By Matthew Gourlie The Swift Current Broncos have found a simple winning formula this season. The line of Tyler Steenbergen, Aleksi Heponiemi and Glenn Gadwin supply the goals. The rest of the team — led by their top-four veteran defencemen — clogged shooting and passing lanes to make life difficult […]
Tag: Western Hockey League
Sosunov helps spark the Warriors
The Moose Jaw Warriors needed to lean on their penalty kill Friday before finally killing off the hopes of a stubborn Kootenay Ice squad in a 5-2 win. Trailing 1-0 late in the first period, the Warriors turned the game around by scoring a pair of goals 17 seconds apart […]
Timely goals see Warriors beat Raiders 7-3 in home opener
After the pre-game light show and fireworks at their home opener, the Moose Jaw Warriors wasted little time producing some fireworks of their own. The Warriors scored three first-period goals as they beat the Prince Albert Raiders 7-3 Saturday night at Mosaic Place. The Warriors (2-0) blanked the Raiders 3-0 […]
Willms and Warriors blank Raiders in opener
By Matthew Gourlie Brody Willms and the Moose Jaw Warriors got off to a perfect start to their Western Hockey League season Friday. Willms made 21 saves as he back-stopped the Warriors to a 3-0 road win over the Prince Albert Raiders. It was Willms’ second career shutout as he […]
Warriors maintain a healthy bottom line
The Moose Jaw Warriors remain comfortably in the black despite posting a loss for the 2016-17 fiscal year. The Warriors announced a loss of $463,566 for the year at their annual general meeting Wednesday afternoon. That loss was unsurprising after the club decided to invest $531,197 back into Mosaic Place […]
2017-18 season previews: Kelowna Rockets
Kelowna Rockets (2016-17 season: 45-22-5-0: 90 points. Lost in the Western Conference Final to Seattle Thunderbirds) Expectations are always high in Kelowna, among the Rockets fan base and indeed, in both the front office and dressing room. The Rockets have won the Western Hockey League championship four times since the […]
2017-18 season previews: Moose Jaw Warriors
Moose Jaw Warriors (2016-17 record: 42-21-8-2, 93 points, second in the East Division. Lost in seven games to Swift Current in the first round of the playoffs) Hockey fans in Moose Jaw come by their cynicism naturally. As the Moose Jaw Warriors enter their 34th season of Western Hockey League […]
White looking to resurrect WHL career
Jaeger White hasn’t had much good fortune so far in his Western Hockey League career. Now the 19-year-old is looking to make his own luck. A pair of shoulder injuries limited his ice time as a 16 and 17 year old and after undergoing shoulder surgery he played two games […]
Warriors win third straight as roster battles intensify
By Matthew Gourlie The Moose Jaw Warriors won their third straight pre-season game Saturday with a 6-2 win over the Medicine Hat Tigers. With both teams missing more than half of their returning veterans it was a chance for players on the bubble of making the roster to make their […]
So you want to be a WHL general manager
There are two seasons in Canada: hockey season and waiting for hockey season. One of the most enjoyable aspects of this time of the year with WHL training camps completed and the start of the regular season only a few weeks away is that everyone wants to make predictions. The […]