Posts Tagged ‘Western Hockey League’




Oil Kings & Barons continue to perform well in playoffs

Friday, May 11th, 2012

Well the Edmonton Oilers completely stunk this season, but the same cannot be said for two teams very close to them.

On Thursday night, the Edmonton Oil Kings, who are owned by the Edmonton Oilers, defeated the Portland Winterhawks 4-3 to take a 3-2 lead in the Western Hockey League Championship Final, and the Oklahoma City Barons, the American Hockey League affiliate of the Edmonton Oilers, defeated the San Antonio Rampage  2-1 in overtime to take a 3-1 series lead in the Western Conference Semi-Final of the AHL Calder Cup Playoffs.

I watched the Oil Kings victory and have thoroughly enjoyed the WHL Final to date. The Oil Kings got a huge game winning goal by Mark Pysyk with only 56 seconds left in the game. Pysyk, a draft pick of the Buffalo Sabres is more known for his defense than offense, but performed admirably, recording a goal and an assist. Jordan Peddle led the Oil Kings in scoring with two goals and an assist.

Meanwhile in San Antonio, Chris Vandevelde scored his second overtime goal of the playoffs to give the Barons a key win over the Rampage, the AHL affiliate of Florida.

 

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Bulldogs to host Marlies at Ivor Wynne

Tuesday, August 30th, 2011

Ivor Wynne Stadium (Mike Russell, Wikimedia Commons)

Hamilton will host an outdoor game in the American Hockey League in 2012.

The game between the Hamilton Bulldogs and Toronto Marlies will be played at Ivor Wynne Stadium on January 21st.

The Bulldogs are affiliated with the Montreal Canadiens, while the Marlies are affiliated with the Toronto Maple Leafs.

This will be the first high profile outdoor game played in Canada outside the province of Alberta in recent memory. The Edmonton Oilers and Calgary Flames have each hosted the Montreal Canadiens over the last eight years outdoors, and this past year the Calgary Hitmen hosted the Regina Pats in the Western Hockey League at McMahon Stadium and the Fort McMurray Oil Barons hosted the Drayton Valley Thunder this past November.

I am very humoured by TSN’s report of the game. In their article, they are somewhat disappointed that the outdoor game this year will not directly involve the Toronto Maple Leafs.

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Kerrzy’s Notebook: Around the Rinks (Jersey Fail Edition)

Monday, January 24th, 2011

It’s been an interesting week for jersey gaffes hasn’t it?

The Buffalo News reported last week that forward Rob Niedermayer went a full three games (and three different jerseys) with his name misspelled before someone pointed it out to him. While it wasn’t quite as high profile as the NHL’s “Nick Lindstrom” slip-up at the 2008 Awards Show, it’s still pretty bad because it happened on the ice.

At least he had a jersey to wear though!

Yahoo’s junior hockey blog Buzzing the Net brings us this hilarious fail: The WHL’s Vancouver Giants forgot their jerseys when they headed to Kamloops to face the Blazers on Saturday…so what did they do? (more…)

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