The #2-seed Surrey Eagles slowed the #7 Coquitlam Express in Game 1 of their Coastal quarter-final series with a 4-2 win at South Surrey Arena. Richard Vanderhoek opened the scoring for Surrey just more than five minutes into the contest but Coquitlam's Riley McIntosh equalized with just over five minutes to go in the opening […]
For the first time in recent memory, the British Columbia Hockey League named an all-rookie team and it's made up of players from both the Interior and Coastal Conferences.Voting was done by coaches from all 16 teams in conjunction with award and regular all-star balloting. As opposed to finding true centres and wingers, the league simply named […]
The Salmon Arm SilverBacks hockey club is pleased to announce that defenceman Josh Manson has accepted a scholarship to NCAA Div. I school Quinnipiac for the 2012-13 season.The 6-foot-3, 205-pound Prince Albert, Sask. native saw his stock rise considerably this season after making a successful switch from forward to defence.“Josh has only started to realize […]
Penticton Vees alumni Trevor Nill and Tanner House were each been nominated for the BNY Mellon Wealth Management Hockey Humanitarian Award for their work in the respective communities where they play college hockey and Nill has since been named a finalist.Nill, who spent the 2007-08 season in Vees colours, is now a junior forward with the Michigan […]
(Front graphic player image courtesy of Shawn Zacharias)The British Columbia Hockey League is pleased to announce 2011 Fred Page Cup playoff games presented by BC Hydro Power Smart are again available via pay-per-view.Internet streaming video provider NeuLion Inc. launched its BCHL playoff package Wednesday ensuring postseason games will be available to watch just as in the […]
Westsdie Warriors head coach Darren Yopyk is pleased to announce 17-year-old rookie defenceman Brayden Sherbinin has accepted an NCAA Division I scholarship to attend Quinnipiac University, of the Eastern College Athletic Association. Sherbinin will complete this year plus two more seasons for the Warriors, preparing himself to play for the Bobcats in 2013. The 6-foot-1, […]
Voting has finished and the award winners for the 2010-11 British Columbia Hockey League season have been determined. Ballots were distributed to each team and coaches submitted their votes Feb. 21. Award winners are as follows: Vern Dye Memorial Trophy (Most Valuable Player) Coastal Conference – Matt Garbowsky, Powell River Interior Conference – Joey Laleggia, […]
Penticton Vees product and current University of North Dakota Fighting Sioux forward Brett Hextall was named co-recipient of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association's (WCHA) offensive player of the week award, the association announced Tuesday.Hextall, a 5-foot-11, 195-pound junior right winger from Manhattan Beach, Calif., scored three critical goals to lead North Dakota to a three-point […]
The Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) announced today its Weekly Top 20 rankings in conjunction with NHL Central Scouting. Last week’s rankings and the leagues in which the teams belong to are in parenthesis. The CJHL Weekly Top 20 as of Monday, February 21, 2011 1. (1) Spruce Grove Saints (AJHL) 2. (2) Powell River […]
Former Nanaimo Clipper forward Colin Greening made his NHL debut with the Ottawa Senators at the beginning of February and was recalled for the club's most recent two games against Boston and Toronto.The 6-foot-3, 211-pound native of St. John's, Newfoundland saw just over 10 minutes of ice time in Ottawa's 1-0 shootout win over the […]
