A trio of former BCHL stars have are in the NCAA headlines this week with another batch of conference player awards. Wenatchee Wild graduate Charlie Combs, who led the BCHL with 51 goals last season, was named Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) rookie of the week after scoring twice for Bemidji State in a non-conference […]
For a kid from Trinity, Fla., Wenatchee Wild forward Lucas Sowder has already beaten the odds by making it to the BCHL. But that’s not going to be the end of the line in hockey for recently turned 19-year-old. Sowder has committed to play NCAA Div. I hockey next season at Minnesota State University (MSU). […]
The Coquitlam Express have announced the hiring of Jason Fortier as the team’s new head coach and assistant general manager. The move replaces Barry Wolff who held both coach and general manager roles for the last five seasons. The Express have gotten off to a 3-21-1-1 start to the season and missed the playoffs last […]
Powell River Kings foward Ben Berard has been named the BCHL Player of the Week for the week ending Nov. 26, the league announced Monday. Berard racked up five goals and an assist in helping the Kings to a pair of wins on home ice. After scoring a goal in the first game of a […]
Having already surpassed his offensive totals from all of last season and it looks like he’ll challenge for the Brett Hull trophy this year as the BCHL’s top scorer. But the biggest news of his season to date came Nov. 15 with his NCAA commitment to the University of North Dakota. Weatherby, a native of […]
CALGARY, Alta. – There were only a few changes among the top rated teams in this week’s Canadian Junior Hockey League Top 20 rankings with the Carleton Place Canadians (CCHL) staying at No. 1. MHL: The South Shore Lumberjacks pace the MHL standings and stay 10th in the rankings with the Edmundston Blizzard slotted 20th […]
In one of the most diverse crops of weekly NCAA awards winners from the BCHL ranks yet, four league alums took home recognition this week across three different NCAA conferences. Another unique point this week is three of the four BCHL grads are goalies. Quinnipiac netminder and Vernon Vipers alum Andrew Shortridge took the ECAC […]
In what has been a whirlwind few weeks of hockey news for Seth Barton, the piece that started it all off was his commitment to NCAA hockey. The Trail Smoke Eaters defenceman has inked with UMass-Lowell with the intention of heading there for the 2019-20 season. In addition to that bit of news, Barton also […]
Penticton Vees defenceman Nick Leivermann has been named the BCHL Player of the Week for the week ending Nov. 19, the league announced Monday. Leivermann had four goals and an assist from the blueline as he led the Vees to three blowout wins and scored a hat trick as well. The native of Eden Prairie, […]
CALGARY, Alta. – Hockey Canada and the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL), with assistance from NHL Central Scouting, have zeroed in on a list of 100 players from across the country who are invited to selection camps in advance of the 2017 World Junior A Challenge. A group of 60 invitees will assemble in Calgary […]
