Welcome to this week’s edition of the WHL’s Three Stars of the Week on the Area 51 Sports Network. This weekly post looks back at the week that was and identifies which WHL players stepped up for their respective teams.…
Tri-City Americans defenseman Lukas Dragicevic (Photo: Keith Dwiggins/Portland Winterhawks) Growing up in a hockey family, Lukas Dragicevic got started on the ice at an early age, saying he began skating at two or three years old. Longtime WHL fans may…
Edmonton Oil Kings forward Rhett Melnyk joined Gabriel Neumann on the fifth episode of The WHL Show. Below is the transcribed interview. Rhett Melnyk, who wears #27 for the Oil Kings, has six points (3G-3A) in nine games played so…
Tri-City Americans goaltender Tomáš Suchánek joined Gabriel Neumann on the fifth episode of The WHL Show. Below is the transcribed interview. Tomáš Suchánek’s year has been off to a good start. This season, he has a .917 save percentage and…
(Photo: Scott Butner/Tri-City Americans) *This was originally posted April 12, 2022* You often hear goaltenders talk about how once they put on the pads, they never wanted to take them off again. Many talk about how something just clicked for…
Nick Avakyan in net for the Tri-City Americans (Photo: Keith Dwiggins/Portland Winterhawks) *This was originally posted March 25, 2022* Tri-City Americans goaltender Nick Avakyan didn’t grow up in a hockey family, but his start in hockey came just as early…