After a slow start to the season offensively, Cowichan Valley Capitals forward Mickey Spencer has busted loose. The Gibbons, Alberta native was named the BC Hockey League's Player of the Week on Monday after tallying three goals and four assists in weekend games against Powell River and Quesnel.On Friday, Spencer struck less than a minute […]
After three weeks of in-conference play, it's time to see how some of the Interior's top teams stack up against their Coastal competition. This weekend, the Vernon Vipers and Quesnel Millionaires will continue their trips through the Island and Mainland divisions respectively.On Thursday, the Mills began their four-game trip on a positive note, jumping out […]
Quesnel Millionaires netminder Jeff Malcolm has already proven himself as a top-tier puck stopper in the BC Hockey League. But as it turns out, his talents extend far beyond the crease.On Wednesday, Malcolm accepted a scholarship offer to attend Yale University beginning in the fall of 2010. Yale has rich traditions in academics and athletics and a […]
Prior to the Cowichan Valley Capitals home ice tilt with Alberni Valley on Friday night, the British Columbia Hockey League recognized Shari Patterson as the league's Marketer of the Year award winner for the 2007/08 season. Patterson, has been with the Capitals since 1996 and has served in her current role with the club for nine years, […]
The Prince George Spruce Kings Junior A Hockey Club of the British Columbia Hockey League is pleased to announce that defenceman and team captain, Zach Davies has accepted a four-year scholarship to Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut. Quinnipiac is an NCAA Division I school that is ranked nationally as one of the best universities to […]
Penticton Vees head coach Fred Harbinson has been appointed the team's General Manager, the club announced Tuesday.Harbinson, who took over behind the Vees' bench prior to the 2007 season, was named the Interior Conference Coach of the Year in his first year in the league. He also led the Vees to the Fred Page Cup […]
The Nanaimo Junior A Clippers Hockey Club (BCHL) are pleased to formally announce the signing of a long term Title Sponsorship Agreement with World Financial Group (WFG). With this announcement the Nanaimo Clippers will officially be known as the World Financial Group Nanaimo Clippers effective immediately. Nanaimo Clippers Owner and Governor Mr. Ken Wagner was […]
The Vernon Vipers were out in force at the annual Terry Fox Run at Coldstream Elementary School on Sunday, helping out and taking part in the 5km, 8km and 10km runs. The Vipers got up early and were amongst the first volunteers to show up at the event, lending a hand with registration, t-shirt sales, […]
Note: Vancouver Canucks prospect Travis Ramsey earned a scholarship to the University of Maine while playing for the Salmon Arm Silverbacks during the 2003/04 BC Hockey League season.Late-blooming Travis Ramsey is a byproduct of Wayne Gretzky's remarkable influence on hockey in California after he was traded from Edmonton to Los Angeles in 1988.“Gretzky definitely opened […]
Edmonton Oilers forward and 2008 NHL All-Star Shawn Horcoff is the first BC Hockey League graduate interviewed and featured in Smart Hockey Magazine. To read the feature on Shawn, click here.For a limited time, new subscribers of Smart Hockey can receive discounted rates on home delivery of the magazine. To subscribe to Smart Hockey, click here.
