By Matthew Gourlie The Swift Current Broncos ended the Moose Jaw Warriors in Game 7 of the first round of last year’s playoffs at Mosaic Place. On Tuesday, the Broncos opened the 2017-18 Western Hockey League pre-season with a 4-0 win over the Warriors in the team’s annual rookie game. […]
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Newcomers bolster Warriors blue line
By Matthew Gourlie With 18 returning veterans, there were plenty of familiar faces at the Moose Jaw Warriors training camp. It was a pair of new faces on the blue line that drew a lot of attention though. Rookie Russian import Oleg Sosunov was stuck in Tampa Bay waiting for […]
Tri-City Americans notebook: looking at the potential depth chart
(Photo from Doug Love/Tri-City Americans) Training camp opened this week in Kennewick which means hockey season is officially starting here in the desert of Washington State. It’s a great time to look at a possible depth chart for the Tri-City Americans heading into the 2017-18 season. The Americans bounced back […]
Moose Jaw Warriors notebook: looking at the potential depth chart
With their training camp opening Thursday, it’s a good time to look at a possible depth chart for the Moose Jaw Warriors heading into the 2017-18 Western Hockey League season. The Warriors have 18 returning players and four more with at least a game of WHL experience. They look to […]
Tri-City Americans hire new goaltending coach
The Tri-City Americans have been known for breeding goaltenders — Olaf Kolzig, Brian Boucher, and Jason Labarbera all spent time in Tri-City. These days, Eric Comrie is moving up the ranks in the Winnipeg Jets organization. The only female goalie to ever play at the professional level, Shannon Szabados, is […]
Memorial Cup: Is it time to change the format?
There is plenty of talk going around these days about the Mastercard Memorial Cup. Some good, some bad. There are people who are upset with the price of tickets. Some of which are in the range of $70-90 dollars for round robin games. Many seats are remaining empty for any games […]
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 playoff second round preview: Swift Current Broncos vs. Regina Pats
The Swift Current Broncos’ first playoff series win in nine years was a cause for celebration. While the Broncos celebrated inside following their 3-2 Game 7 win over the Moose Jaw Warriors Monday, a truck full of Broncos fans did a lap around the arena blaring “We Are The Champions” […]
Weekly Review: B.C. Division
The teams are back at it after a ten-day break in the schedule. When the Western Hockey League returned to action, the schedule during the final week of December was very busy with a number of teams playing four games in five nights. The B.C. Division was not immune […]