There are few certainties heading into any junior hockey season, but it's fair to say that the Powell River Kings and Alberni Valley Bulldogs represented two of the BCHL's more intriguing question marks when the season kicked off three weeks ago. The defending Coastal Conference champion Kings were coming off a stellar season but graduated […]
Heading into his first training camp with the Vancouver Canucks, BCHL graduate Matt Pope was not under any illusions.His goal was to get into an exhibition game with the NHL team before they sent him down to their farm club, the Manitoba Moose and the AHL.But the 25-year-old who finished his Junior A career with […]
Quesnel Millionaires netminder Kirby Halcrow has been named the British Columbia Hockey League's Player of the Week for the week ending September 27th, the league announced Monday.Halcrow played all but two minutes of Quesnel's three-day, three-game road trip this weekend, picking up a win and two losses. Despite the pair of defeats, the Grand Prairie, […]
The Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) announced today its Weekly Top 15 rankings for the 2009/10 season. The previous week's rankings and the leagues in which the teams belong to are in parenthesis. The CJHL Weekly Top 15 as of Monday, September 28th:1. (1) Vernon Vipers (BCHL) 2. (7) Dauphin Kings (MJHL) 3. (5) Penticton Vees (BCHL) […]
Anyone who believes hockey players are monosyllabic neanderthals should talk to Warriors captain Joel Woznikoski. Engaging, humourous and seemingly multi-dimensional, Woznikoski was a natural choice to lead this year’s version of the Warriors. On the ice, he’s tough to play against — a big defenceman who’s not afraid to plaster an opponent against the boards any […]
It was business as usual for the Vernon Vipers on Saturday night, outscoring and outshooting another Interior Conference visitor in a 5-1 win at the Wesbild Centre.Jonathan Milhouse scored a pair for Vernon — including the game winner on a second period power-play — and was named the game's first star, while Mike Collins contributed […]
The Powell River Kings couldn't turn shots into goals against the Nanaimo Clippers on Saturday night, and it cost them. Despite outshooting their visitors by a 36-15 margin through regulation, the Kings couldn't convert when it counted and eventually fell by a 2-1 score after Joe Perry converted the overtime winner with Andrew Pettitt in […]
The Nanaimo Clippers aren't used to being an also-ran in the BCHL's Coastal Conference, and it was with that point in mind that considerable offseason effort went into re-engineering the team's roster following a first round playoff exit at the hands of Cowichan Valley last spring.Through six September games, it's tough to tell what to expect […]
The scoreboard told the story of a close game, but the shot clock said otherwise. When the dust settled at the Weyerhaueser Arena on Saturday, the Bulldogs left the ice with a 4-3 overtime win over Surrey and another handful of reasons to feel confident about their play on home ice.Despite outshooting the Eagles by […]
In the end, the Victoria Grizzlies made the most of their power-play chances while the Cowichan Valley Capitals didn't. On a penalty-filled night, it was Grizzlies' forward Joel Lowry who broke through a third period deadlock to score with the man advantage, sending his team to a 4-3 home ice win.The game began with a […]
