The Seattle Thunderbirds announced last Thursday, July 20, that the team has signed Kyle Hagel as one of the team’s new assistant coaches. The announcement came about a week after the T-Birds announced that Matt O’Dette is set to take over the head coaching reins for the upcoming season. Hagel, […]
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Round 1 – Logo Competition
Matchup No. 1 The first matchup in the logo competition actually involves the franchise that won the DUBNetwork regular season jersey competition, the Seattle Thunderbirds. The first WHL (WCHL) team to call Vancouver, British Columbia home was the Vancouver Nats. They played two seasons in the WCHL from 1971 – […]
Top 60 NHL Draft Eligible Players (Western Canada & USA)
The list a lot of people who have been following us have been waiting for. DraftGeek’s own Jeff McCarthy has compiled a list of the top 60 WHL players eligible for the NHL draft with reports. Hope you enjoy and make sure to follow @DraftGeekHockey on twitter for all NHL […]
Canada names camp invites for 3 National Teams.
It is that time of year again, Team Canada is getting themselves ready for upcoming tournaments by announcing rosters for training camps. The 2018 World Juniors will be held in December and January in Buffalo and Orchard Park, NY, USA. Canada would like to have a great showing after finishing […]
WHL Coaches
Below is a list of coaches in order of their games coached. We have also listed their WHL and Memorial Cup Championships. Don Hay – 18 seasons Kamloops/Tri City/Vancouver 1296 720-469-107 .597% Playoffs 14 seasons Kamloops/Tri City/Vancouver 185 108-77 .584% MC 18 14-4 .778% 1992 WHL & MEMORIAL CUP […]
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 Eastern Conference final preview: Lethbridge Hurricanes vs. Regina Pats
History has a funny way of repeating itself. Last season, the Regina Pats opened the Western Hockey League playoffs by disposing of the heavily-favoured Lethbridge Hurricanes. Now in the Eastern Conference final, the Canes would love to return the favour against the top-ranked team in the Canadian Hockey League. “They’re […]
WHL playoffs: Western Conference Final – Kelowna Rockets vs Seattle Thunderbirds
We will be previewing the conference final match-ups in an on-going series. While any best-of-seven series that ends in five games may, on the surface, appear to have been a cakewalk of sorts for the winning team, the Kelowna Rockets […]
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 […]
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” […]