Just 22 games into the 2017-18 season, Liam Watson-Brawn is already closing in on his point totals from last season. Even better, he’s just locked up his NCAA future as well. The 6-foot, 180-pound defenceman has committed to Colgate University but is currently scheduled to play another full BCHL season after this one before heading […]
The Nanaimo Clippers announced Friday the sale of their franchise has been completed and that Vancouver businessman and lawyer Wes Mussio is the team’s new majority owner. Mussio is a partner at the law firm of Mussio Goodman and is also the part owner of Backroad Mapbooks, the largest Canadian-based publisher of outdoor recreation books. […]
When you’re looking to land a commitment to college hockey from the BCHL, it never hurts to put your best foot forward at the annual Bauer BCHL Showcase. That’s just what West Kelowna Warriors defenceman Stephen Kleysen did as he notched two goals and two assists from the blueline at the event in Chilliwack. The […]
Another pair of BCHL graduates were doing damage last week at the NCAA level and it’s led to more weekly player awards. Victoria Grizzlies alum Gerry Fitzgerald, who finished up his BCHL career in 2014, had a goal and three assists for Bemidji State University to take the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) player of […]
After a year apprenticing as a complementary offensive player for the Wenatchee Wild, Sam Morton has stepped into a more prominent role this year and it’s led to a NCAA future. Morton has committed to play Div. I hockey at Union College for next season. The native of Lafayette, Colo. has 8-9-17 in 19 games […]
Trail Smoke Eaters forward Levi Glasman has been named the BCHL Player of the Week for the week ending Nov. 5, the league announced Monday. Glasman picked up four goals and a helper as the Smoke Eaters won four times, including all three on a road trip. The Red Deer, Alta. product started his week […]
Andy Stevens’ shorthanded tally just past the midway point of the second period was the winning goal for the Powell River Kings in a 4-2 road win over the Penticton Vees. Jonny Tychonick’s power-play goal opened the scoring for the Vees but later in the first, Powell River got goals 12 seconds apart from Gavin […]
Having already played as many games as he did last season and looking on pace to shatter his NCAA career numbers from two seasons ago, Alberni Valley Bullogs alum Billy Christopoulos is rewarding his team with outstanding goaltending. The native of Raleigh, N.C. went 5-2-1 in October for the Air Force Academy Falcons and was […]
Max Crozier is going to the same town as his big brother and Nanaimo Clippers teammate Tristan for NCAA hockey – he’s just not going to the same school. The younger Crozier has committed to play at Providence College starting in the 2019-20 season. By then, Tristan will be in his second year at Brown […]
It was a good week for Powell River Kings alumnus Brian Wilson and also for former West Kelowna Warriors standout David Pope. Wilson, a freshman at Niagara University, was named the Atlantic Hockey Association (AHA) goalie of the week while Pope, now a senior at Nebraska-Omaha, took the National Collegiate Hockey Conference (NCHC) offensive player […]
