the 2013-14 CHL thread

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Tigers lost 5-4 in OT to Seattle last night - Of note, Shinkaruk scored twice for Medicine Hat.

Canuck kids are starting strong

Shinkaruk, Madicine Hat - 1gp, 2pts
Subban, Belleville - 6gp, 6pts
Gaunce, Belleville - 4gp, 5pts
Cassels, Oshawa - 6gp, 6 pts
Horvat, London - 2gp, 3 pts
Cederholm, Portland, 6gp, 5 pts (and punched Rod Stewart's son in the face)

 

[puckhead]

make that 6 points in 3 games for Horvat.
guess he felt bad trailing behind the rest of the gang

 

[Destroydacre]

Canuck kids are starting strong

Shinkaruk, Madicine Hat - 1gp, 2pts
Subban, Belleville - 6gp, 6pts
Gaunce, Belleville - 4gp, 5pts
Cassels, Oshawa - 6gp, 6 pts
Horvat, London - 2gp, 3 pts
Cederholm, Portland, 6gp, 5 pts (and punched Rod Stewart's son in the face)

Meanwhile Rod Stewart's son scores the OT winner in Spokane's 1-0 OT win in Everett tonight.

 

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Emile Poirier (taken 22nd overall by the Flames in 2013) has 6 goals and 6 helpers in 7 games for Gatineau in the Q - Keep it going Emile.

 

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Spokane with a big statement win over Kelowna last night - Kelowna is the early consensus pick as the best team in the Dub.

/Tigers with a big 6-4 win over Calgary last night, Shinky with two assists.

 

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Tigers travel to Moose Jaw and defeat the Warriors 4-1 tonight - Shinky with a goal (SH) and an assist.

 

[Destroydacre]

Tigers and Chiefs both looking really good to start the season. Maybe this is finally the year we get the Chiefs and Tigers in the WHL finals.

Still a long ways to go though.

 

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This new kid the Tigers just added (Tommy Vannelli) has played very well in his short time with the team. I like the fact that Medicine Hat can compete with the larger market teams in attracting top American talent.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

Griffen Reinhart will be in the lineup against Spokane. It's his first game since being sent back to Edmonton by the Islanders. The Oil Kings are in 9th place in the Eastern Conference. What impact do you think he'll have on the Oil Kings? Will he be dealt, how soon & to which team?

 

[KennyBanyeah]

Emile Poirier (taken 22nd overall by the Flames in 2013) has 6 goals and 6 helpers in 7 games for Gatineau in the Q - Keep it going Emile.

I said it at the time of the draft and I'll say it again, Poirier was a good pick. The kid is a surefire NHLer, IMO. You can't teach a skating stride like that.

I say he ends up as an Antoine Vermette type of player. Not bad for a late 1st.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

Griffen Reinhart will be in the lineup against Spokane. It's his first game since being sent back to Edmonton by the Islanders. The Oil Kings are in 9th place in the Eastern Conference. What impact do you think he'll have on the Oil Kings? Will he be dealt, how soon & to which team?

I think the Oil Kings will be good pretty soon. Reinhart is just re-joining the team and Curtis Lazar was out to start the year.

 

[KennyBanyeah]

Sens 2013 1st round pick Curtis Lazar has come back from injury and has 5 goals and 5 assists in his first 5 games. Keep it up kid!!

 

[Destroydacre]

Spokane comes back from down 2-0 in the third to beat Calgary 3-2 in a shootout tonight in the Saddledome. Spokane goes 2-1 on their first trip through the central division, beating Red Deer yesterday and dropping a decision to Edmonton on Friday. Spokane is 8-2 through 10 games, eight of which have been on the road.

 

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Spokane and Medicine Hat are ranked #3 and #5 respectively in the CHL Rankings this week...Still very early, but still nice to see.

 

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Hurricanes have been struggling for several seasons and now their top scorers have up and quit the team (asking to be traded). Trouble brewing in Lethbridge (and I don't mean the House of Lethbridge brewery).

This afternoon, the Lethbridge Hurricanes announced veteran forwards Jaimen Yakubowski and Sam McKechnie are no longer with the club.

“Both players through their agents and families have requested a trade, so we have sent the players home to wait for a deal to be done” said Lethbridge Hurricanes general manager Brad Robson, in a press release.

Yakubowski and McKechnie were both drafted by the Hurricanes in the 2009 Bantam Draft and both had their best seasons in 2012-2013. In 66 games last season, Yakubowski registered 50 points (32goals, 18 assists) while McKechnie put up 43 points (26 goal, 17 assists) in 72 games.

As a team, the Hurricanes have struggled out of the gates with a record of just 1-9-0-1, and both veteran forwards have also struggled offensively, combining for just 4 points. McKechnie has one goal and two assists in nine games, while Yakubowski has just one goal and no assists in 11 games played this season.

 

[puckhead]

Hurricanes have been struggling for several seasons and now their top scorers have up and quit the team (asking to be traded). Trouble brewing in Lethbrisge (and I don't mean the House of Lethbridge brewery).

I wonder what the politics of that is, or if they just don't want to be on shitty team

 

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@thrower47
Pretty special night for the Family tonight, Brother vs Brother with our little sister starting it off singing the national anthem #Throwers

Dalton (Giants) vs Josh (Hitmen)

 

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Tigers have gone three straight games without a win (one OT loss) since that nice start (lost 5-3 to Portland tonight).

 

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Tigers appear to have righted the ship with two straight wins over Saskatoon and Prince Albert (Hunter Shinkaruk has missed the last couple of games with some kind of hip injury)

 

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Emile Poirier stats update:

16 GP 12 G 14 A 26 PTS 42 PIM