The opening list of names for the Hobey Baker Award, given annually to the top player in NCAA hockey, has been announced and five BCHL alums are in the running. Former Coquitlam Express forward Alex Kerfoot of Harvard, Chilliwack Chiefs grad Mitch Gillam of Cornell, former Langley Rivermen standout Mario Puskarich of Vermont, former West […]
With the race for playoff position heating up and the postseason looming not far away, Michigan Tech senior and former Nanaimo Clippers standout Reid Sturos was at his best in a pair of big conference games for Michigan Tech. Sturos scored twice shorthanded, one of them a game-winning goal, and also assisted on a game-tying […]
Vernon Vipers goalie Darion Hanson has been named the BCHL Player of the Week for the week ending January 29, the league announced Monday. Hanson stopped 112 of the 116 shots that came his way in three games while earning two wins, one of them a shutout, and a tie. The 6-foot-3, 180-pound netminder began […]
CALGARY, Alta. (Monday, Jan. 30, 2017) – As January nears a close the Canadian Junior Hockey League is fresh off another successful Prospects Game that was held in front of nearly 1,800 fans and over 150 scouts from the NHL, NCAA, CIS and CHL in Cornwall, Ont. There is also a new No. 1 this […]
PENTICTON, BC –The Penticton Vees Jr. A Hockey Club is proud to announce Sun Life Financial as the presenting sponsor of the 2017 Western Canada Cup. The tournament runs April 29 to May 7 at the South Okanagan Events Centre. Director of Player Development & Corporate Sales David Michaud is excited about the partnership, “Sun Life Financial […]
Darion Hanson made all 39 saves and Austin Adamson broke a scoreless tie in the third period as the Vernon Vipers downed the visiting Nanaimo Clippers 3-0. Hanson and his Clips counterpart Evan DeBrouwer were both unbeatable through 40 minutes but in the third, Adamson was able to finally get on the scoresheet with an […]
Lucas Finner’s goal 49 seconds into overtime rescued two points for the Nanaimo Clippers in a 4-3 road win over the Salmon Arm Silverbacks in which the Clips surrendered a two-goal lead in the third. Ben Taylor’s first BCHL goal got Nanaimo on the board first but Justin Wilson replied for the ‘Backs not long after. In […]
TRURO, N.S. (Thursday, January 26, 2017) – Following two successful runs in Yarmouth, N.S., in 2012 and 2013, the international showcase of Junior A hockey talent returns to the East Coast for a third time as Truro hosts the World Junior A Challenge from Dec. 10-16, 2017, at the Rath Eastlink Community Centre, home of […]
CORNWALL, Ont. – Team West got a pair of goals, including the game-winner, from Kale Howarth (Trail Smoke Eaters, BCHL) to help his side edge Team East 4-3 Wednesday evening in the Canadian Junior Hockey League Prospects Game at Ed Lumley Arena in Cornwall, Ont., in front of nearly 1,700 fans and over 150 NHL, […]
It’s a story well known to fans following the BCHL. Triplets Gerry, Leo and Myles Fitzgerald – who each played four BCHL seasons before going off to NCAA hockey at Bemidji State – played almost exclusively on the same line and quickly became fan favourites wherever they went. A sidebar to the story that often […]
