Carol Schram and Adam Kierszenblat discuss WHL players who make their NHL debuts this week, Mike Johnston's 500th WHL win as a coach, Edmonton Oilers prospects and more.
Connor BedardOn this episode of The Hockey News On The 'Dub' Podcast with Carol Schram and Adam Kierszenblat all about the WHL:
- We kick off our headlines segment by celebrating 500 WHL wins for Portland Winterhawks coach Mike Johnston.
- Also, three trades this week, as the Saskatoon Blades look to augment their roster.
- Free agent Sage Weinstein earns an NHL contract and two 'Dub' coaches get the nod to assist at November's World U-17 Challenge.
- Finally, we run down the list of WHL players who cracked the opening-night rosters for their NHL teams, including Connor Bedard's performance in his debut, along with Kevin Korchinski, Zach Benson and Fraser Minten.
- We've got four players muscling into our three stars of the week, and the Edmonton Oilers are our NHL team of the week.
- Adam selects big-boy hockey between Brandon and Tri-City as his WHL game of the weekend and takes us back 10 years to a hot streak for Portland that almost took them all the way to the Memorial Cup.
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