A trio of former BCHL stars have are in the NCAA headlines this week with another batch of conference player awards. Wenatchee Wild graduate Charlie Combs, who led the BCHL with 51 goals last season, was named Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) rookie of the week after scoring twice for Bemidji State in a non-conference […]

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 […]

Former West Kelowna Warriors forward Max French has received one of the highest academic honors in NCAA Div. I athletics. It was announced June 8 that the graduated captain of the Bentley University Falcons has been named a College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) Academic Third Team All-American for the Div. I Men’s At-Large […]

When Nick Rutigliano heads off to Bentley University to begin his NCAA hockey career, it will help to have plenty of familiar faces around. The West Kelowna Warriors defenceman in the third player on his team to commit to the Div. I program in Massachusetts. Also headed there are forwards Jonathan Desbiens and Brett Mennear. […]

Last season as a first-year BCHLer, Aidan Pelino split duties with David Jacobsen in the Chilliwack Chiefs crease but still showed enough to earn a spot on the BCHL all-rookie team. This season, handling the bulk of the goalie assignments in Chilliwack, Pelino has shown enough for Bentley University to offer him a scholarship to […]

Jake Kauppila returned to the BCHL this season in search of a college hockey opportunity and in helping Trail win six of their past eight, good news has come his way. Bentley University in Waltham, Mass. will be the NCAA Div. I hockey home for Kauppila starting next season. The native of Gurnee, Illinois has […]