Westside Warriors forwards Ron Kelly and Jordan Gagne have committed to attend Dalhousie University in the fall of 2009, Tigers men’s hockey head coach Pete Belliveau announced today.Kelly and Gagne will be suiting up for the Tigers for the 2009/10 season.Hailing from Lloydminster, AB, Kelly is a gritty 5-foot-11 centre who has played for the Warriors for […]
Hockey Canada, in partnership with the Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL), announced on Thursday that Summerside, P.E.I. will host the 2009 World Junior A Challenge from November 1-8, 2009, the first time in the four-year history of the tournament that it will be held east of Saskatchewan. The 2009 World Junior A Challenge will follow […]
The Home Sweet Home Signs are officially being removed from the Wesbild Centre and Powell River Recreation Complex as the Fred Page Cup Final has favoured the road teams.The Powell River Kings got a huge goal from the Jordan Grant in the first overtime period to lift the Kings back into the series after dropping […]
For the second consecutive night, the Powell River Kings and Vernon Vipers needed overtime to settle things at the Wesbild Centre. But on Wednesday, the home team triumphed to take a 3-1 series lead in the 2009 Fred Page Cup Finals.Rookie forward Sahir Gill scored at 5:31 of the third overtime frame to give the Vipers the […]
Vernon Vipers goaltender Andrew Hammond has been named the British Columbia Hockey League's Player of the Week for the week ending April 5th, the league announced Monday.Hammond won the award for the second consecutive week after posting a pair of shutouts in the first two games of the Fred Page Cup Finals.On Friday, the White […]
The Vernon Vipers didn't wait long to put their stamp on the 2009 edition of the Fred Page Cup Finals, scoring three first period goals in the span of 3:53 en route to a 4-0 series opening win in Powell River.Sahir Gill, Connor Jones and James Kerr had put the Vipers ahead by three just 11:41 […]
They took different routes to arrive at this point, but the Powell River Kings and Vernon Vipers will now have to go through one another to capture the Fred Page Cup.The series, which begins Friday on the Sunshine Coast, features a match-up between the BCHL's top offensive and defensive units. The Kings scored a league-high […]
After seeing their 3-1 series lead disappear after back to back losses to the Victoria Grizzlies, the Powell River Kings rebounded in game 7 to claim the Cliff McNabb Trophy and the Coastal Conference Championship.The Kings entered a packed Bear Mountain Arena and left with a 4-1 win – advancing to the face the Vernon […]
Vernon Vipers netminder Andrew Hammond has been named the British Columbia Hockey League Player of the Week for the week ending March 29th, the league announced Monday.Hammond recorded three victories last week in his team's six-game Interior Conference Final series win over the Salmon Arm Silverbacks, including two shutouts and a pair of first star […]
The Salmon Arm and Vernon series has officially come to an end. The Vipers have taken down the SilverBacks after six close games. Playing away at the Sunwave Centre the Vipers ended Salmon Arm's season with a 3-1 win. Both netminders had their work cut out for them. SilverBacks goalie and second star of the […]
