Over three seasons with the Victoria Grizzlies, Cody Van Lierop increased his contribution each year and took on captaincy duties this past campaign. That growth and leadership will serve him well in the coming season as he takes his game to the University of Ottawa and USports hockey with the school’s men’s hockey team, the […]
HeadCheck Health Inc. (HeadCheck), a Canadian company that has created a reliable objective sideline concussion testing and management software for sports teams, today announced that they have signed a service agreement with the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) covering all 17 BCHL teams throughout the league. HeadCheck is a concussion testing and management solution, which […]
After a league-wide survey, the 2016-17 BCHL Broadcaster of the Year is former Penticton Vees play-by-play man Fraser Rodgers. Rodgers spent six seasons on the microphone broadcasting Vees games with his call going out live on EZ Rock 800 AM in Penticton as well as on HockeyTV pay-per-view. He stepped away from his post after […]
Brody Claeys was among the busiest netminders in the BCHL last season with 2,507 minutes played and league-high 1,407 shots faced and handling that workload will serve him well next season in his commitment to the NCAA Div. I University of Alaska-Anchorage Seawolves program. Claeys joined the Bulldogs midway through the 2015-16 season in a […]
With most NHL teams having announced rosters for summer development camps, there is again a great representation of talent bred in the BCHL. Many of these players will have been drafted by the NHL clubs but the majority are free agent invites from the college ranks. The BCHL is especially pleased to see nine of the […]
After two seasons in the BCHL, Trail Smoke Eaters Goaltender Linden Marshall will take his hockey career to the college level. The 6-foot-3 netminder has committed to the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Engineers for the 2017-18 NCAA Div. I season. RPI is based out of Troy, N.Y. and play in the Eastern Collegiate Athletic Conference […]
A number of BCHL alums in NCAA hockey have been recognized by the Hockey East Association (HEA) for their efforts on the ice and in the classroom. Hockey East announced their 2016-17 All-Academic Team in a press release on June 28, honoring 149 student-athletes that achieved a grade point average of 3.0 or higher in each […]
The 2017-18 BCHL regular season schedule is ready and has been uploaded to the league website. Fans and media can navigate the schedule using the ‘Schedule & Scores’ menu at www.bchl.ca. The subpages of that menu include ‘League Schedule’ which shows all games in a month-by-month format and ‘League Scoreboard’ which shows the games scheduled […]
The matchups are set for the sixth Bauer BCHL Showcase happening Sept. 20 to 24 at Prospera Centre in Chilliwack. All 17 teams will again play two games each at the Showcase for a total of 17 games at the event. All games count in the regular-season standings. The Showcase will have a strong presence […]
Hello from the BCHL, Please see the release below from the Canadian Junior Hockey League on the CJHL players selected on Day 2 of the NHL Entry Draft in Chicago. Cale Makar of the Brooks Bandits went fourth overall to the Colorado Avalanche on Friday evening, making it the second straight year the CJHL had […]
