Even though he’d been practicing with the team and occasionally filling the role of backup, Cam Stevenson never really thought he’d see action in net with the Powell River Kings. The hometown product’s main focus this season has been as one of two netminders with local midget rep team, also called the Kings. Injuries to […]

Simon Fraser University forward Brendan Lamont has been named the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League’s BCHL Grad of the Month for January. Lamont keyed the Clan attack during the month, scoring four times and adding five assists in seven appearances. He picked up points in five of those games, including back-to-back three-point performances in a […]

CALGARY, Alta. – The Canadian Junior Hockey League announced Tuesday that BCHL Commissioner John Grisdale has been appointed a Life Member of the CJHL for his efforts and contributions to Jr. A hockey. In being named a CJHL Life Member, Grisdale receives this prestigious award in honour and recognition of his many years of service, […]

Still only 17 years old, Chilliwack Chiefs defenceman Powell Connor is already closing in on 100 career BCHL games. Now slated to attend Michigan State University to play for the Spartans, the 6-foot-1, 179-pound blueliner will be a well-seasoned prospect by the time heads of to the NCAA in 2019-20. Connor, a native of Vernon, […]

Wenatchee Wild forward AJ Vanderbeck has been named the BCHL Player of the Week for the week ending Feb. 4, the league announced Monday Vanderbeck had six goals and two helpers in three games, all wins on home ice for the Wild. The native of Monument, Colorado opened his week with a pair of goals […]

After 15 years on the job, this will be the final season for John Grisdale as commissioner of the BCHL. Grisdale is the first person to have taken on the title of commissioner and he has held the league’s top job longer than any person in league history. He succeeded Ron Boileau, who was league president, in 2003. Prior to […]

CALGARY, Alta. – Rolling right along with 44 wins in 52 outings sees the Carleton Place Canadians (CCHL) holding down their place as the No. 1 ranked Canadian Junior Hockey League again this week. Meanwhile the red-hot Okotoks Oilers (AJHL) and Nipawin Hawks (SJHL) are also among the highly-touted teams in the CJHL. MHL: The […]

He’ll know the ropes of the league he’s headed to because his older brother played in the same one but it’s a different program that Coquitlam Express forward Eric Linell is headed to. The native of Great Neck, N.Y. has committed to the University of Connecticut and the Hockey East conference for next season. His […]

It’s not the first time this season they’ve been recognized but the continuing accolades are an indication of the outstanding NCAA campaigns going on for three particular BCHL grads. Former Trail Smoke Eaters standout Nick Halloran, now a sophomore at Colorado College, has turned heads in college hockey this season as he has already more […]

His BCHL career has taken him to a couple of different locations this season but for college hockey, Salmon Arm Silverbacks goalie Reid Cooper now has just one destination in mind. The 19-year-old netminder started this season, his second in the BCHL, with the Coquitlam Express but was acquired by Salmon Arm in early December. […]