The fourth-annual Friendship Four NCAA hockey tournament starts Friday, Nov. 23 in Belfast, Northern Ireland and 18 BCHL grads will take the ice. Meant to promote the game of hockey in the United Kingdom, the Friendship Four takes place in the home arena of the Belfast Giants of the Elite Ice Hockey League (EIHL). The […]

(By Ben Phillips for BCHL communications) From being the captain of the Vernon Vipers during his senior year in 2016-17 to Male Athlete of the Year in his rookie season at Royal Military College (RMC) it has been a high ride for Riley Brandt. The Trail, B.C. native wasn’t necessarily known for his scoring touch […]

The NCAA’s Frozen Four gets going today and all four teams vying for a national championship feature BCHL grads. The Minnesota-Duluth Bulldogs take on the Ohio State Buckeyes in the first matchup at 3 p.m. PST today at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minn. The second game today has the Michigan Wolverines taking on the […]

Former BCHL players Chris Rygus and Kurt Black were a part of the St. Norbert College Green Knights team that won the NCAA Div. III national championship last weekend in Lake Placid, N.Y. It was a dramatic way to get it as well – on a double overtime winner. St. Norbert’s head coach Tim Coghlin […]

The field is set for the NCAA Div. I men’s hockey tournament which starts Friday and there are big numbers of BCHL graduates competing. Of the 16 NCAA teams entering the tournament, 15 have at least one former BCHL player on the roster and six of the teams have five league grads or more. In […]