Tonight, the Alberta Division semifinals get going with a pair of Game 1 matchups. We break down both series for you below. #1 Brooks Bandits vs. #4 Okotoks Oilers Head-to-Head: Brooks won all six BCHL meetings between the teams, with one win coming in overtime. Top Performers: Brooks – F Parker Lalonde (27 points), F […]
With the Alberta Division regular season coming to a close last weekend, the BC Hockey League (BCHL) has announced dates for the Alberta side of the Rogers playoffs. The Okotoks Oilers and Spruce Grove Saints finished fourth and fifth respectively and will faceoff in the best-of-five wildcard series, starting this Wednesday, April 10. Wildcard Schedule: […]
Photo credit: Davin Beer Brooks Bandits forward Hunter Wallace has been named the BCHL’s Alberta Division Player of the Week. The Merrimack College commit notched his first hat trick in the BCHL last week in the Bandits 9-1 win over the Sherwood Park Crusaders. In a battle of the top two teams in the division […]
Photo credit: Davin Beer Brooks Bandits forward Logan Sawyer has been named the Alberta Division Player of the Week. The 2006-born prospect for the upcoming NHL Draft had six points in two Bandits wins last week to lead all players in scoring. On Friday night, Sawyer scored twice and added a helper in a dramatic […]
Photo credits: Davin Beer (Free), Tav Morrison (Cranston) On this week’s episode, we speak with Rochester Institute of Technology goaltender and Surrey Eagles alumnus Tommy Scarfone (3:19), Brooks Bandits forward and Alberta Division leading scorer Nathan Free (18:35) and the BCHL’s overall leading scorer, Eagles forward Caden Cranston (28:56). Subscribe and listen: Apple Podcasts Spotify […]
Photo credit: Davin Beer Brooks Bandits forward Mirko Buttazzoni has been named the Alberta Division Player of the Week. The Langley, B.C. product averaged two goals per game last week, finishing with six goals and seven points in a trio of Bandits wins. Buttazzoni notched a hat trick in last Monday afternoon’s Family Day contest […]
The BC Hockey League (BCHL) has announced that five Alberta-based teams have signed franchise agreements and are now officially members of the league, as of yesterday. Prior to this, the teams had agreed to terms on a framework of what joining the BCHL would look like. Effective immediately, the Blackfalds Bulldogs, Brooks Bandits, Okotoks Oilers, […]
Photo credit: Matthew Murnaghan/Hockey Canada Images By Jason La Rose, Hockey Canada BROOKS, Alta. – Andrew Lucas scored the game-winning goal with just under 13 minutes to go in an eventual 3-1 win by the Brooks Bandits (AJHL) over the Prince George Spruce Kings (BCHL) on Thursday night and a perfect preliminary-round record at the 2019 […]
After eight months of regular-season and playoff hockey across the CJHL, the field of five teams is finally set for the 2019 National Junior A Championship, starting Saturday, May 11 at Centennial Regional Arena in Brooks, Alta. The five teams are: Pacific region champion: Prince George Spruce Kings (BCHL) West region champion: Portage Terriers (MJHL) […]
Patrick Cozzi scored twice and Logan Neaton made 25 saves in net as the Prince George Spruce Kings beat the Brooks Bandits 4-1 to take a 3-2 series lead in the Doyle Cup. Cozzi opened the scoring late in the first period, picking up a puck that bounced off the end boards and burying it […]
