The Powell River Kings will be returning home to the Sunshine Coast with home-ice advantage in the 2010 Fred Page Cup Finals, as the Coastal Conference champions tied the series 1-1 on Saturday night with a gritty 3-1 victory at the Wesbild Centre. The Vipers, who took the opener by a goal on Friday, came […]
The Vernon Vipers opened defence of their Fred Page Cup title the same way they did in the 2009 British Columbia Hockey League Finals — with a win to jump out to a 1-0 lead, narrowly beating the Powell River Kings 2-1 on Friday night to open the championship series. The Jones twins were both […]
Powell River Kings goaltender Josh Watson has been named the British Columbia Hockey League's Player of the Week for the week ending March 28th, the league announced Monday. Despite nine goals allowed in two games early in the week, Watson rebounded nicely to steal the series back for the Kings. Playing on three straight nights — […]
The British Columbia Hockey League has released its schedule for the best-of-seven 2010 Fred Page Cup Finals, presented by BC Hydro Powersmart. The series will begin on Friday, April 2nd at the Wesbild Centre in Vernon.2010 Fred Page Cup Finals Schedule:Game #1 – Powell River at Vernon, Friday, April 2nd, 7:00 PM, Wesbild CentreGame #2 – […]
While there is no doubt that the Powell River Kings rode a complete team effort to come back from down 3-1 in their Coastal Conference Championship series against Alberni Valley, it's easy to pinpoint one player who's contributions keyed the team's 3-0 Game 7 victory.Kings netminder Josh Watson continued his stellar play on the road […]
Less than 24 hours after suffering a demoralizing triple overtime loss on home ice, the Vernon Vipers bounced back with a series-ending 4-1 victory in Penticton that propelled the Interior's top seed back into the Fred Page Cup Finals for a second consecutive season.The Vees went ahead early when Eric Filiou opened the scoring at […]
Nearly five hours after the Vernon Vipers and Penticton Vees faced off in Game 5 of their Interior Conference Finals series at the Wesbild Centre, Denver Manderson sent the visitors home happy with a triple overtime game that extends the match-up of No. 1 and 2 seeds for at least another game.Dylan Walchuck opened the […]
Needing a big period to seal a home ice and send the Coastal Conference Finals back to Alberni Valley for a Game 7 on Saturday, the Powell River Kings came through in a 3-1 victory over the Bulldogs at the newly-coined Hap Parker Arena on Friday evening.Both teams managed 22 shots apiece through 40 minutes, […]
Home hasn’t been very sweet in the 2010 Coastal Conference Finals and the Powell River Kings took full advantage of that trend to keep their season alive with a 2-1 win Thursday night at the Weyerhaeuser Arena. Ben Schmidt's goal with five minutes remaining broke a 1-1 tie to give Powell River life and continue […]
Bryce Kakoske was the hero for the Vernon Vipers in a 5-0 victory over the Vees in Game 4, scoring the game’s first two goals to launch what would become a lopsided scoring fest on Wednesday night at the South Okanagan Events Centre. The win puts the 2009 Fred Page Cup champions ahead 3-1 in the […]
