Darren Nowick scored twice and added an assist as the Vernon Vipers opened defense of their National Junior A Championship with a 4-2 victory over the host Camrose Kodiaks in the 2011 RBC Cupcurtain-raiser on Saturday night. Full box score available HERE(RBC Cup photos available at HockeyCanadaImages.ca)Michael Zalewski and John Knisley added a goal and an […]
For the 41st time, Canada’s top Junior A teams have gathered, this year in Camrose, to battle for the National Junior A Championship, beginning Saturday, April 30. This year marks the fifth time Alberta has hosted the tournament, joining Grande Prairie in 2004, Fort McMurray in 2000, Olds in1994 and Edmonton in 1975. The host […]
Offseason moves for the Cowichan Valley Capitals continue with the club now announcing a new majority owner.Stew Gordon, who became a partial owner at the start of last season, has acquired a majority share of the club after his purchase agreement was approved by the BCHL.Gordon, 50, is involved in the construction business as owner […]
Quinnipiac University held its annual hockey awards banquet at the end of the season and for the fifth time in the last seven years, a BCHL graduate walked away with the team's Rookie of the Year Award.Vernon Vipers product Connor Jones, one of nine BCHL alums on the Bobcats roster, took the hardware after turning […]
For the third consecutive season, athletes from the British Columbia Hockey League have combined to hit triple digits in the number of college scholarships landed for the season. Each of the league's 16 teams are sending players to the next level and are contributing to the BCHL's reputation as the best Junior A hockey league in […]
Fans of the Vernon Vipers and Junior A hockey will be happy to find out Hockey Canada's RBC Cup website includes this year's tournament schedule and there is also a way to watch all the games if you can't be in Camrose.The Vipers play in the first game of the event when they take on […]
The Powell River Kings are proud to announce that Jason Yee has committed to the University of British Columbia to play for the Thunderbirds this upcoming September. Yee joined the green and gold at the beginning of the 2008-09 season and immediately impressed coaches and fans with his hard work ethic defending the blueline. Yee consistently maintained […]
The British Columbia Hockey League is proud to announce brothers John and Roy Henderson as the new owners of the league’s Langley franchise. John, 65, is a chartered accountant with the firm of Cinnamon, Jang, Willoughby & Company while Roy, 61, has a background in hockey scouting and is currently the president of Global Sports […]
Riley McIntosh's lone season in the BCHL ended a bit sooner than he may have liked with a first-round playoff exit at the hands of the Surrey Eagles but the big defenceman takes away from it something else.McIntosh has agreed to an offer from Lakehead University in Thunder Bay to play for the Thunderwolves starting […]
Surrey Eagles forward Jeff Vanderlugt will suit up with the Chargers of the University of Alabama-Huntsville for the coming season, the school announced on the weekend.The Richmond Hill, Ont. native played one season for the Eagles after three successful seasons with the Aurora Tigers of the Ontario Junior Hockey League. Vanderlugt used his 6-foot-3, 220-pound frame […]
