The Wenatchee Wild have run into a hot Kelowna goaltender and now face elimination on Friday night in Game 5 of their Western Conference WHL Playoff series with the Kelowna Rockets
PHOTO: Wenatchee Wild forward Briley Wood pauses after celebrating his first-period goal in Tuesday’s Western Hockey League playoff game at the Kelowna Rockets. Kelowna moved ahead of Wenatchee in the best-of-seven series with a 5-1 win at Prospera Place. (Photo co...
After Wenatchee and Kelowna combined for 14 markers in Game 1, Saturday’s second game of their best-of-seven Western Conference quarterfinal matchup was a tight, defensive struggle as the Rockets prevailed for a 3-1 win to tie the series. The series shifts to Canada for the third and fourth games this Tuesday and Wednesday.
Down 4-1 in the 1st period and 5-2 in the second, the Wild used a scorching stretch late in the second stanza on the way to an unforgettable 8-6 victory in the opening the game of the teams’ best-of-seven WHL Western Conference quarterfinal series with the Kelowna Rockets.
The Wenatchee Wild ran into a hot goaltender Sunday afternoon but still came out of the weekend with one of their season goals, a WHL playoff berth.
Wenatchee lost their Sunday matinee with Moose Jaw 3-0 at Town Toyota Center. The Warriors goaltender Jackson Unger earned the win turning away 35 Wild shots on goal.
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With the WHL trading deadline coming next Wednesday, the Wenatchee Wild dealt three of their stars to recover draft picks from the franchise's past WHL trades.
Two of the three - Conor Geekie & Matthew Savoie recently represented Canada in the ongoing IIHF 2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Sweden.
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Early last week, the Penticton Vees Hockey Club announced the signing of a very familiar name to fans of the Wenatchee Wild’s BCHL era.
Former Wenatchee Wild forward Cade Littler signed on and joined the Vees immediately. LIttler now wears #10 for Penticton. In h...
The WHL's Wenatchee Wild front office staffer is camping out at the Town Toyota Center balcony until he raises $4,000 for veterans groups. It's the fourth year the Wild's Senior Sales & Operations Coordinator David Rayfield has left his family at home to go campout on the balcony at Town Toyota Center to support the veteran's groups.
The Wenatchee Wild have hired Roy Sommer as the club's new head coach.
The team made the announcement in a press release on Thursday (October 12) afternoon.
Sommer comes to Wenatchee from the San Diego Gulls of the American Hockey Association (AHL), where he served as head coach for the 2022-2023 season...