The provincial government has committed funding to support both the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League and Saskatchewan teams from the Western Hockey League facing challenges created by COVID-19. $3 million will be directed to assist WHL teams with revenue shortfalls due to COVID-19 restrictions with each team receiving $600,000. The SJHL will be given $1 million […]
The last time the Regina Pats were on the ice was March 13 when they lost at home to the Winnipeg Ice. A game scheduled for two nights later was cancelled due to COVID-19 and you know the rest of the story. On Friday, the WHL announced the plan is to play a shortened 24-game […]
The Regina Pats have signed 16-year-old American-born Borya Valis to a WHL Standard Player Agreement. 🚨 SIGNING 🖊️ Pats sign Colorado product Borya Valis ➡️ https://t.co/FpXVKlfIjk#JoinTheRegiment pic.twitter.com/edfBhR0Rxj — Regina Pats (@WHLPats) January 11, 2021 Valis, who was listed by the team in February 2020, has been competing in the U16 AAA program of the Tier […]
The WHL is now looking to play a 24-game season. The WHL has approached provincial and state governments with their proposal, and will be releasing a start date for the season once their plan is approved. It’s not known if there will be fans allowed in the arenas at this time. In a news release, […]
The first exceptional status player in the history of the WHL is reacting to the second delay of his rookie season. The WHL pushed back the start date of their season after previously announcing a January 8th start date, citing current state and provincial restrictions as a reason for the delay. The WHL has not […]
In a move that shouldn’t surprise anyone, the Western Hockey League announced Tuesday night that the season will not begin on January 8 as they had hoped to. The league says with public health restrictions in place across the jurisdictions where league teams come home, they are simply not able to start as planned with […]
With teams unable to host their annual teddy bear and toque toss games this upcoming holiday season, the WHL has launched the T’s for Toys campaign. Team mascot t-shirts are for sale for $20 each, with seven of those dollars going to community charities to spend on toys for children this holiday season. In Regina, […]
They may be bitter rivals on the ice, but Saskatchewan’s five WHL teams are able to team up for a new off-ice fundraiser. The Pats, Blades, Raiders, Warriors and Broncos have put together an online 50/50, called The Hockey Harvest Lottery. All the proceeds from the lottery will be split evenly between the clubs and […]
The Regina Pats have made a trade with the Tri-City Americans that sees a Saskatchewan product return home. 18-year-old Tom Cadieux from Saskatoon comes to Regina with the Pats sending a third-round pick in the 2023 WHL bantam draft and a conditional seventh-rounder in 2023 in return. Cadieux, who was the Americans 2nd round pick […]
WHL Commissioner Ron Robison spent part of Thursday afternoon trying to answer many questions that have come up since the league announced it would start the 2020-21 season on January 8. During a Zoom call, Robison said the January 8 date is a firm date and not a tentative one, and that the biggest challenge […]
