The second half is underway for the WHL. For teams like the Wenatchee Wild, notable pieces are off at the IIHF World Junior Championship, whereas for teams like the Spokane Chiefs, they get to take advantage of temporarily weakened opponents. Wenatchee Wild without...
We've reached the unofficial halfway point of the 2023-24 WHL campaign, where five teams across the U.S. and B.C. Divisions remain within six points for the top spot in the Western Conference. Today, we’ll recap the teams in the U.S. Division and take a look ahead to...
Only a few games remain before teams in the WHL begin their winter hiatus, and for the Everett Silvertips, there’s no place like home for the holidays. Everett Silvertips Everett began a home-and-home with the Vancouver Giants over the weekend, with both teams hosting...
It was not a flashy week in the U.S. Division of the Western Hockey League, as numerous teams struggled to find a winning consistency throughout the week. That is unless you’re the Wenatchee Wild, who continue to be one of the best stories in the league. Wenatchee is...
The season keeps moving along for the Western Hockey League, which capped off a November full of standings shuffling and big-time performances all around. For the Everett Silvertips, contributions from up and down the lineup continued to spring them forward, while the...
The Thanksgiving holiday, for the NHL at least, often is used as a benchmark for projections going forward into the rest of the season. This is no different for the WHL, as teams this time of year look to find more consistency in their games going into the more...
Sound Of Hockey is proud to present new coverage of the Western Hockey League. Most weeks, we will discuss the teams based locally around Seattle, but to get things rolling this week, let's do a quick check-in on all the U.S. Division teams, the Everett Silvertips,...
The Seattle Thunderbirds raised eye brows all across the hockey world this season when they acquired star player after star player, making no bones about the fact they were all in to win a WHL championship and—perhaps—a Memorial Cup as the best team in the entire...
With the WHL playoffs starting up, we thought it would be fun to look at regular season attendance numbers across the entire league. The last four seasons have been anything but normal, which makes evaluating attendance a challenge. Traditionally, March tends to have...
While the Kraken sent their top prospect to the OHL for more development, the Winnipeg Jets sent a top prospect to Seattle. The Seattle Thunderbirds announced Monday that Jets first-round pick in the 2022 NHL Draft, Brad Lambert, had been assigned to play in Seattle...
KENT – In front of a sold-out accesso ShoWare Center, Edmonton Oil Kings goalie Sebastian Cossa tamed the crowd and made 21 saves in a 4-0 win against the Seattle Thunderbirds to take a 2-1 series lead in the WHL Championship Series. Former Thunderbird defenseman...
When the Seattle Thunderbirds drafted goalie Thomas Milic in the second round of the 2018 Western Hockey League Draft they were hoping they had acquired a big-game goalie, the type of player that didn’t wilt or hide from important games. As they prepare to play the...
