A hat trick performance from Michael Betz’s hat-trick performanc was all Trail Smoke Eaters needed to record a 5-2 victory on home ice over the Williams Lake Timberwolves on Saturday night.Darnell Dyck opened the scoring late in the first period to give Trail a lead after 20 minutes, but Clayton McEwan evened the game only 27 […]
Burnaby Express general manager Darcy Rota will complete the season as the team's interim head coach after the club parted ways with Dave McLellan following Friday evening's 8-2 loss in Surrey.“The team had been struggling for some time and we felt that the time for a change had come,” says Rota. “Our ownership group determined […]
The Langley Chiefs extended their winning streak to 12 games and inched closer to second place in the Coastal Conference on Saturday evening, topping the Surrey Eagles by a 4-1 margin on home ice. Andrew Wallace put the Surrey Eagles ahead early in the second following a scoreless first period, but the Chiefs took over from there. […]
The Powell River Kings fought back from a disappointing loss to Alberni Valley a night earlier, scoring seven second period goals en route to a commanding 11-3 home ice victory over the Nanaimo Clippers on Saturday evening.The team exchanged first period goals, as an early Teal Burns effort was evened out by a Jordan Grant equalizer […]
The Victoria Grizzlies took and gave up a big lead on Saturday night, but eventually topped the BCHL-leading Vernon Vipers by a 5-3 score at the Bear Mountain Arena on Saturday evening.The Grizzlies came out strong and earned a 3-0 lead over the defending Fred Page Cup champs, as Milke Tebbutt put the home side […]
A day after making a coaching change, the Burnaby Express fought hard for interim bench boss Darcy Rota but fell short in a 1-0 home defeat to the Alberni Valley Bulldogs at the Bill Copeland Sports Centre.Sam Mitchell scored the game's lone goal at the 17:15 mark of the first period, converting a pass from […]
The Alberni Valley Bulldogs extended their season-high winning streak to 12 games and took a commanding 13-point lead over their nearest Coastal Conference competition on Friday night, scoring a 3-2 road victory over the Powell River Kings.The home side took an early lead just 28 seconds into regulation when Reid Campbell bested Bulldogs netminder Frank […]
On Wednesday night, the Vernon Vipers had little difficulty disposing of a BCHL All-Star squad that included a pair of Nanaimo Clippers. Two nights later, it took a much more thorough effort to take two points from the entire squad in a 5-4 victory at the Frank Crane Arena.Dylan Walchuk opened the scoring with the […]
A strong second period was the difference for the Victoria Grizzlies on Saturday night, as Madison Dias led the way with a pair of goals in the middle frame of a 5-2 victory over the Cowichan Valley Capitals at the Bear Mountain Arena.Joel Lowry gave Victoria a first period lead at the 6:43 mark of […]
The Surrey Eagles found their offensive groove in a big way on Friday evening, storming for eight goals in a comfortable home win over the Burnaby Express.Chris Santiago and Richard Vandenhoek gave the Eagles a two-goal advantage in the first period, with the latter goal coming on a man advantage with just 45 second remaining in […]
