The Vancouver Giants took a 1-0 series lead with a 7-1 win over the Seattle Thunderbirds in their quarter-final match up. Both teams came to play early with their physicality, instantly giving the game a playoff atmosphere. 18-year-old forward Tristen Nielsen, in particular, was the Giants’ spark plug in the opening […]
Tag: WHL playoffs
2019 Playoff Preview: 1) Vancouver Giants vs WC2) Seattle Thunderbirds
Franchise Playoff History: The Thunderbirds and Giants have only matched up in the playoffs once previous to this year. They met in the second round of the 2007 WHL Playoffs with Vancouver taking the series in five games en route to winning the Memorial Cup on home ice. 2018-19 Head-To-Head: […]
Playoffs: Who needs it?
You blink. Look up at an over exaggerated television screen to see the clock. 1:53 to go in the third, you’re down 0-1. Eyes back to the ice. A quick pass up to a winger, hinge net front D to the weak side. Step off the wall, chip and your […]
NHL Draft Profiles: Connor Horning
Originally posted Mar 13, 2019. It’s been a tale of two seasons for 2001-born right-handed defenseman Connor Horning of the Swift Current Broncos. The six-foot-three, 198 pound blue liner joined the Broncos in time for their dream season in 2017-18. He played in 50 regular season and 12 playoff games […]
Flaming Hot Takes – “Down the Stretch They Come!”
Two weeks. That’s all that remains of the WHL’s regular season schedule and there is still so much to be decided. It really does remind me of a horse race but with 7 or 8 steeds all galloping hard down the stretch towards a photo finish. Here are some deep […]
Skinner and Sissons put Broncos one win from WHL Championship
Everett, WA – Stuart Skinner shut the door on the Everett Silvertips with a 32-save shutout in Game 4 on Wednesday night, giving his team a 3-1 series lead and putting his Swift Current Broncos on the verge of their first WHL Championship since 1993, when they came back to […]
WHL Western Conference Final preview: Everett Silvertips vs Tri-City Americans
Season series: Everett 5-2-1-0 Tri-City 3-5 9/24/17: Everett 4 Tri-City 1 9/30/17: Tri-City 5 Everett 4 10/18/17: Tri-City 3 @Everett 2(OT) 11/22/17: Everett 3 @Tri-City 0 12/10/17: Everett 4 @Tri-City 3 1/10/18: Everett 4 Tri-City 0 1/15/18: Everett 6 Tri-City 5 3/13/18: Tri-City 4 Everett 2 Tri-City Americans: Second Round […]
Everett Silvertips-Tri-City Americans playoff history
This year’s match up between the Everett Silvertips and Tri-City Americans marks just the fourth time the two have met in the playoffs in the 15 years they have co-existed and the first time in the Western Conference Final. All three previous match ups occurred in the first round with […]
Morrison pushes Wheat Kings to the brink
The Brandon Wheat Kings have gone through a lot of adversity this season. Despite trading away two of their top players, enduring a nine-game losing streak, dropping the first two games of the first round and trailing 2-0 three separate times, the Wheat Kings pulled through. Yesterday, they trailed 2-0 […]
Wheat Kings maximize Mattheos in Game 3
The Brandon Wheat Kings have made a habit of trailing 2-0 in a best-of-seven series, only to turn up the heat when returning to their home province. For the first time in two years, the Westoba Place hosted a playoff game and the Brandon faithful saw their hometown Wheat Kings […]