With the atmosphere of international junior hockey still in the air post IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship and World Junior A Challenge, more worldly games are still to come. Later this month, four teams from around the BCHL will match up against the U-20 hockey club Red Bull Salzburg from Austria. It all gets started […]
CALGARY, Alberta (January 18, 2016) – Change in this week’s Pointstreak Top 20 Rankings is the norm as there was substantial movement upwards and downwards for many teams, while the competitions stiffens up as the race to the playoffs is in full flight. In the BCHL, the Penticton Vees continued their strong play, but the […]
Brody Claeys stopped 34 shots for his first BCHL shutout and Chris Schutz scored twice for the Alberni Valley Bulldogs in a 5-0 win over the visiting Cowichan Valley Capitals. Nathan Dingmann’s goal just 56 seconds into the game proved to be all the offensive support Claeys would need on the night but Schutz added […]
In the middle of the CFL offseason, the league’s reigning Most Outstanding Defensive Player is soaking up all that his adopted home province has to offer while also giving back to communities across B.C. Adam Bighill, linebacker for the B.C. Lions, who led the team with 117 tackles in 2015, arrived in Salmon Arm this […]
Prior to the start of the season, Trail Smoke Eaters coach Nick Deschenes suspected first-year BCHLer Nick Halloran would be a key component to the team’s offence. Turns out he was right on the money. Halloran leads the team with 20 goals and 35 points and that prompted Colorado College to come calling. The product of […]
Top European club program EC Red Bull Salzburg arrives in B.C. this weekend and will begin their four-game tour through the BCHL starting Monday. Here is the schedule: Monday, Jan. 18 at Royal LePage Place vs. West Kelowna Warriors – 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 20 at South Okanagan Events Centre vs. Penticton Vees – 7 […]
Brayden Gelsinger is a team player but he does like to be first a lot. He’s first on the team in goals, first in assists and now he’s also the first Victoria Grizzlies player to land a college hockey commitment this season. The 20-year-old native of Regina, Sask. accepted this week an offer to play […]
The Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) and the BCHL are pleased to announce popular Vancouver Canucks alumni and BCHL luminaries Orland Kurtenbach and Darcy Rota will be guest coaches at the CJHL Prospects Game, Jan. 26 at South Surrey Arena. The original Vancouver Canucks captain, Kurtenbach will join head coach Brandon West of the Salmon […]
Salmon Arm Silverbacks goaltender Angus Redmond has been named the BCHL Player of the Week for the week ending Jan. 10, the league announced Monday. Redmond led the ‘Backs to a pair of big road wins and was named 1st Star both nights. The Langley, B.C. product stopped 51 shots for his third shutout of […]
The BCHL is proud to announce the launch of Score With Reading, another BCHL Communities First initiative presented by divisions of First West Credit Union. Starting today, BCHL teams will be appearing at their local library branch to team up with students and families to share the joy of reading, talk about their experiences as […]
