Jordan Kawaguchi had a hat trick by the end of the second period, pacing the Chilliwack Chiefs’ offence in a 6-0 road win over the Victoria Grizzlies that puts the Chiefs up 2-1 in the Coastal finals. Kawaguchi got the only goal of the first period, delivering on the man advantage in the final minute […]
The votes have been added up and the BCHL is announcing its 2017 1st, 2nd and rookie all-star teams. The league’s play-by-play broadcasters were surveyed to rate their top forwards, defencemen, goaltenders and asked to do the same for rookies. It was a weighted voted with players receiving points in the tally based on the […]
Mat Robson made 33 saves and Grant Cruikshank scored twice to help the Penticton Vees to a 4-2 road win over the Vernon Vipers in Game 3 of the Interior finals, putting the Vees ahead 2-1 in the series. Cruikshank opened the scoring in the first, unassisted on the power play and Taylor Sanheim made […]
Penticton Vees forward Nic Jones has been named the BCHL Player of the Week for the week ending April 2, the league announced Monday. Jones racked up three goals and four helpers for seven points in three games as the Vees got past the Merritt Centennials in Round 2 and opened up the Interior finals […]
Duncan Campbell made an immediate impact upon joining the Penticton Vees’ roster partway through this season and he hopes to do the same in university hockey this coming fall. Campbell has accepted an offer to play at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont. The 6-foot-3, 190-pound forward scored twice in his Vees debut on Nov. 4 […]
Matthew Galajda made all 39 saves and Keyvan Mokhtari scored twice as the Victoria Grizzlie defeated the host Chilliwack Chiefs 2-0 to even the Coastal finals 1-1. The game was scoreless until late in the second period when Mokhtari scored on the power play at 18:45. It would be all the offensive support Galajda would […]
Darion Hanson made 36 saves and Austin Adamson provided the decisive tally early in the third period as the Vernon Vipers earned a 3-2 road win over the Penticton Vees to claim the first game of the Interior finals. Vernon led 2-1 after one with Steven Jandric opening the scoring and Cameron Trott restoring the […]
Amazing how much can change in less than a year. At this point in 2016, Tyson Jost was just mulling over the end of the Penticton Vees season, the upcoming U18 World Championships in North Dakota, the NHL Draft and his freshman season at the University of North Dakota. Today, he’s on the cusp of […]
It has to be a good feeling when the No. 1-ranked team in NCAA hockey wants your services for the future. That’s the case for Vernon Vipers forward Brett Stapley who has committed to play at the University of Denver where the Pioneers are currently the top-ranked club in NCAA Div. I hockey. Denver enters […]
Keyvan Mokhtari picked the perfect time to get his first goal of the postseason, moving into the slot on the counterattack and snapping a shot top corner to deliver a 2-1 home win in Game 7 double overtime for the Victoria Grizzlies over the Powell River Kings. The win moves the Grizzlies into the Coastal […]
