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The big lights were shining at the big arena in Winnipeg as the Thunderbirds, and ICE took to the ice at Canada Life Center for the WHL Championship Finals. The stars of each team were…

The Winnipeg ICE took down the Saskatoon Blades in four games. They dominated the Blades in this series to advance to the WHL Finals for the first time since being back in Winnipeg and only…

It's the best time of the year in the WHL, It's playoff time. For the Kelowna Rockets, their playoff dreams will open up on March 31st in Kent, Washington, where they will face the top…

Earlier this morning, the Kelowna Rockets made headlines after dealing Captain Colton Dach to the Seattle Thunderbirds along with a 5th-round draft choice, In exchange for Ty Hurley, Ethan Mittelsteadt, a 1st-round pick, 2nd-round pick,…

(Photo: Brian Liesse/Seattle Thunderbirds) Seattle Thunderbirds forward Mekai Sanders grew up with dreams of playing in the Western Hockey League and began his own journey on the ice after moving to Vancouver, BC when he…

Last season the Kelowna Rockets and Seattle Thunderbirds met nine times between the regular season and the postseason. Of those nine, Seattle claimed victory in seven of those matchups, leaving the Rockets with two. While…

As if you didn’t have enough reasons to watch Canada’s team competing for the Hlinka Gretzky Cup, let me introduce you to Scott Ratzlaff, one of three goaltenders holding down the fort in Red Deer.…

Welcome to another WHL Best of the 2010s feature where we profile the best WHL players from the 2009-10 season all the way to the 2019-20 season. Players are judged based on what they did…

When you think about the best WHL players of the 2010s, four-year Seattle Thunderbirds defenseman Shea Theodore comes to mind. Need more convincing? Read on.

The first day of the 2022 NHL Draft is complete and here are my completely biased thoughts about the picks coming out of the WHL (and Shane Wright).