Western Hockey League teams pretty much all arrived at the 36-game mark as the Christmas break in the schedule arrived. Regular season play starts up again tonight with 11 games on the slate. When we last collaborated about the B.C. Division, at the quarter pole in early November, the Victoria […]
Tag: WHL Stats
WHL playoff second round preview: Portland Winterhawks vs Kelowna Rockets
We will be previewing each of the four second-round playoff match-ups in an on-going series. Here we have the matchup between Kelowna and Portland. For much of the regular season, a frequent topic of discussion was the quality of B.C. Division teams. It was an ultra-competitive division, where it seemed […]
Game Day Playoff Edition 1
Welcome to the first of many game day previews for the duration of the playoffs. We will take a look at matchups throughout the playoffs and focus in on some players who have made an impact in their series. Medicine Hat Tigers lead 2-0 in their series with the Brandon […]
PP & PK
Which WHL teams are the strongest on the specialty teams? This is a simple equation of combining the teams PP % and PK %. Team PP PK Total Regina 31.5 81.4 112.9% Medicine Hat 29.4 81.6 111.0% Everett 20.8 85.8 106.6% Seattle 22.2 83.3 105.5% Kelowna 25.2 80.1 105.3% […]
Shootout History
2016-17 marks the 12th season the WHL has used the shootout format. There has been 873 shootouts in WHL history. The first year there were 94 shootouts, the most in one season. Before switching to 3-on-3 overtime last season the WHL averaged 78 shootouts a season. Last year there 43 […]
WHL 3-on-3 Overtime
3-on-3 overtime was implemented into the WHL in the 2015-16 season. Here are the teams listed in order of most wins. Team OTW OTL Regina 15 9 Edmonton 12 10 Spokane 12 11 Moose Jaw 11 14 Everett 11 13 Kamloops 11 7 Red Deer 11 7 Calgary 10 10 […]
WHL Shootout History
2016-17 marks the 12th season the WHL has used the shootout format. As of February 20/17 there has been 868 shootouts in WHL history. The first year there were 94 shootouts, the most in one season. Before switching to 3-on-3 overtime last season the WHL averaged 78 shootouts a season. […]
WHL Point A Game Players Feb 20/17
Rank Name Team GP G A PTS PTS/G 1 Steel, Sam REG 52 39 66 105 2.02 2 Brooks, Adam REG 52 32 66 98 1.88 3 Barzal, Mathew SEA 34 8 55 63 1.85 4 Patrick, Nolan BDN 21 14 19 33 1.57 5 Butcher, Chad MH 56 […]
WHL Even Strength
Which teams are the best at even strength? To calculate this we have removed PP goals for and against, SH goals for and against and only used stats from regulation time. Here are the rankings Team ESGF ESGA Total Regina 185 101 84 Medicine Hat 190 139 51 Prince […]
WHL PP + PK
Which WHL teams are the strongest on the specialty teams? This is a simple equation of combining the teams PP % and PK %. Team PP PK Total Regina 32.5 81.1 113.6% Medicine Hat 28.7 80.5 109.2% Everett 21.1 85.8 106.9% Portland 25.4 80.7 106.1% Tri City 25.7 80.2 […]
