The Westside Warriors and the Canadian Cancer Society are teaming up on Friday, October 16 in the fight against cancer. The Warriors will wear special white and pink jerseys that evening in their Britich Columbia Hockey League game against the Merritt Centennials (7 PM, Royal LePage Place). The jerseys will be auctioned off during the […]
Vernon Vipers forward Mike Collins has been named the British Columbia Hockey League's Player of the Week, the league announced Monday.Collins scored a pair of goals and added four assists in three games — and three wins — for the defending RBC Cup Champions. On Friday, the Boston, Massachusetts product scored the opening goal in […]
The Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) announced today its Weekly Top 15 rankings for the 2009-2010 season. Last week’s rankings and the leagues in which the teams belong to are in parenthesis. The CJHL Weekly Top 15 as of Monday, October 12th:1. (5) Spruce Grove Saints (AJHL) 2. (4) Kingston Voyageurs (OJAHL) 3. (1) Vernon Vipers […]
Garrett Milan netted a hat trick and BCHL scoring leader Denver Manderson continued his torid offensive pace on Saturday, as the Penticton Vees scored early and often in a 9-1 home ice victory over the Merritt Centennials. The win avenged a late September loss to the Cents by Penticton.The Vees scored five times in the first period, […]
The Prince George Spruce Kings turned lemons into lemonade on Saturday night, falling behind by three goals in the first period to the Trail Smoke Eaters before bouncing back to secure two points from an overtime win.Sam Mellor, Darnell Dyck and Matt Wilkins opened up the lead for the Smokies in a first period where […]
A September that ended with a 5-0-0-1 record has yielded to a far less friendly month of October for the Burnaby Express, and that trend took a further turn for the worse on Saturday with a 4-0 shutout loss to the Victoria Grizzlies. The Express, who are nearing the end of a seven-game stretch away […]
Defence and goaltending was the name of the game in Salmon Arm on Saturday night, as the SilverBacks and Bulldogs combined for just 44 shots and Travis Statchuk scored the winner for the home side in a 3-1 victory.Corey Chakeen put Salmon Arm ahead at the 13:36 mark of the first period on a goal […]
The Surrey Eagles and Quesnel Millionaires had no problem unloading the shots on Saturday night, but putting the puck in the net was considerably more difficult in a 2-1 Eagles' win on home ice.The two teams combined for 71 shots, but it took a Michael Krgovish goal midway through the third period to break a […]
Through September, it seemed as though the Vipers' dynamic duo of twin brothers Connor and Kellen Jones were taking some time to get on track offensively. But it's safe to say they figured things out on Saturday night, each tallying six points in a 14-0 win over the Cowichan Valley Capitals.Connor Jones scored five goals […]
Rob Short broke a 1-1 deadlock at the 2:30 mark of overtime to give the Vernon Vipers a road win at Penticton on Friday night. With the victory, the Vipers ties the season series between the teams at one apiece and move to within two points of the Vees with three games in hand.Mike Collins […]
