The 2022 World Junior Championships (WJC) concluded after being cancelled back in December and Canada won the Gold in a thrilling game in over time. Each year this tournament has some breakout prospects and players that have a standout performance that endear them to a bigger audience. Here in Canada, I, and many of those [...]
Photo courtesy of Icethetics Typically a summer series, the November 31-in-31 series is taking place of the annual July 31-in-31 due to the COVID-19 pandemic pushing the NHL season back to the summer, making for an atypical fall offseason. The November edition of the series will focus on the 2020 NHL Draft [...]
Jake Neighbours lines up for a faceoff against the Prince Albert Raiders. Photo courtesy of the oilkings.ca I had the chance to jump on a Zoom call with Edmonton Oil Kings forward Jake Neighbours. The 2020 draft-eligible prospect was having a strong year with 70 points in 64 games. We chatted about [...]
**Photo: NHL.com NHL Draft Rankings - WHL April 2020 At the beginning of the 2019-20 season. one could argue the WHL was going to have a weak year. Coming off an NHL draft which saw three players drafted in the top seven picks, and seven players in the top-31, it seemed the expectations may have [...]
Hello my friends, hello. At the beginning of the season, many draft experts claimed that the WHL wasn't quite the hot bed that last year was. It is tough to follow a year which saw Byram, Dach, Cozens, Krebs and company featured in the top 20 but hold the phone... Defenseman Braden Schneider and [...]
WHL REPORT - OCTOBER 2019 We are well underway and what a way we are under. With the announcement of Brayden Tracey returning to Moose Jaw, that leaves just the third overall pick in 2019 remaining in the NHL with Kirby Dach and the Blackhawks. Injury has played a real role in delaying the [...]
