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1. Flames' Howse is Bruin

When the Calgary Flames drafted WHL'er Ryan Howse in the 3rd round (74th overall) they hoped the diminutive winger would prove to become a valuable prospect for the organization.  Well, Howse, 5-11, 195 lbs, has grown a few inches, added a few...

Thursday, 14 January 2010 | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more

2. Around the WHL

BY GREGG DRINNAN (gdrinnan.blogspot.com) It happens early every hockey season. Player after player after player signs to play in Europe. It never ceases to amaze me just how many North American players are playing across the big pond. Garth...

Wednesday, 14 October 2009 | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more

3. Winterhawks face stiff test

By GREGG DRINNAN (gdrinnan.blogspot.com) The Portland Winter Hawks have been flying high since this season began. This weekend they have an opportunity to go even higher. Or will the air begin to come out of the balloon? The Winterhawks, those...

Friday, 09 October 2009 | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more

4. Around the WHL

By GREGG DRINNAN (gdrinnan.blogspot.com) You can bet that there is concern in the dressing room of the Prince George Cougars. And you can bet that NHL teams are paying attention. F Brett Connolly, the reigning CHL rookie of the year, was on...

Monday, 05 October 2009 | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more

5. Life's a Beach in the WHL

By GREGG DRINNAN (gdrinnan.blogspot.com) A quick tour through and around the WHL: In the first major trade of the season, the Spokane Chiefs acquired F Kyle Beach, 19, from the Lethbridge Hurricanes for D Mike Reddington, 19, and freshman D Landon...

Monday, 28 September 2009 | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more

6. Opening weekend in the WHL

By GREGG DRINNAN (gdrinnan.blogspot.com) A few notes now that one weekend of the WHL regular season is behind us: 1. The Vancouver Giants played three games in four nights and went 2-1-0-0 despite missing F Evander Kane (Atlanta Thrashers) and F...

Monday, 21 September 2009 | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more

7. 10 things worth watching . . .

By GREGG DRINNAN (gdrinnan.blogspot.com) Here are 10 things worth watching this WHL season: 1. Is this the season in which the Portland Winterhawks climb out of the hole in which they have lived for the past three seasons? The Winterhawks have been...

Wednesday, 16 September 2009 | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more

8. Two titles one too many?

By GREGG DRINNAN (gdrinnan.blogspot.com) As long as there are men in the WHL who carry two titles – general manager and head coach – the topic will be open for discussion: Is doing both jobs too much for one person? Dean Clark says it was, at...

Saturday, 12 September 2009 | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more

9. All is quiet in Medicine Hat

By GREGG DRINNAN (gdrinnan.blogspot.com) Around the WHL, and then some . . . There may be a move afoot to cut back on the number of WHL exhibition games that are played on the second weekend of the preseason. One WHL general manager has told me...

Sunday, 06 September 2009 | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more

10. Around the WHL

By GREGG DRINNAN (gdrinnan.blogspot.com) Around the WHL, and then some . . . Don Hay, the veteran head coach of the Vancouver Giants, got tossed from his club’s first exhibition game, a 6-5 shootout victory over the Kamloops Blazers in Ladner,...

Tuesday, 01 September 2009 | Print | PDF |  E-mail | Read more