Merritt Centennials goalie Jacob Berger has been named the BCHL Player of the Week for the week ending Oct. 15, the league announced Monday. Berger turned aside 121 of 129 shots over three games, helping the Cents to points in each game. The Minnetonka, Minn. product made 34 saves and was 3rd Star in an […]
CALGARY, Alta. – The Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) Top 20 regular season rankings, for the period ending Oct. 16, features the Thief River Falls Norskies (SIJHL) taking over as the new No. 1. MHL: Despite suffering their first two defeats the Edmundston Blizzard are still 9-2 overall as are the Yarmouth Jr. ‘A’ Mariners. LHJAAAQ: With only […]
Jacob Berger made 45 saves, including 17 of 18 in the third period, allowing the Merritt Centennials to take a 3-2 win in Wenatchee over the Wild. Alex Bourhas opened the scoring for the Cents in the first and when Sam Morton tied it for Wenatchee later in the frame, Nicholas Wicks restored the Cents […]
After a pair of late goals by Jonny Tychonick to set the stage for overtime, Grant Cruikshank scored the winner in the extra session for 3-2 Penticton Vees win over the host Merritt Centennials. There was no scoring in the first and Merritt’s Colten Gerlib got the Cents on the board with the only tally […]
Time will tell, but perhaps the new coaching staff at the University of Michigan will see more BCHLers head there over the next few years. One indication that might be the case is the commitment this week of Penticton Vees forward Cassidy Bowes to the Wolverines. Michigan’s new head coach Mel Pearson, who assumed the […]
The feel-good vibes keeps coming from the Colorado Avalanche and their start to the season. The latest is the first NHL goal for rookie forward and former Coquitlam Express star Alex Kerfoot. The West Vancouver native scored the opening marker of the game Wednesday night in a 6-3 Avalanche home win over the Boston Bruins. […]
As a math major at the University of Alaska-Anchorage, Olivier Mantha is pretty handy with numbers. On the ice, though the season is just two games old, his numbers look pretty good and his performance in the season-opening set against NCAA power North Dakota earned him the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) goalie of the […]
After a tour of two seasons and three stops in Junior A hockey in Canada, Texas native Ben Allen will be returning to the Sun Belt for college hockey. The product of Allen, Texas, Allen will play next season at the NCAA Div. I University of Alabama-Huntsville. “Ben is off to a great start and […]
Penticton Vees goaltender Adam Scheel has been named the BCHL Player of the Week for the week ending Oct. 8, the league announced Tuesday. Scheel made 69 saves on 73 shots in Penticton’s weekend home-and-home set with the Vernon Vipers. The 6-foot-4, 185-pound native of Lakewood, Ohio posted a .945 save percentage and a 1.85 […]
CALGARY, Alta. (Monday, Oct. 9, 2017) – The Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) Top 20 regular season rankings, for the period ending Oct. 9, sees the surging Okotoks Oilers (AJHL) moving into the No. 1 slot overall. MHL: The first-year Edmundston Blizzard remains hot out of the gate starting 7-0 to lead the MHL standings […]
