Are you a Salmon Arm Silverbacks fan who wants to catch up with Hobey Baker award winner Ryan Duncan? A Vees supporter curious how Zac Dalpe's doing at the next level? No matter your team, the NHL Network's NCAA coverage is set to quench your hunger for favourite BC Hockey League graduates. This weekend, the network broadcasts […]
British Columbia Hockey League graduate Jason Garrison has proved that the road to the NHL doesn't have to be a rocky, winding one for an undrafted free agent. On Saturday, Garrison suited up for the Florida Panthers just months after signing his first professional contract with the club. The defenceman was an offensive star with […]
Milan Lucic returns to Vancouver tonight to play his first National Hockey League game in his hometown. Province sportswriter Steve Ewen takes a look at how Lucic's career in junior hockey nearly ended before it began.There was a time it looked like Milan Lucic's hockey career might end in tears on the dinner table. Her […]
Victoria Salsa grad Martin Kariya has been named to the roster for the Canadian Men's National Ice Hockey Team that will participate in the Swiss Challenge, Hockey Canada announced.Kariya, who is playing for Langnau in the Swiss Elite League, will join the team for its showdown with Switzerland on November 4th.Last season, the North Vancouver […]
HAMDEN, Conn. – Quinnipiac University men’s ice hockey junior Brandon Wong (Victoria, British Columbia) was named the ECAC Hockey Player of the Week on Oct. 20, 2008. The junior center is the second Bobcat in as many weeks to win the award after Bryan Leitch won on October 13. Wong had an impressive showing at […]
Northeastern University goaltender Brad Thiessen (Aldergrove, B.C./Merritt Centennials and Prince George Spruce Kings) has been named Hockey East Player of the Week, the conference announced on Monday. Thiessen led Northeastern to a 4-0 win over Providence on Friday and a 4-3 win over No. 1 Boston College on Saturday. The Huskies jumped from unranked to […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio – Zac Dalpe (BCHL/Penticton Vees), a freshman forward on the Ohio State Men’s Ice Hockey team from Paris, Ontario, has been named the CCHA Rookie of the Week, the Central Collegiate Hockey Association announced Monday. Dalpe, a second-round draft pick of the Carolina Hurricanes, led the Buckeyes to a series split with Lake […]
When the New York Rangers signed Minnesota Wild forward and Victoria Salsa grad Aaron Voros as a free agent in July, they were expected grit, size, and a willingness to go hard to the net. They probably weren't guessing they'd nabbed one of the league's top scorers.One week into the NHL regular season, Voros is […]
HAMDEN, Conn. – Quinnipiac senior wing Bryan Leitch (Merritt Centennials BCHL, Coquitlam, B.C.) was named the ECAC Hockey Men’s Ice Hockey Player of the Week on Oct.14, 2008. The senior forward totaled three goals and two assists in Quinnipiac’s exhibition win over the University of Prince Edward Island on Oct. 9. Leitch’s hat trick was […]
If there were a secret to gambling, we'd all be rich and casinos would have gone the way of the dinosaur years ago. But Cowichan Valley Capitals graduate Dan Gendur has some advice for would-be betters: Sometimes it pays to put your money on the long shot.Drafted 206th overall by the Vancouver Canucks in 2007, […]
