(PHOTO CREDIT: Hannah Winkler) – August Von Ungern and the Wild made the most of the weekend exhibition series against the Trail Smoke Eaters. by Arch Ecker With a unique preseason format that amounted to four games of two periods each to allow more players to participate, the Wenatchee Wild prevailed in all four meetings […]
PHOTO: AJ Vanderbeck had a goal and an assist in Friday’s preseason action. (Credit: Zane Morrison) by Arch Ecker The Wenatchee Wild, just five days into training camp, welcomed their new division rival Trail Smoke Eaters in what amounted to a pair of 2 period games, and claimed victory in each of them in Town […]
It’s been quite a summer for returning Wenatchee Wild defenseman Slava Demin who skated on the U.S. Under-18 Men’s Select Team at the 2017 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup in Breclav, Czech Republic, and Bratislava, Slovakia, last August and now has been selected as one of 42 players who will compete in the sixth annual CCM/USA […]
In what’s grown to be one of the more anticipated events of the late summer, the Wenatchee Wild “Kids Day Game” returns, scheduled on Tuesday, September 12 with doors opening at 5:30 pm. Admission to the event is free, and there will be plenty of activities for everyone. The centerpiece of the event is a […]
by Arch Ecker When the Wenatchee Wild and new division rival Trail Smoke Eaters get together for preseason hockey next weekend at the Community Rink, the games will be a little different from what hockey fans are used to, as each night will feature four full periods of hockey, instead of the standard three periods. […]
by Arch Ecker In his second year playing with the Colorado Rampage U16 team, defenseman Bryce DeFazio was named team captain and enjoyed a solid year of growth and development. He’s been drafted by teams in three different leagues, and he will arrive in Wenatchee with the rest of the hopefuls for the 2017-18 roster […]
by Arch Ecker On a team heavily laden with veteran talent last year, Jasper Weatherby came in to Wenatchee for his first season of junior hockey and embraced his role, and now returns this season prepared to lead by example for the younger players. He played on a line that featured two other first year […]
by Arch Ecker Some ice hockey players have been on skates so long, they don’t remember learning. It’s just always been a part of their life. For Cooper Zech, that’s not exactly the case. “My earliest hockey memory was around 5 years old”, he recalls. “I didn’t like skating very much and wasn’t very good […]
by Arch Ecker As the Wenatchee Wild prepare to begin their third season in the BCHL, the task of reloading a club that has lost a lot of key components took another step forward with the addition of Brenden Rons, a second-year junior defenseman who is expected to provide a solid presence on and off […]
by Arch Ecker He will celebrate his 16th birthday in November, but Lukas Svejkovsky has been playing with older players for years now, and welcomes the challenge as he joins the Wenatchee Wild this season. For the last three seasons, Svejkovsky has been playing in the Delta Hockey Academy in Delta, BC, Canada, with his […]
