It's a well known fact that all good things must come to an end. The Surrey Eagles felt the sting of that lesson on Saturday, falling to the Powell River Kings by a 4-1 score while seeing their eight-game winning streak vanish in the process.There's no arguing that the Kings were ready for the Coastal […]
Merritt Centennials forward Dustin Johnson scored four goals — including the game winner at the 14:59 mark of the third period — to send his Merritt Centennials to an 8-5 home ice win over the Trail Smoke Eaters on Saturday night.Johnson's first capped a four-goal opening period that saw the teams trade pairs of goals. […]
The Penticton Vees continued to roll on their Vancouver Island road trip, beating the Nanaimo Clippers by a 5-2 score to net their third win in as many nights.Joey Holka was the offensive catalyst for the Vees, scoring twice. His first came just 3:13 into regulation, and held up as the game's only goal until […]
The Williams Lake Timberwolves had to fight back from two goals down entering the third period, but some resiliency in the final 20 minutes of regulation led to hard-earned point in a 3-3 tie with the Prince George Spruce Kings.Prince George opened the scoring at the 14:04 mark of the first period on a power-play […]
Saturday night's game went sour in a hurry and didn’t get any better later on for the Westside Warriors, who dropped an 8-1 decision on the road to the Alberni Valley Bulldogs. The Bulldogs scored a pair of goals early and piled on in the second and third, scoring five times on the power play […]
The Surrey Eagles and the Victoria Grizzlies played tight, solid hockey at the South Surrey Arena on Friday. So solid and so tight, in fact, that the game came within 1:19 of ending in a permanent deadlock. But when crunch time arrived, the speedy combination of Chris Santiago and Manraj Hayer made sure the Eagles […]
It won't be clear whether or not the Trail Smoke Eaters receive a confidence boost from Friday's 7-1 win over Salmon Arm until they tackle the Merritt Centennials on Saturday, but there's little question that a decisive victory over a traditional Interior Conference powerhouse could be the key to an early season turnaround.It was Trail's […]
There's no denying that Prince George Spruce Kings forward Jeff Earnest knows how to celebrate. Just days after committing to a scholarship with the University of Alaska Nanooks, Earnest scored a pair of goals in just 1:36 to help his team squeek past the Williams Lake Timberwolves by a 6-4 score.Williams Lake's Dane Rupert and […]
Goaltenders Kevin Jebson and Josh Watson turned their noses up at high-scoring hockey on Friday night in Powell River, making a combined 65 saves in a 1-0 Westside Warriors victory over the Kings.Trevor Bailey was the lone skater to solve either netminder on the night, beating Watson with just four seconds remaining in the first […]
Even after a week off, the Penticton Vees offence refuses to miss a beat. On Friday, the explosive trio of Denver Manderson, Beau Bennett and Garrett Milan were at it again, combining to score six points in a 5-0 road win at Cowichan Valley.Manderson and Milan engineered Penticton's first goal, setting up Joey Laleggia for […]
