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WHL Season Preview: Six burning questions
By Andy Eide The Western Hockey League season is here as hockey returns to the Northwest and Western Canada this weekend. For the first time in recent memory, the WHL doesn’t have a clear cut dominant team to watch. Last year, it was the Prince Albert Raiders, who we knew would be good, and they […]
NHL Preseason Story Lines
NHL camps have started so we thought we would go around the boards to hear what story lines each of our NHL to Seattle team members will be focused on throughout the preseason. The WHL Impacts by Andy Eide The NHL preseason gets going in a week and four teams have decisions to make that […]
All five of WHL’s US Division clubs represented at NHL Draft
By Andy Eide VANCOUVER, British Columbia – The 2019 NHL Draft saw a strong showing from the Western Hockey League. The WHL led the way this past weekend with 28 players selected, more than any other feeder league or organization. Seven players went in the first round and by the end of the weekend at […]
WHL Attendance
With the WHL playoffs shifting to the lower seed’s arena for games 3 and 4, I figured it was a good time to look at the WHL attendance to see how the league is drawing at the gate. League Wide For the third year in a row, WHL Attendance is down ~1% across the league, […]
WHL Playoffs Kick Off Friday With All Five U.S. Division Teams In The Mix
By Andy Eide The Western Hockey League’s second season gets underway Friday night and for the second straight season, all five U.S. Division teams have qualified. The U.S. Division has been on quite a run, sending a team to the WHL Championships in eight of the last nine seasons (Portland 2011-2014, Seattle 2016-2017, Everett 2018), […]
Glen Goodall Is The Seattle Hockey Legend You Need To Know
By Andy Eide The goal came in 1990 during a February game against the Portland Winterhawks at the Arena on Mercer Street. It had to come against Portland. It was an innocent looking play to start. A battle in the corner resulted in the puck squirting out to Seattle Thunderbirds captain Glen Goodall. He pivoted […]
Weekly reading 2018-11-30
As we anxiously wait for Tuesday, here are a few stories to chew on. Local NHL Board of Governors Meeting: What to look for – We gave you a cheat sheet on what to look regarding Seattle at the Board of Governors meeting. Seattle Center arena will be ready for NHL team in 2020, Seattle […]
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