Brody Willms was pulled in the third period of Game 1 to cap a disappointing outing for the Moose Jaw Warriors goalie. Willms bounced back as the Warriors won the next two games in overtime and Wednesday night, the 19-year-old posted a 32-save shutout in a massive 2-0 Game 4 […]
Tag: Western Hockey League playoffs
Warriors stun Raiders with late rally and OT winner
The Moose Jaw Warriors scored twice in 47 seconds with their goalie pulled to force overtime Tuesday night. The Prince Albert Raiders never recovered as Brayden Burke scored 19 seconds into overtime to give the Warriors a stunning 5-4 win at the Art Hauser Centre in Prince Albert and stake […]
Almeida’s OT winner levels series
By Matthew Gourlie Justin Almeida and the Moose Jaw Warriors were not going to be denied. After forcing a turnover at his own blue line, the Warriors sniper kicked into high gear. Almeida fought off the check of Max Martin to slip a puck through the legs of Prince Albert […]
Underdog Raiders roll to Game 1 win in Moose Jaw
By Matthew Gourlie They call the playoffs the second season. It certainly felt like a different season for the Moose Jaw Warriors. The WHL’s regular season champions never recovered from a slow start against an unwavering Prince Albert Raiders team in Game 1 of their Eastern Conference opening round series. […]
Warriors ready to begin title chase
By Matthew Gourlie The Moose Jaw Warriors won their first Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy this season as owners of the WHL’s best regular season record. Friday the Warriors will begin their chase for a bigger first for the franchise. Moose Jaw entered the season feeling this might be the team […]
WHL playoff recap: Home Ice proves Advantageous, Pats & T’birds up 3-2
Regina 5 Lethbridge 3 (Regina leads series 3-2) Game story: -Lethbridge’s Josh Tarzwell opened the scoring in this tilt, it was his first WHL playoff goal in his first game of this series. Later in the game he would take a hard body check against the boards and it looked […]
WHL Eastern Conference final preview: Lethbridge Hurricanes vs. Regina Pats
History has a funny way of repeating itself. Last season, the Regina Pats opened the Western Hockey League playoffs by disposing of the heavily-favoured Lethbridge Hurricanes. Now in the Eastern Conference final, the Canes would love to return the favour against the top-ranked team in the Canadian Hockey League. “They’re […]
