Saturday night at the Scotiabank Saddledome carried a different story than the night before at the Enmax Centre, but the ending remained the same. In the Calgary Hitmen’s second home-and-home series this season, this time featuring the Lethbridge Hurricanes, the Hitmen swept the affair with a pair of convincing 6-3 […]
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T-Birds – Oil Kings player report
Seattle Thunderbirds (3) Nolan Volcan – C/LW – Competitive as per usual. Quick to pressure defenders in the neutral zone, catching them when slow on the transition. Keeps his feet moving over the course of the game, but has the odd off shift which is normal. Good positionally in the […]
Hitmen make a splash with the addition of Orca Wiesblatt
At 16 years old, Orca Wiesblatt was nearing on top of the junior hockey world. He helped the Brooks Bandits capture the Alberta Junior Hockey League title and came within one goal of winning the franchises’ second Royal Bank Cup. Despite all the team success, Wiesblatt wanted something different. Growing […]
Three late goals in 35 seconds spark Warriors to 5-2 win
By Matthew Gourlie After exploding for nine goals in their last outing, the Moose Jaw Warriors found goals much harder to come by Thursday night — for 56 minutes, at least. It took the Warriors 36 shots to score twice on Prince Albert Raiders goalie Curtis Meger. However, the Warriors […]
WHL-how they were built
As of October 31, 2017 there are 535 players in the WHL. 494 are from Canada/USA, while 41 are Import players. As you look at these numbers remember that this is where the players were taken in the draft and not all were selected by the team they are currently […]
WHL 16-Year-Olds
As of October 31st, 2017 there are 42 16-year-olds (born in 2001) on WHL rosters. The numbers listed under each player is what round they were selected in the 2016 WHL Bantam Draft. The 1st round picks have their overall selection displayed in brackets. eg. 1 (12) is 1st round […]
2018 NHL Draft profiles: Tristen Nielsen
Spending the formative years of his youth in Fort St. John, B.C., the only barrier Calgary Hitmen left winger Tristen Nielsen had to break down was a sheet of plywood produced locally at the Peace Valley OSB plant. Once hockey season ended and summer arrived — where average daily high […]
WHL In NHL Draft Rankings
There are many, many NHL Draft Rankings that are available for hockey fans to view and it is always interesting to see where WHL players are rated. There are about a dozen that are most reliable and are updated on a regular basis. Not including the NHL Central Scouting Service preliminary […]
Gauthier’s greatness can’t carry Cougars past Hitmen
Taylor Gauthier couldn’t have dreamt a of better performance for his debut at the Scotiabank Saddledome. The Calgary native stepped onto the ice at the Dome for the first time since he was six and did everything in his power to backstop his Prince George Cougars against the team he […]
Winterhawks earn hard fought victory in Kelowna
Last weekend, the Kelowna Rockets and Portland Winterhawks combined for 19 goals in a pair of games in Oregon. However, on Friday night at Prospera Place, where there may have been some expectation of fireworks, the teams buckled down and played an entertaining, low-scoring match. For Kelowna, the 3-1 loss […]