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Tri-City Americans forward Justin Feser up for WHL player of the year honour
CALGARY – Tri-City Americans forward Justin Feser was named the Western Conference finalist for the Western Hockey League‘s player of the year award Thursday.
The 20-year-old Red Deer, Alta., native scored 44 goals and had 62 assists with a p…
Swift Current Broncos forward Adam Lowry named WHL player of year nominee
CALGARY – Swift Current Broncos forward Adam Lowry was named Eastern Conference finalist for the Western Hockey League player of the year award Wednesday.
Lowry appeared in all 72 games for the Broncos this season. He scored a team-leading 45…
Dumba scores in OT as Rebels beat Hitmen 2-1, cuts Calgary series lead to 2-1
RED DEER, Alta. – Mathew Dumba scored a power-play goal at 6:33 of overtime to lift the Red Deer Rebels over the Calgary Hitmen 2-1 in WHL playoff action Monday.
The win reduced Calgary’s lead in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal… …read more
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Myles Bell scores in OT, Rockets force seventh game with 4-3 win over T-Birds
KENT, Wash. – Myles Bell scored 10:39 into overtime to keep the Kelowna Rockets alive in the best-of-seven WHL opening round playoff. Bell’s fourth goal of the post-season gave the Rockets a 4-3 win over the Seattle Thunderbirds on Tuesday, to e… …read more
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Spokane Chiefs beat Tri-City 3-1 to dump Americans from WHL playoffs
KENNEWICK, Wash. – Brenden Kichton had the game-winning goal and an assist as the Spokane Chiefs beat Tri-City 3-1 to eliminate the Americans from the Western Hockey League playoffs Saturday.
Spokane won the first-round series 4-1, with its o… …read more
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Patrik Polivka makes 39 saves, Tim Traber gets winner as Royals edge Blazers 2-1
VICTORIA – Patrik Polivka stopped 39 shots as the Victoria Royals edged Kamloops 2-1 on Tuesday, to trim the Blazers lead in their WHL playoff series to 2-1.
The Royals opened the scoring when winger Ben Walker redirected the puck in at 18:23… …read more
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Elson scores twice as Rebels beat Raiders 3-1 for 3-0 first-round series lead
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. – Turner Elson scored twice and Patrik Bartosak made 29 saves on 30 shots as the Red Deer Rebels defeated the Prince Albert Raiders 3-1 on Tuesday to take a commanding 3-0 lead in their best-of-seven WHL first-round series.
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Tigers defeat Blades 5-2 to take 3-0 stranglehold in WHL series
MEDICINE HAT, Alta. – The Saskatoon Blades are one loss away from having a long layoff before hosting the Memorial Cup.
The host Medicine Hat Tigers built a 5-0 lead and held on for a 5-2 victory Tuesday over the Blades in Game 3 of an openin… …read more
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Michael St. Croix scores twice, Oil Kings dump Ice 7-1, take 2-1 series lead
CRANBROOK, B.C. – Forward Michael St. Croix scored two goals for Edmonton in the opening period in the Oil Kings‘ a 7-1 win over the Kootenay Ice on Tuesday, to take a 2-1 lead in their WHL first round playoff.
The teams exchanged four goals … …read more
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Lethbridge fires coach/GM Rich Preston after four seasons out of WHL playoffs
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. – The Western Hockey League’s Lethbridge Hurricanes have fired head coach and general manager Rich Preston.
The Hurricanes made the announcement Tuesday. The club failed to make the WHL playoffs during Preston’s four seasons… …read more
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Legault with seven points as the Oil Kings blank the ice for 1-0 series lead
Stephane Legault scored three times and added four assists as the Edmonton Oil Kings blanked the visiting Kootenay Ice 9-0 on Friday in Western Hockey League playoff action.
The Edmonton native was just one point shy of a WHL playoff record f… …read more
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Legault with seven points, Brossoit 28 saves as Oil Kings blank Ice 9-0
EDMONTON – Stephane Legault scored three times and added four assists as the Edmonton Oil Kings blanked the visiting Kootenay Ice 9-0 on Friday in Western Hockey League playoff action.
The Edmonton native was just one point shy of a WHL playo… …read more
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Lotz stops 55 shots as Silvertips surprise Winterhawks to take 1-0 series lead
PORTLAND, Ore. – Austin Lotz made 55 saves as the Everett Silvertips upset the host Portland Winterhawks 4-3 on Friday in Western Hockey League playoff action.
Portland, which was the WHL‘s top club in the regular season, finished 59 points a… …read more
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Sandhu completes hat trick in 28 minutes in Silvertips 7-5 win over Americans
EVERETT, Wash. – Tyler Sandhu scored a hat trick to lead the Everett Silvertips to a 7-5 victory over the Tri-City Americans on Sunday in the final game of the WHL season for both teams.
The 16-year-old Sandhu scored three times in the first … …read more
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Lockhart has two goals, assist to pace Thunderbirds over Americans 8-3
KENT, Wash. – Luke Lockhart had two goals and an assist to pace the Seattle Thunderbirds to an 8-3 victory over the Tri-City Americans on Tuesday in the WHL.
Seattle (24-37-9) increased its lead to three points over the Everett Silvertips and… …read more
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Montgomery scores tiebreaker to lift Kootenay Ice over Hurricanes 4-1
CRANBROOK, B.C. – Brock Montgomery scored a tiebreaking goal in the second period to lift the Kootenay Ice over the Lethbridge Hurricanes 3-1 on Tuesday in the WHL.
Tyler Wong opened the scoring for Lethbridge (26-
-10) five minutes into t… …read more
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Justin Paulic stops 31 shots as Moose Jaw Warriors blank Regina Pats 5-0
REGINA – Justin Paulic stopped all 31 shots he faced as the Moose Jaw Warriors blanked the Regina Pats 5-0 on Tuesday in the WHL.
Kendall McFaull, Bryson Gore, Ben Duperreault, Brayden Point and Torrin White had the goals for Moose Jaw, which… …read more
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Spokane Chiefs hold on for 6-4 WHL win over Prince George Cougars
SPOKANE, Wash. – Adam Helewka and Mitch Holmberg each had a goal and an assist as the Spokane Chiefs held on for a 6-4 win over the Prince George Cougars on Tuesday in the WHL.
Spokane led 5-0 in the third period before Prince George mounted … …read more
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Sanvido goal in third caps comeback as Thunderbirds defeat Chiefs 4-2
SPOKANE, Wash. – Connor Sanvido‘s short-handed goal in third completed a Seattle comeback as the Thunderbirds defeated the Spokane Chiefs 4-2 in the WHL.
Roberts Lipsbergs, Shea Theodore and Riley Sheen, into an empty-net goal, also scored fo… …read more
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