Victoria Grizzlies grad Jamie Benn and Team Canada captured the nation's fifth consecutive World Junior gold medal on Monday night in Ottawa, capping a whirlwind 11-day tournament.Just 48 hours after they found themselves seconds from a defeat at the hands of Russia, the squad put forth a dominant effort over Sweden. After building a 3-0 […]
Quinnipiac University forward Bryan Leitch (Merritt Centennials/BCHL) earned Tournament Most Valuable Player honours as the Quinnipiac men’s ice hockey team upset NCAA #11-ranked Air Force 4-2 in the Championship Game of the Toyota UConn Hockey Classic. Leitch led all scorers with five assists over the course of the tournament, including three in the Championship Game. […]
BC Hockey League graduate Martin Kariya will try to help Team Canada to gold at the Spengler Cup on Wednesday. Earlier today, Kariya scored the game winner in a 6-3 victory over Russian side Dynamo Moscow in his team's final round-robin game. Canada finished the round robin with three wins and an overtime loss, also […]
GRAND FORKS, N.D. – University of North Dakota freshman forward Brett Hextall has been named Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) Rookie of the Week for his performance in UND’s conference sweep over St. Cloud State last weekend in Grand Forks. Hextall assisted on the game-winning goal in Friday night’s 3-2 victory then scored the game-winning […]
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 Spengler Cup, Hockey Canada announced.Kariya, who is playing for Langnau in the Swiss Elite League, will join the team for its first game of the event versus Czech representatives Energie Karlovy […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State men’s hockey team rallied from a third-period deficit to close out the first half of play with a 3-2 win over Bentley in a non-conference game in Value City Arena Saturday. Buckeye sophomore Hunter Bishop (Vernon Vipers/BCHL) tied the game at 11:55 of the third and freshman Zac Dalpe (Penticton […]
A trio of BC Hockey League graduates received recognition for excellent November performances when their repsective conferences announced weekly and monthly awards winners on Tuesday.Boston College captain and forward Brock Bradford was named Hockey East's Player of the Month for November. The Burnaby native and Coquitlam Express grad registered seven goals and 13 points in […]
MADISON, Wis. – Alaska Anchorage forward and former Westside Warriors sniper Tommy Grant has been named the Red Baron WCHA Offensive Player of the Week for November 25-December 1. Grant led all league players with five points last weekend while helping the Seawolves to a victory and one-goal overtime defeat against defending league champion and […]
Boston College captain Brock Bradford (Coquitlam Express/BCHL) has earned Hockey East Association Player of the Week honors, the league has announced. Bradford registered eight points – five goals and three assists – in two games over the weekend. The senior forward netted one power-play goal and four even-strength goals in BC’s 1-0-1 week. He scored his first […]
University of Denver goaltender Marc Cheverie (Nanaimo Clippers/BCHL), who backstopped the Pioneers to a two-game sweep over visiting league rival Minnesota Duluth last weekend, is the Red Baronr WCHA Defensive Player of the Week for November 11-17. A 6-3, 180-pound sophomore from Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, Cheverie allowed just one even-strength goal in the two […]
