The Penticton Vees are pleased to announce forward Taylor Ward (98) has committed to play at the University of Nebraska Omaha (UNO) for the 2018-19 season. Ward is the 14th player on the Vees’ roster to secure an NCAA Division l commitment, and says UNO’s program speaks for itself. “It’s hard not to fall in love […]
The BCHL currently has 262 graduates playing NCAA Division I hockey and data published this week shows almost every one of them will graduate with a college degree. Men’s hockey posted a 91.6 per cent NCAA Graduation Success Rate (GSR), according to numbers revealed Tuesday by the NCAA. Only skiing, gymnastics, water polo and tennis […]
Following his older brother’s footsteps at Michigan Tech, Gavin Gould has wasted little time making his own mark. Gould was named the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) rookie of the week after posting two goals and a helper in the Huskies’ two-game sweep of rival Lake Superior State. His older brother Malcolm was a four-year […]
With no points through his first four NCAA contests at Cornell, former Nanaimo Clippers standout defenceman Yanni Kaldis broke out in his most recent game and was recognized with a conference award as a result. Kaldis picked up three assists for the Big Red, getting in on each goal in an eventual 4-3 loss to […]
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 […]
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 […]
The Penticton Vees are pleased to announce defenceman Mitch Meek (96) has committed to Michigan Tech University for the 2016 fall semester. Meek, who’s an alternate captain, is in his fifth and final season of junior hockey but his first with the Vees. Through 15 games, the rear-guard has a goal and eight points, helping […]
