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, […]

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 […]

 Edmonton Oilers forward and 2008 NHL All-Star Shawn Horcoff is the first BC Hockey League graduate interviewed and featured in Smart Hockey Magazine. To read the feature on Shawn, click here.For a limited time, new subscribers of Smart Hockey can receive discounted rates on home delivery of the magazine. To subscribe to Smart Hockey, click here.

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 […]

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 […]

There were stronger hockey programs that Riley Nash could have enrolled in, but for him, joining his brother at an Ivy League school was a no brainer. And if a guy has brains enough to get into Cornell, it's pretty tough to second guess the decision. “I wanted an education,” said Nash, the third player […]

Corbin McPherson is a tough guy to miss. But even though he stands 6’4” without skates on, the hockey world is only just starting to notice him.  Last season, the Cowichan Valley Capitals defenceman flew well under the radar. When the National Hockey League’s Central Scouting service ranked 210 North American skaters for the entry […]