Canadians--on account of them taking over the NCAA and being the primary source of hockey talent--need not conform with undignified American customs like exchanging promise rings with colleges when you're 16. We will set our own path. The recruiting process wil be molded in our

This is the lineup the Hitmen rolled out over the weekend versus Lethbridge. The team is very young. Only a handful of returnees. Few high draft picks. Bunch of BCHL guys. Bunch of Americans. The most interesting roster in the WHL.

Congrats to some of our latest graduates 🎓 for cracking their respective #WHL #OpeningNight Rosters 🏒 this past weekend! #earnednotgiven

Americans don’t like hearing that their lame little ritual—where every kid gives a promise ring to the first school that gives them a hand job—only benefits the schools.

Lucas was committed to a NCAA school last year (I think Colgate) and was playing for Prince George in the BCHL. He left mid-season for the Q. Wild 2025 for our boy.

Was in Powell River this time last year. Good story.

Can watch Jordan Spence move around the ice all day. Serious mobility on the kid. 🎥 (IG/puckinrights)

Everyone in Canada is not-so-secretly cheering for the guys that left early for the NCAA to fail... except for the BCHL Alberta.

The Calgary Hitmen--who have the most interesting roster in the WHL--got their lineup card cleaned up by your boy. For those asking - I will never blashamy and put college commitments in a WHL lineup card. I have my problems with the WHL, but I'm an old guy and I sympathize

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Compared to USHL hockey, which Noreen said you're "at the mercy of the draft," what he "loves" about college hockey is "we get to pick who/what you want it to be." He said "it's not about getting the most talented individual" — it's about getting the right team. He said they

“The best defence is a good offence” - the USHL, probably I like how the OHL and USHL are just going to expand into one another. Perverse incentives.

Memo to Arizona State: Selling Greater Albertans, the most abundant pool of hockey talent on the planet, on Tempe won’t be that hard.

There's a tournament this weekend in the capital of Greater Alberta, the centre of the hockey universe. h/t Hockey REVIEW 🏒🥅