The hangover has worn off enough to post....
The Hitmen won the 2010 WHL championship last night, beating Tri-City 4-1 in game five at the Saddledome in Calgary. I thought the Americans put in a pretty good effort in this game but the Hitmen won the second period 3-0 and played the Americans fairly even throughout the game otherwise and that was the difference.
So Calgary wins their 2nd WHL title in franchise history, and will now represent the WHL at the Memorial Cup in Brandon starting next weekend. In their 1999 Memorial Cup appearance, the Hitmen lost the championship final in overtime to the Ottawa 67's. You can't get any closer than that without actually winning....so this year's team will hope to be just that one goal better than the 1999 team.
With Windsor and Calgary now having been crowned OHL and WHL champs, the QMJHL representative is the only team left to be determined. The Moncton Wildcats beat the Saint John Sea Dogs tonight in game five of the QMJHL final, so the Wildcats now lead that series 3-2 and can wrap it up with a win in game six on Monday night. A Saint John win on Monday will force a game seven on Tuesday.
One other bit of WHL news - longtime Regina Pats G.M. Brent Parker has announced that he is resigning his G.M. position effective immediately, and the team will hire a new G.M.....I think a lot of Pats fans have been waiting for this day for a while, as the criticism of Parker has been building and building over the last few years. I guess now Pats fans will get their chance to have a new person at the reins of the team for the first time in a long, long, long time....
2 comments:
If you have time can you do a stat as to each teams year end players that are nineteen and twenty years old ?
wolf - probably after the Memorial Cup is over in two weeks, I will start looking at how the teams shape up for next year roster-wise.
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