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It’s down to winner-takes-all yet again for Vipers and Saints

The Doyle Cup will go to a seventh game for a second straight season with the Spruce Grove Saints producing a 2-0 win with their season on the line to force one more game for all the marbles Sunday night in Alberta. Saturday evening's Game 6 was another low-scoring struggle between the two clubs. The […]

SilverBacks goalie Moore inks with Broncos

Salmon Arm SilverBacks goalie Kris Moore has accepted a scholarship to attend Western Michigan University and play for the Broncos for the 2011-12 season.Moore, who came to Salmon Arm in the offseason after two seasons with the Camrose Kodiaks of the Alberta Junior Hockey League, posted 21 wins in 34 games this season and earned […]

Canada returns home with silver lining

Their body clocks are still adjusting back to North American time, but a group of 20 BCHL players, their coaches and other officials and family members returned from Russia Tuesday night with a cargo-load of memories.Canada played a three-game, round-robin event in Podolsk, near Moscow, and one exhibition game and earned a 2-1 record in […]

Vipers victorious in first game in Alberta, tie series 2-2

It's a best-of-three series now. The Vernon Vipers have tied the Doyle Cup at two games apiece with the Spruce Grove Saints after a 3-1 win Wednesday night at Grant Fuhr Arena in Spruce Grove. Seemingly at a loss as to how to generate offence and get pucks to the net after Sunday's 5-2 loss […]

McGillis’ continued playoff production nets Player of the Week nod

Vernon Vipers forward Patrick McGillis has been named the British Columbia Hockey League's Player of the Week for the week ending April 17, the league announced Monday.McGillis, who had just 25 points in the regular season, now has 16 points in 19 playoff games including the goal and assist he's tallied so far in the […]

Team Canada wins final game of Russia tourney, finishes second

After dropping the first two games of their trip to Russia including an exhibition game, Team Canada won it's final two contests and claimed second spot in the four-team event with a 2-1-0-0 record. Canada defeated the Slovakian national juniors 6-3 Sunday getting a hat trick from Bryce Gervais. Team Canada media relations co-ordinator Eddie […]

Saints head home with 2-1 lead in Doyle Cup

The Doyle Cup now shifts to Alberta with the Spruce Grove Saints leading the best-of-seven series against the Vernon Vipers 2-1 thanks to a 5-2 victory in Game 3 in Vernon on Sunday night.  Special teams played a large role in the contest with each team tallying a power play goal in the opening frame. […]

Vipers take 1-0 lead on Saints in Doyle Cup

DOYLE CUP WEBSITE HERE The Vernon Vipers struck the first blow in the Doyle Cup with a 3-1 win at home Friday night over the Spruce Grove Saints. A scoreless first period resulted in large part due to the work of Saints goalie Vincent Marozzi who turned aside 18 shots in the opening frame including […]

Canada downs Russian National Junior side to move to 1-1 in round robin

Despite some bizarre circumstances, victory on Russian soil Saturday felt pretty sweet for the 20 BCHL players and their coaches competing in the four-team Russian invitational event in Podolsk. Having dropped an exhibition game and their first round-robin game to the Russian Junior Selects by scores of 9-2 and 6-2, Canada broke through against the […]

Saints even series by edging Vipers in Game 2 of Doyle Cup

The 2011 Doyle Cup is all square between the Vernon Vipers and Spruce Grove Saints after the Alberta visitors scored a 3-2 win Saturday night. CLICK HERE TO LINK TO DOYLE CUP WEBSITE It looked like there might be another scoreless first period but Vernon opened the scoring on the power play at 17:34 of […]