It wasn’t quite the start to the season the Everett Silvertips had hoped for, falling to the Vancouver Giants 4-3 at Angel of the Winds Arena on Saturday night. While a rematch of last season’s first-round playoff series would have been enough to garner a big crowd,...
It’s been nearly two months since the Everett Silvertips started looking to backfill its head coach and general manager positions, and yeaahh this is definitely taking longer than it’s needed to. The organization is showing signs of making these critical decisions,...
The Moose Jaw Warriors are headed to the Memorial Cup for the first time in franchise history, and one of the Seattle Kraken's highly touted prospects is going with them. Moose Jaw took down the Portland Winterhawks in Game 4 of the WHL Championship Series 4-2 on...
In a past life, when I was a full-time sportswriter going to games and not just spewing nonsense into a Google Doc from my couch, I once had a moral quandary that I still think about to this day. During my tenure covering the Everett Silvertips and the Western...
For veteran WHL players like Spokane Chiefs forward Shea Van Olm, playoff experience he has already garnered needs to rub off on the teammates around him. Harnessing confidence could be the difference between winning and losing in an upcoming playoff series. “I’ve...
The final leg of the WHL regular season is on. Clinching scenarios, positioning battles, and many different teams making last-ditch efforts to make the dance have been just some of the storylines to come out of the league during the second half. With just two weeks...
This is Part II of a two-part series looking at the best players at each position group for every team in the WHL's U.S. Division. Part I looked at the goalies. In Part II, we are coupling forwards and defensemen, as teams gear up for playoff pushes. This is not a...
While the Kansas City Chiefs were electrifying the world with their Super Bowl win on Sunday night, we were thinking about a different kind of "Chiefs" team, specifically a key player on the Spokane Chiefs of the Western Hockey League. Berkly Catton, a player who has...
This is Part I of a two-part series where we will look at the best player at each position group from each U.S. Division team. This week is a glance at the goaltenders, an area that has seen strong performances of late. Portland Winterhawks: Jan Spunar 18 GP:...
With January nearing a close, Everett and Portland are continuing to solidify themselves as two of the teams to beat down the stretch in the WHL. The top teams in the U.S. Division are getting hotter and hotter, and with a little under two months left in the regular...
Things are starting to shape up in the Western Hockey League, and the cream seems to have risen to the top of the standings. The dust has settled from the IIHF World Junior Championship, and the WHL trade deadline has come and gone. We recap the day of the deadline...
Under a week remains until the trade deadline for the Western Hockey League, and the biggest mover so far has been the Wenatchee Wild, who made it clear that an overhaul is needed for the organization to move forward. Wenatchee retools During their time playing for...
