The Westside Warriors are pleased to announce the hiring of Darren Yopyk as their Head Coach/Director of Hockey Operations. Darren was born and raised in St. Paul, Alberta and will be relocating to West Kelowna from North Andover, Mass. Darren played in the AJHL before receiving a scholarship to the prestigious Princeton University. Yopyk was […]
The Salmon Arm SilverBacks Junior “A” Hockey Club is pleased to announce that Ashford McMaster will be heading to the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology in Calgary this fall to continue his hockey and education. SAIT is a member of the Alberta Colleges Athletics Conference. The 20-year old McMaster was fourth in team scoring and […]
The Vernon Vipers Hockey Club is very pleased to announce that 20-year old forward Ryan Santana has committed to play for the defending NCAA Division I champion Boston University Terriers.Santana joined the Vipers at the beginning of the 2008/09 season after playing in the United States Hockey League and was a key ingredient in the […]
A pair of British Columbia Hockey League graduates are a step closer to representing Canada at the 2010 Winter Olympic Games in Vancouver. On Thursday, former BCHL players Duncan Keith and Milan Lucic were named to Canada’s roster for an orientation camp to be held from July 24th through 27th in Calgary, Alberta. The camp, […]
Vernon Vipers defenceman Kyle Bigos capped a dream season by being the first of four British Columbia Hockey League players selected at the 2009 NHL Draft in Montreal on Saturday. The Edmonton Oilers tabbed Bigos with the 8th pick of the fourth round, 99th overall.Bigos enjoyed a stellar campaing in his second BCHL season, and […]
Henri St. Arnault (Chilliwack Chiefs/BCHL) had one last assist in his career as he handed off the ACHA National Championship trophy from the commissioner to his teammates so they could celebrate their 4-1 win over Illinois. St. Arnault came to Lindenwood University from the British Columbia Hockey League full of confidence and with a healthy […]
Brett Hull, the most prolific scorer ever to compete in the British Columbia Hockey League, has been announced as a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s induction class for 2009 following a stellar National Hockey League career.Hull still holds the BCHL record for goals and points scored in a single season with 105 and […]
The 2009/10 British Columbia Hockey League season will kick off on September 11th and wrap nearly six months later on February 21st. Sandwiched between those dates are 510 games involving 17 teams and competition for 14 postseason berths.Schedule highlights include two meetings between the Powell River Kings and Vernon Vipers, who met in last season's […]
The Alberni Valley Bulldogs will be hosting an Alumni Golf Tournament on Saturday July 4th, 2009. The Tournament will be a shotgun start at 1:00 PM at the Alberni Valley Golf Club, with dinner to follow. The tournament is a scramble format. Tyler Ruel, Stephen Pattison, Josh Bonar, Jim Patterson, Devin Timberlake, Dan Wallace, Bert Watkins, […]
When the Langley Chiefs asked the New York Islanders' Jeff Tambellini to come out and sign autographs as part of the opening celebrations of the Langley Events Centre, it was an easy decision for the former junior hockey star. “They were so good to me as a kid coming up and over the years after […]
