For the 39th time, Canada’s top Junior A teams have gathered, this year in Victoria, to do battle for the National Junior A Championship, beginning Saturday, May 2. This year marks just the fourth time British Columbia has hosted the tournament, joining Prince George in 2007, Nanaimo in 1998 and Vernon in 1990.The host team, […]
The Quesnel Millionaires have a new slogan for the 2009/10 season: New Direction, New Energy. Just as importantly, the British Columbia Hockey League club has a new group of owners eager to follow through on that promise for years to come.Earlier this week, the BCHL's Board of Governors approved the sale of the franchise from […]
For a complete rundown of the various league and championships leading up to Canada's National Junior A Championship, click HERE for the Road to the RBC Cup report.Much like their NHL neighbours from Vancouver, the British Columbia Hockey League’s Victoria Grizzlies and Vernon Vipers have been playing the waiting game as teams from across the country […]
The Salmon Arm SilverBacks Junior “A” Hockey Club is pleased to announce that Travis Statchuk has secured an NCAA Division 1 scholarship to Ohio State University. The scholarship begins in September 2011. Statchuk has just completed his first season with the SilverBacks and recorded 23 points in 33 games. Prior to coming to Salmon Arm, […]
Penticton Vees winger Curtis McKenzie's strong late season play didn't go unnoticed by the National Hockey League's Central Scouting service.McKenzie was one of six British Columbia Hockey League players to appear on Central Scouting's final rankings for the 2009 NHL Entry Draft in June. The 18-year old leaped 69 spots from the midterm list, rising […]
There's good news for fans eager to see another British Columbia Hockey League team advance to the RBC Cup in Victoria come May: the Camrose Kodiaks will be nowhere to be seen when the Doyle Cup opens on Friday night in Vernon.That's no slight at the Grand Prairie Storm, who lost only three games en […]
The Vernon Vipers sprayed non-alcoholic champagne in every direction, gathered for photos with the Fred Page Cup, and embraced one another in a joyous dressing room Sunday night. All-star goalie Andrew Hammond stopped 15 shots and the Vipers' smothering defensive style did the rest as Vernon clipped the Powell River Kings 2-1 at Wesbild Centre, […]
WILLIAMS LAKE, BC — March 10, 2009 — While most British Columbia Hockey League teams are settling in for a postseason run, the Williams Lake Timberwolves continue to focus squarely on their return to the league for the 2009/10 regular season. Following the recent hiring of Geoff Murdoch as General Manager, the team is now […]
When former NHL player Craig Laughlin was at Clarkson University in the 1980s, he learned enough about statistical probability to know that his children’s best chances of life-long success would be in the classroom and not at the hockey rink. “When I dealt with my kids it was always about education,” Laughlin says. “There’s about […]
The Powell River Kings may have had a two week break from game play but coach Kent Lewis said that it's worked out well. The team earned themselves top spot in their playoff division and a bye into the second round of playoffs.Lewis has experience with long breaks between regular season and important games. He was […]
