Western Hurricanes are proud of our alumni accomplishments on and off the ice. This past weekend's QMJHL Entry Draft a selection made by Cape Breton Screaming Eagles in the 13th round was our very own Mason Beck! Congrats to you Mason! Continue to work hard and keep reaching for your future goals! We are all proud of your accomplishments!
 

Congrats to two of our very own Western Hurricanes players for being selected to the 2018 Hockey Nova Scotia High-Performance Summer Camp this July in Antigonish. Luke Woodworth and Ryan Hopkins have earned their invite to the U15 category of the Camp. Great work boys!

The Western Hurricanes would like to congratulate 2016/17 Alumni Ewan Keays, Jeremy Robar and Ben Charles on being selected as part of the QMJHL'S EXCELLENCE CHALLENGE Tournament in Boisbriand Quebec. These three boys are part of twenty players from Nova Scotia will have an opportunity to compete against eastern Canada's top prospects April 26-29 at the Centre d'Excellence Sports Rousseau.

This HNS team is made up of two goaltenders, six defensemen and twelve forwards from across the province. Team Nova Scotia will be led by head coach Andre Lefebvre (head coach, Cole Harbour Wolfpack, Nova Scotia Major Midget Hockey League (NSMMHL), and assistant coaches Kyle MacLennan (head coach, Weeks Major Midgets, NSMMHL) and Paul Hunt (assistant coach, Cole Harbour Wolfpack, NSMMHL).
 
The QMJHL Excellence Challenge is an annual tournament that features six teams from Quebec (two teams), New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, and Nova Scotia. More than one hundred of the top prospects from the region will take part in the event which scouts will use as an evaluation tool ahead of the 2018 QMJHL Entry Draft.
 
The Western Hurricanes would like to wish our alumni players the best of luck at this year’s QMJHL Excellence Challenge.

DATE: Tuesday April 3rd
LOCATION: Queen’s Place, Liverpool
TIME: 5pm-9pm
COST: $80
Register by email: westernhurricanes18@gmail.com
Form will be emailed upon registration.
 
OPEN TO 2005 PLAYERS AND PLAYERS LOOKING TO PLAY
BANTAM A, AA or MAJOR BANTAM HOCKEY
NEXT SEASON WITHOUT
A “HNS” CERTIFED CHECKING CLINIC
**REQUIRED FOR ANY NEW PLAYERS ATTENDING HURRICANES SPRING ID CAMP**
Each player will be provided with a checking certificate signed by a certified HNS instructor. 
 

Konnor had two assists in a 4-3 victory that found out team down 3-0 after the first period before we rallied for 4 unanswered goals. 

On Sunday Konnor scored the tying goal late in the third period to sent our game into OT. OT solves nothing and Konnor scored the shootout winner as we beat a tenacious Storm
team 3-2.

January is the start of every New Year. Along with that new start comes a highly anticipated tournament know as "The Chronicle Herald East Coast Ice Jam." The Major Bantam division will include 27 teams from all four Atlantic Provinces. One of those 27 teams is your very own Western Hurricanes. With a very good front half of the NSMBHL season behind the Hurricanes they head into this tournament play eager and ready for any challenge tournament competitors can present to them. The Hurricanes will play Round Robin games starting with a game Wednesday, one on Thursday and one Friday. Saturday the tournament will reset with the top 16 teams playing Round of 16, then Quaters, Semis and Finals on Sunday.

The schedule as follows:
Wednesday January 10th
4:45pm Western vs Central Attack
BMO Centre Ice Pad A

Thursday January 11th
5:15pm KV Kings vs Western
BMO Centre Ice Pad B

Friday January 12th
11:15am Western vs Northern Blackhawks
BMO Centre Ice Pad B

Follow the team on Twitter for live game updates : @whurricanes

There will also be live streams from the BMO Centre Ice Pads. As soon as the link is known it will be posted here.

Go Canes GO!!!