Much to the delight of the hometown faithful, the Victoria Grizzlies are in the win column at the 2009 RBC Cup. Twenty-four hours after a heartbreaking opening game loss to the Humboldt Broncos, the Grizzlies earned the all-important first victory at the National Junior A Championship on Sunday night with a 5-0 win over the […]
The Vernon Vipers picked up where they left off on Sunday, posting their sixth consecutive victory after downing the Summerside Western Capitals by a 4-2 score in their opening game of the 2009 RBC Cup.Vipers forward Braden Pimm set the tone in the afternoon match-up, opening the scoring just 13 seconds into the first period. […]
Humboldt Broncos forward Scott Schroeder scored on a shorthanded breakaway with one second remaining in regulation to resign the Victoria Grizzlies to a 2-1 defeat in the opening game of the 2009 RBC Cup on Saturday.With the Grizzlies on a late-game power-play courtesy a tripping penalty to Nick Kalnicki, Schroeder capitalized on a neutral zone […]
With the beginning of the 2009 RBC Cup just days away, the British Columbia Hockey League has released a media kit in advance of the tournament. It includes detailed regular season and playoff stats for the Vernon Vipers and Victoria Grizzlies, RBC Cup scheduling information and history and team information and player bios.To view the […]
The preliminary and semi-final rounds of the 2009 RBC Cup will be broadcast online through the British Columbia Hockey League’s pay-per-view Web TV program, the league announced Tuesday.The broadcast schedule will commence on Saturday, May 2nd when the Victoria Grizzlies meet West region representatives Humboldt in the tournament opener at 7:00 PM. It will then […]
The Nanaimo Clippers have brought back a familiar face to fill the team's assistant coach vacancy.The team has hired former Clipper Brett Bestwick for the opening that was created when longtime assistant Nolan Graham was named Head Coach and General Manager of the Alberni Valley Bulldogs.“Our focus from day one was to hire somebody with […]
The Westside Warriors announced today the changing of some team personnel. The newest addition to the Warriors, but not an unfamiliar one, is former President and General Manager Gary Gelinas. Gelinas is now back with the club after working with the New Mexico Scorpions of the Central Hockey League as President and GM. Gelinas will […]
Connor Jones and the Vernon Vipers put an exclamation point on their quest to earn a spot in the RBC Cup, defeating the Grand Prairie Storm by a 5-2 score to sweep their Doyle Cup series with the Alberta Junior Hockey League champs.Jones struck twice in the first period to spot the Vipers and two-goal […]
The Vernon Vipers will have the opportunity to earn a record-setting sixth Canadian Junior A Championship after they punched their ticket to the 2009 RBC Cup in Victoria on Wednesday night.The Vipers put the finishing touches on a four-game sweep of the Alberta Junior Hockey League champion Grand Prairie Storm, winning 5-2 on the road to […]
So many have tried, and so few have succeeded. After twenty postseason games, it has become clear that shutting down the Vernon Vipers starts with containing the talented forward trio of Kellen and Connor Jones, and Sahir Gill. But on a night when a win was a must-have for the Grand Prairie Storm, the Vipers' […]
