The British Columbia Hockey League is pleased to announce the Chilliwack Chiefs as the host franchise of the first-ever BCHL Showcase event, happening Sept. 7, 8 and 9 at Prospera Centre in Chilliwack. The Showcase will bring all 16 BCHL teams to the Chiefs home rink for two games apiece that will count in […]
The Salmon Arm SilverBacks have found a name familiar to junior hockey fans in the North Okanagan and Shuswap area to run their hockey club after Colin O'Hara resigned earlier this month. Troy Mick, who has experience coaching at the Junior B, Junior A and major junior levels, was introduced Wednesday afternoon at a media […]
The Merritt Centennials capped off the 2011-12 season with their annual awards banquet before a packed audience last week at the Merritt Legion Hall. The player award winners were determined by voting among the players along with consideration from the coaching staff. Most Improved Player: Tyler Martin Academic Scholar: Reece Willcox Most Promising Player: Brendan Lamont […]
Trail Smoke Eaters leading scorer Erik Cooper has accepted an offer to play for the NCAA Div. III national champion St. Norbert College Green Knights for the coming season. Cooper, a native of Anchorage, Alaska, was on fire in the second half of the season scoring 32 of his 49 points on the season after […]
The British Columbia Hockey League and the Nanaimo Clippers are pleased to announce the schedule for the Western Canada Cup (WCC) being held at Frank Crane Arena in Nanaimo from April 26 to May 5, 2013. With two teams from the WCC qualifying for the 2013 RBC Cup, an anticlimactic final – which would result […]
The truth is that the 2012 Fred Page Cup was a much closer affair than the 4-0 series score would indicate but still, the Penticton Vees took the minimum number of games to get past the Powell River Kings. Cohen Adair cut into Pentcton's 2-0 lead with a power-play goal at 12:46 of the second […]
The BCHL's Fred Page Cup Finals move from the South Okanagan to the Sunshine Coast for Game 3 Tuesday night with the Penticton Vees leading the Powell River Kings in the best-of-seven series 2-0. Series notes: – Vees goalie Chad Katunar has made 71 saves on 73 shots through two Finals games and now leads playoff goalies […]
Travis St. Denis forced Game 3 of the Fred Page Cup Finals into overtime on a goal with 17 seconds left in regulation and then set up the winner by Wade Murphy just more than five minutes into the extra frame. The win puts the Penticton Vees up 3-0 on the Powell River Kings in the best-of-seven series. […]
Twenty-four players, including returning first-team selections Brian Dumoulin, Justin Schultz and Jack Connolly, were honored Friday by the American Hockey Coaches' Association as it announced its All-America teams. Seventeen schools had representation on the teams, with three selections from Union leading the way. Boston College and Ferris State, which meet Saturday night in the NCAA […]
The NHL Central Scouting Bureau released its final rankings in advance of the 2012 Entry Draft and seven BCHL players are included. Among the top-210 North American skaters, forward Jujhar Khaira of the Prince George Spruce Kings had the highest rating at 74th which is up six spots from his placement in the mid-term rankings. […]
