADE: Cougars acquire forward Mike MacLean (98) & prospect Sam Schoenfeld (02) from @SeattleTbirds. | #NorthernUprising ➡️ https://t.co/TPz2b8aUSp pic.twitter.com/G2y6HdrMFx — PG Cougars (@PGCougars) September 11, 2018 There are not many 6-foot-7 players in the CHL and the Prince George Cougars just brought one in. They […]
Victoria Royals going with their young guns
The term rebuild is always one that sports teams shy away from. The rebuilding of sports teams is often a perceived negative, associated with required patience of their fan base, while the team works toward their set direction. Seemingly more appealing is the term “youth movement”, signalizing a changing of […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Rosters getting trimmed
As the second week of the preseason in the WHL gets rolling along, teams are starting to trim down their rosters. While a vast majority of players being removed from the rosters, are 15 or 16-year-olds, there will be a few veteran names included. Chiefs see Hamaliuk and Chenier leave […]
WHL Players off to NHL Camps
The beginning of the WHL season brings a lot of hope, and optimism for teams, fans and players. The Western Hockey League is always well represented at NHL training camps so it will come as no surprise that this year 115 WHL’ers will be making the best impressions they can at […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: More signings and roster cutdowns
Saskatoon signs their other import BREAKING: Blades sign Swedish defenceman Emil Malysjev 📰 » https://t.co/jVuVKK8Jir pic.twitter.com/axtsHPDaSx — Saskatoon Blades (@BladesHockey) August 28, 2018 Just a few days after singing an import pick from this June’s draft, the Saskatoon Blades inked their other one. They announced the singing of Swedish defenseman […]
Victoria Royals end 2020 Memorial Cup bid and main camp opens with roster questions
Royals out for 2020 bid On the first day of main training camp for the Victoria Royals the biggest news of the day came off the ice. News broke around midday that the Royals would be pulling their bid for to host the 2020 Memorial Cup. In a surprising move, […]
Going Camping: Victoria Royals’ rookie edition
With many WHL teams having their training camps underway, we have quite a few of our beat writers who were able to get out and take look at the teams they cover. The Victoria Royals’ rookie camp started Friday and goes through today. Our Victoria writer Ryan Sinclair took it in. […]
WHL training camp roster notes
We have already done deep dives on the training camp rosters for the Regina Pats, Moose Jaw Warriors, Tri-City Americans and the Portland Winterhawks. Lets continues that trend with a look at 11 more WHL teams training camp rosters. There are some notable names missing and there are a few […]