Salim Valji

4 days ago | tsn.ca | Salim Valji

Game 2 of the Western Hockey League final in Medicine Hat on Sunday is far more than just another playoff game for Tigers’ captain Oasiz Wiesblatt. It’s also Mother’s Day and will mark the first time the junior hockey star will see his mom, Kim, in two years. Kim, who is deaf, has been working in London, Ontario while Oasiz pursued his hockey dreams. Oasiz recently signed with the Nashville Predators, the organization his brother, Ozzy, plays in.

5 days ago | tsn.ca | Salim Valji

A CHL phenom is using a lesson he learned as a 16-year-old to rewrite the junior hockey record books. Medicine Hat Tigers star Gavin McKenna is in the midst of a 53-game point streak, the longest in modern league history. Over that stretch, the 2026 NHL Entry Draft top prospect has tallied 135 points. Last season, he began pushing himself more away from the rink.

1 week ago | tsn.ca | Salim Valji

In his first meeting with Calgary Flames media members after he was taken 13th overall in the 2021 NHL Draft, Long Island native and Harvard commit Matt Coronato was asked about the prospect of playing in a smaller Canadian market. The wound from losing blueliner Adam Fox – the team’s third round pick in 2016 who also played at Harvard but refused to sign with the Flames before eventually making his way to the New York Rangers – was still fresh.

2 weeks ago | tsn.ca | Salim Valji

Receiver Damien Alford, the 2025 No. 1 overall pick in the CFL Draft, already has some familiarity with his new surroundings in Calgary. The Stampeders made the Utah Utes’ receiver the top selection on Tuesday. Alford, a Montreal native, already has an important connection to his new home. “I actually have my sister that lives out there,” he said. He also knows his new quarterback, Vernon Adams Jr. When Adams was with the Montreal Alouettes, the two would sometimes work out together.

3 weeks ago | tsn.ca | Salim Valji

The heart-and-soul defenceman seemed both exhausted and emboldened to answer questions about his playing career. Blueliner Rasmus Andersson, who revealed on Saturday that he played through the team’s playoff push with a broken fibula, is eligible to sign a contract extension this summer and can become an unrestricted free agent next July when his six-year, $27.3 million contract expires.