Note: Vancouver Canucks prospect Travis Ramsey earned a scholarship to the University of Maine while playing for the Salmon Arm Silverbacks during the 2003/04 BC Hockey League season.Late-blooming Travis Ramsey is a byproduct of Wayne Gretzky's remarkable influence on hockey in California after he was traded from Edmonton to Los Angeles in 1988.“Gretzky definitely opened […]

It may not be the NCAA, but former Langley Hornets defenceman Justin McLaughlin doesn't mind. Last season, McLaughlin was a key member of the Lindenwood University squad that was narrowly beat out for the 2008 American College Hockey Association Division I Championship.The ACHA flies under the radar in Canada, but the league provides scholarship and […]

Former Victoria Grizzlies forward Jamie Benn finished his first National Junior Team development camp on a high Wednesday, scoring once and adding an assist in a 4-1 intersquad game victory for Team Red. Benn completed the three-game series at the top of the scoring charts with two goals and four points.The camp, which was held in […]

It didn't take long for Victoria Grizzlies graduate Jordie Benn to get his first shot in professional hockey. Benn, who was one of the BC Hockey League's premier defencemen in his final season of junior hockey, has signed on with AHL's Manitoba Moose – the top minor league affiliate of the Vancouver Canucks.A 47-point scorer […]

For Edmonton Oilers forward Shawn Horcoff, it was a chance to end his career with the only National Hockey League team he's known; for Jeff Tambellini, it was an opportunity to cement his status as an everyday player. On Wednesday, both Chilliwack Chiefs graduates inked new multi-year deals with the respective NHL teams.Horcoff's six-year, $33 million […]

Professional athletes always dream of being able to go out on top, and few are ever presented with the opportunity to make the plan reality. But on the heels of the Detroit Red Wings' 2008 Stanley Cup triumph, 15-year National Hockey League veteran and BCHL graduate Dallas Drake has done exactly that.Drake retired from the NHL […]

Chilliwack Chiefs graduate and Fernie, B.C. native Jason Krog is coming home. Last year's American Hockey League MVP has signed a one-year contract with the Vancouver Canucks and is ready to fight for an NHL roster spot after two dominating seasons with the Chicago Wolves.Last season, Krog was honoured as the AHL's regular season and […]