It isn't likely to mean much to the Victoria Grizzlies that they deserved better, though they did. On a night where the RBC Cup hosts poured more than 40 shots on Humboldt Broncos netminder Mathieu Larochelle, the Grizzlies fell by a 3-2 score in the waning moments of the first overtime period.Broncos forward Shawn Hunter played […]
The dream — for BCHL fans, at least — is still alive. With the RBC Cup preliminary round now in the rearview mirror, the Victoria Grizzlies and Vernon Vipers have each secured a place in the tournament semi-finals, and the possibility of an all-BCHL Championship Game remains a distinct possibility.Following a win on Thursday, the […]
Prior to the beginning of the 2008/09 season, the British Columbia Hockey League and its 16 member teams, in partnership with Save-On Foods, selected the B.C. Children’s Hospital Foundation as the focal point of a two-week charitable campaign. On Tuesday, those efforts will culminate with the presentation of a cheque for $20,000 prior to the […]
General Manager and Head Coach, Mark Howell is pleased to announce that two former players have received scholarships for the 2009/10 season. Both Brady Mason and Brad Plumton have made commitments to suit up for the SAIT Trojans who play in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference (ACAC).Brady Mason played for the Warriors in 2007-08, after […]
On a night when the British Columbia Hockey League's two top regular season teams went head to head at the 2009 Royal Bank Cup, it was only fitting that a mere 60 minutes of regulation time couldn't contain them.Tied at 4-4 after the third period, Cole Ikkala notched the game winner 9:17 into overtime to […]
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 […]
