On perhaps the most impressive goalscoring run in recent BCHL memory, Charlie Combs also managed to squeeze in time last week for a commitment to an NCAA Div. I hockey program. Combs, who has 11 goals in his past four games, has accepted an offer to play at Bemidji State University starting next season. The native […]
CALGARY, Alta. (Monday, Nov. 7, 2016) – Heading into the second week of November, several teams from across the 132-team Canadian Junior Hockey League are enjoying lengthy winning streaks and are making strong moves to the top of their respective league standings. In the BCHL, the Wenatchee Wild and the Penticton Vees are leading the […]
Connor Welsh scored the game’s opening goal and then set up the winner in the second period for the Alberni Valley Bulldogs in a 3-1 home win over the Merritt Centennials. Welsh’s opener came just over five minutes into the game but the Cents tied the score just seven seconds into the middle frame on […]
While not many natives of Capistrano Beach, Calif. pick up a hockey stick and fewer still advance to the ranks of Junior hockey, Dakota Raabe has done all of that and now looks forward to taking his game to the storied program at the University of Michigan. Raabe, the veteran Wenatchee Wild forward, committed to […]
Getting the first two starts of his NCAA career, Angus Redmond showed he was more than equal to the task. The Salmon Arm Silverbacks alum won both games, including a shutout, as Michigan Tech swept a weekend home-and-home series against rival Northern Michigan. In Friday’s first game, Redmond stopped all 19 shots that came his […]
Colin Burston went from his hometown of Winnipeg to Wenatchee for Junior hockey in search of an NCAA opportunity and now he’s found one that will take him to the Ivy League. Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island will be home for Burston, starting next season. The 5-foot-11, 190-pound forward has 10 goals and 11 […]
They are teammates now and in a couple of seasons, they will be teammates again in the NCAA. That’s the outlook for Vernon Vipers brothers Steven and Chris Jandric, who have both committed to the University of Alaska. Steven, a 1997-born forward, will head north next season. Chris, a 1998-born defenceman, will go to school […]
Wenatchee Wild forward Charlie Combs has been named the BCHL Player of the Week for the week ending October 30, the league announced Monday. Combs scored back-t0-back hat tricks and was named 1st Star both nights as the Wild won a pair of games on home ice. The St. Louis, Mo. native assisted on his […]
CALGARY, Alta. (Monday, Oct. 31, 2016) – It was quite a weekend in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League as the previously unbeaten Steinbach Pistons fell twice on the road to the OCN Blizzard with both contests ending in 2-1 scores. The first meeting went to overtime before OCN pulled out the win in The Pas, […]
The BCHL board of governors has approved a new postseason format for the 2017 BC Ford Dealers Road to the Fred Page Cup BCHL Playoffs. The BCHL’s need to carefully plan its playoff format is predicated on the fact the BCHL has three divisions – the Island, Mainland and Interior Divisions – yet must still […]
