Salmon Arm SilverBacks owner Randy Williams has announced a leadership change in the team’s Hockey Operations department following the resignation of Head Coach and General Manager Rylan Ferster on Wednesday. Rylan will remain with the club until the end of June and assist in the transition process of hiring a new coach. Ferster re-joined the […]

Alberni Valley Bulldogs’ President and Governor Andy Oakes has been selected by the British Columbia Hockey League’s Board of Governors as its Executive of the Year for the second consecutive season, the league announced Tuesday. The award comes on the heels of an outstanding year for Oakes’s Bulldogs, who led the Coastal Conference with 93 […]

Merritt Centennials forward Jordan Soquila and Vernon Vipers defenceman Kevin Kraus have each been awarded RBC/Hockey Canada scholarships following their final British Columbia Hockey League seasons.Soquila has been named one of two national winners of the Nickerson Award, which is presented as a $500 scholarship to the top student-athletes who are pursuing a university hockey […]

Hockey Canada, in partnership with the Canadian Junior Hockey League, announced on Thursday the game schedule for the 2010 World Junior A Challenge, set for November 8-14 at the South Okanagan Events Centre in Penticton. Making its debut at the 2010 World Junior A Challenge will be Switzerland, which will play in Group B with […]

The British Columbia Hockey League's Merritt Centennials are pleased to announce the commitment of 21-year old forward Lucas Daoust to Thompson Rivers University, where he will suit up for the B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League's WolfPack for the 2010/11 season.“I'm excited that Lucas will get the opportunity to continue his hockey career and play in front […]

The Trail Smoke Eaters announced today plans for a second annual exhibition tournament at the Cominco Arena. The event will take place from Thursday, September 2nd through Saturday, September 4th. Once again a trio of British Columbia Hockey League teams will be joined by an Alberta opponent. The tournament will include the Smoke Eaters, Penticton […]

The British Columbia Hockey League's Salmon Arm SilverBacks are pleased to announce that graduating defenseman Kyle Peden has committed to attend Portage College and suit up for the Alberta Collleges Athletics Conference's Voyageurs for the 2010/11 season.Peden joined the SilverBacks at the January trade deadline from the AJHL's Drayton Valley Thunder. He played 16 regular season […]

The British Columbia Hockey League's Alberni Valley Bulldogs are pleased to announce that graduating forward Tye Lewis has committed to attend Sacred Heart University and suit up for the NCAA Division I Pioneers for the 2010/11 season. Lewis recently completed his first BCHL season by helping the Bulldogs to within a game of their first […]

The British Columbia Hockey League's Coquitlam Express are pleased to announce that graduating forward Dylan Herold has committed to attend Elmire College and suit up for the NCAA Division III Soraing Eagles hockey program for the 2010/11 season.Herold recently concluded his junior hockey career with the Express, who he captained during the 2009/10 campaign. The […]

The British Columbia Hockey League's Vernon Vipers are pleased to announced that 19-year old defenceman Garrett Noonan has committed to attend Boston University and suit up for the NCAA Division I Terriers for the 2010/11 season.Noonan recently completed his rookie season in the BCHL by helping the Vipers capture their second consecutive National Championship. The […]