With different start dates set around the league and no word about the BC division, playoffs are probably the last thing the WHL is thinking about. Although the playoffs are months away, the league should start looking at their options. Today, we will look at one possible playoff scenario […]
Tag: Western Hockey League playoffs
Calgary Hitmen, building for championships and nothing else.
If you take a look in Webster’s dictionary for the definition of the word “consistent” you will find this: “unchanging in nature, standard, or effect over time.” Looking at the past decade of Calgary Hitmen hockey you can certainly see how they fit the definition of consistent. From 2010 […]
Broncos bounce Warriors on the road in Game 7 again
By Matthew Gourlie The Swift Current Broncos added a lot of players for their 2018 playoff run. In Monday’s decisive Game 7 it was their longest-serving players who led the way though to a 6-0 victory over the Moose Jaw Warriors. The Broncos had a 3-2 series lead and a […]
Skinner shines in shutout for Swift Current
By Matthew Gourlie Stuart Skinner loves playing at Mosaic Place in Moose Jaw. He does hope, however, that he won’t have to play there again this season. Fresh off of a Game 2 shutout in his last trip to Moose Jaw, the Swift Current Broncos goalie made 36 saves in […]
Broncos put together near-perfect performance
By Matthew Gourlie With heavy hearts the Swift Current Broncos honoured the victims of the Humboldt Broncos in the best way they knew how: by playing some great hockey. The Broncos skated to a 4-0 win over the Moose Jaw Warriors Saturday in Game 2 of their Western Hockey League […]
Humboldt tragedy touches Sask. WHL teams
By Matthew Gourlie The Swift Current Broncos have worn a four-leaf clover on their jerseys for the past 31 years. The clover isn’t for luck, rather it is there for remembrance of a great tragedy and honour the four Broncos — Trent Kresse, Scott Kruger, Chris Mantyka and Brent Ruff — […]
Stakes high as WHL elites meet in second round
By Traci Kay and Matthew Gourlie The Western Hockey League’s two best teams looked like they were on a second round collision course all season. Now — despite the best efforts of the Regina Pats and Prince Albert Raiders — the Swift Current Broncos and Moose Jaw Warriors will meet […]
Warriors win wild Game 7
By Matthew Gourlie Like the villain in horror movie, the Prince Albert Raiders refused to die and that terrified the Moose Jaw Warriors. In the end, that fear was what the Warriors needed to push them to play their best game of their best-of-seven Eastern Conference quarter-final series. The Warriors […]
Raiders force Game 7 against Warriors
On Easter Sunday, the Prince Albert Raiders’ playoff dreams were resurrected once more. The Raiders stove off elimination for the second time in 24 hours and forced a Game 7 in their Western Hockey League Eastern Conference quarter-final series against the Moose Jaw Warriors. Cole Fonstad’s second goal of the […]
Resilient Raiders refuse to die; force Game 6
By Matthew Gourlie The Prince Albert Raiders were not ready for their season to be over. The Moose Jaw Warriors were not ready to meet the level of desperation that the Raiders brought Saturday night at Mosaic Place. The Raiders were the hungrier team in Game 5 and their 5-1 […]