Wenatchee Wild forward Colin Burston has been named the BCHL Player of the Week for the week ending February 5, the league announced Monday. Burston recorded four goals and three assists in two games as the Wild won both contests on home ice. The Winnipeg native had two helpers in a 6-0 Friday and followed […]
CALGARY, Alta. (Monday, Feb. 6, 2017) – With a month or so remaining in the respective regular season schedules in the Canadian Junior Hockey League, we’re heading into the home stretch as the clubs gear up for the playoffs. The Brooks Bandits (AJHL) had a lengthy winning streak come to an end last week, but […]
Despite allowing the first goal of the game, the Prince George Spruce Kings replied loudly with four of their own in the opening frame to roar back and take a 5-2 road win over the Langley Rivermen. Brendan Budy scored just past two minutes into the game but Jarod Hovde, Adam Burnett and Brett Mennear […]
Neck and neck in the standings with conference rival RIT, the Bentley University Falcons got a big boost from freshman and West Kelowna Warriors alum Jonathan Desbiens in last weekend’s road sweep of the Tigers. Desbiens got the opening goal of the game in the series-opening 3-2 win at RIT and followed that the next […]
Since missing four games in early- and mid-January, including a conference weekend at Western Michigan, Liam Finlay has returned to the Denver Pioneers lineup as a difference maker. His efforts this past weekend earned him the National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) offensive player of the week honours. The Kelowna native and former Vernon Vipers standout […]
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 […]
