It was a meeting of the two highest-scoring teams and players in the BCHL and while Victoria's Wade Murphy gained ground on Penticton's Connor Reilly for the scoring lead, it was the visiting Vees defeating the Grizzlies 5-4 for their 13th consecutive victory. Penticton held a three-goal lead at three different points of the game […]
The 2012 NHL Draft Watch List revealed this week includes eight current BCHLers and one league alumnus that is playing in the NCAA ranks. In all, 23 Junior A players were listed though none of the players was ranked as an 'A-type' prospect indicating a potential high-round draft pick. 'B-type' players listed, potential mid-round selections, […]
Second-year Silverback forward and current leading scorer Devin Muller is among the players on the short list for Switzerland’s' World Junior Championship squad. Muller will depart for Alberta next weekend in hopes of making it from the current roster of 33 players to the final roster before the tournament opens on Boxing Day. Switzerland […]
The Alberni Valley Bulldogs made like Santa Claus Thursday as they visited West Coast General Hospital with some presents. On Dec. 2, the team hosted their annual Teddy Bear Toss night and gathered dozens of stuffed animals. Decked out in Santa hats, they dropped in on the folks at the hospital to make the donations. […]
Former Burnaby Express defenseman Brad Hunt of Bemidji State University has been named the Red Baron® Western Collegiate Hockey Association Defensive Player of the Week for Dec. 6 as a result of his outstanding two-way efforts in a conference tie and victory at St. Cloud State last weekend. A 5-9, 175-pound senior from Maple Ridge, B.C., Hunt […]
The Alberni Valley Bulldogs are pleased to announce Kevin Willison as the team's new head coach after Paul Esdale was dismissed earlier this week. Willison's amateur coaching career spans from minor hockey in the city of Calgary for multiple years prior to taking on a position with the Edge School in Calgary as the head […]
Penticton Vees alum and University of North Dakota left winger Brendan O’Donnell, who scored a pair of goals to help his club to a conference road victory at Alaska Anchorage last Friday, has been named Red Baron® Western Collegeiat Hockey Association Rookie of the Week for Dec. 6. A 6-0, 200-pound freshman from Winnipeg, Manitoba, […]
A week after getting his first Atlantic Hockey rookie of the week recognition, Robert Morris Colonials freshman and Trail Smoke Eaters grad Scott Jacklin picked up another one. In a record-setting weekend for the Colonials, Jacklin closed out the first RMU sweep of the season by extending his goal-scoring streak to five games – tying […]
Victoria Grizzlies alum Matt Ginn of the Holy Cross Crusaders was named the Atlantic Hockey goalie of the week. Ginn went 2-0-0 on the week with a 1.00 goals against average and a .938 save percentage. He made 30 saves and allowed two goals in the two wins over Canisius. In the 3-2 victory on […]
Rookie Surrey Eagles defenceman Devon Toews has accepted a scholarship to attend Quinnipiac University. An Abbotsford native, Toews has scored four goals and eight assists in 25 games with Surrey this season which puts him second on the team in defenceman scoring. The 5-foot-11, 165-pound blueliner becomes the fifth Eagles player to earn a scholarship […]
