Former Salmon Arm SilverBacks netminder Steve Christie was a driving force behind the University of Manitoba Bisons' tremendous 2009/10 season, and the British Columbia Hockey League grad has been rewarded for his contribution to his team's success by receiving a number of individual honours in recent weeks.After leading Manitoba to their first National University Cup appearance since […]
Former Alberni Valley Bulldogs team captain Devin Timberlake took little time to make the most of made his professional hockey debut with the American Hockey League's Providence Bruins.On Sunday, Timberlake played his first AHL game and needed just a handful of shifts before scoring his first professional goal against Manchester Monarchs netminder Jonathan Bernier at […]
The 2009/10 British Columbia Hockey League season witnessed its fair share of feel-good stories and nowhere was that more evident than the remarkable turnaround in Quesnel. The Millionaires, after a number of lacklustre seasons, turned the tide with 22 wins this season and made the playoffs for the first time since 2003. Yet only a year ago they […]
The Powell River Kings will be returning home to the Sunshine Coast with home-ice advantage in the 2010 Fred Page Cup Finals, as the Coastal Conference champions tied the series 1-1 on Saturday night with a gritty 3-1 victory at the Wesbild Centre. The Vipers, who took the opener by a goal on Friday, came […]
The Vernon Vipers opened defence of their Fred Page Cup title the same way they did in the 2009 British Columbia Hockey League Finals — with a win to jump out to a 1-0 lead, narrowly beating the Powell River Kings 2-1 on Friday night to open the championship series. The Jones twins were both […]
A total of 10 British Columbia Hockey League graduates are still standing in the race for a National Championship, but many have turned their attention to the five players who are helping to make history at the Rochester Institute of Technology — this year’s Cinderella darling at the NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament. Senior co-captain Stevan […]
Former British Columbia Hockey League standout goaltender Brian Thiessen was named the Reebok AHL Player of the Week for the period ending March 28th following three sterling performances in net for the American Hockey League’s Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins. The Aldergrove, B.C. native turned aside all 31 shots against the Norfolk Admirals in a 3-0 victory […]
Merritt Centennials team captain and four-year British Columbia Hockey League veteran Jordan Soquila has been named the league's recipient of the RBC Junior A Scholarship for the 2009/10 season, Hockey Canada announced Wednesday.Soquila recently completed his final year in the league by leading the Centennials to their first postseason appearance since 2007. On the ice, […]
The Westside Warriors have a pair of sizable holes to fill on their blueline for the 2010/11 season with the pending departures of Interior Conference Top Defenceman Brendan Ellis and co-captain Joel Woznikoski, but the team has taken a first step to add impact depth for the future with the commitment of B.C. Major Midget […]
Powell River Kings goaltender Josh Watson has been named the British Columbia Hockey League's Player of the Week for the week ending March 28th, the league announced Monday. Despite nine goals allowed in two games early in the week, Watson rebounded nicely to steal the series back for the Kings. Playing on three straight nights — […]
