WHL

The goalie who's taken care of the net for the Canadian National Women's team made a trip through the Tri-Cities 16 years ago, and to this day remains the first and only woman to appear in a Western Hockey League contest of any kind. Shannon Szabados, who was beaten on that incredible penalty shot by Jocelyne Lamoreux-Davidson Wednesday night in the Gold Medal game, played in a pre-season game for

FormerTr-iCity Americans player Mitch Fadden died earlier this week at age 29. Family members and past team mates found out on Monday morning that he had passed away in his sleep that night. He was known as very dangerous scorer on the ice...

Thursday, in a move that did surprise some people, the Tri-City Americans traded 18-year-old forward Brett Leason to Prince Albert.

It's a difficult part of the WHL season, early to mid fall when overage, or 20-year-old players, have to fight for one of only 3 such roster spots on a team.

According to the Tri-City Americans, Goaltender Evan Sarthou has chosen to retire from the WHL, but his reasons are pretty good.

Driving over the Cascades is a FAR better prospect for the opening round of the 2016-17 WHL Playoffs than taking a leisurely 15-hour bus ride to Prince George in Canada. Thanks to their thrilling overtime comeback victory over Everett Sunday night, the Americans did just that.

A player who is considered a definite top 15 NHL Draft Prospect will likely miss the rest of the Tri-City Americans season, according to Governor-General Manager Bob Tory.

It's largely a precaution, but it will affect public events where fans have a chance to meet and greet Americans players.

After the Tri-City Americans steamrolled through their Eastern Division road trip with perhaps their best record ever for that bi-annual monumental journey, we looked at the Western and Canadian Hockey League standings. The WHL is one of three leagues that make up the CHL, along with the Ontario and Quebec Major Junior Leagues.

The six teams who failed to make the post-season in the Western Hockey League get to have the first six selections, and because the Americans had the best record of the non-playoff teams, they will go 6th overall.