CALGARY, Alberta (February 19, 2016) – The annual review of Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) alumni playing at the next level sees a small increase to 2,094 CJHL alumni pursuing their academic and hockey careers at colleges and universities across North America. The CJHL strives to develop athletic and academic excellence in a high-performance setting by […]
The Merritt Centennials are proud to announce 1996-born defenceman Nick Fiorentino has accepted the opportunity to attend and play NCAA Div. I hockey at Northeastern University in Boston starting in the fall. Fiorentino is in his first and only season in the BCHL, a campaign where to date he leads the Cents blueline in scoring with 7 goals, 28 […]
The National Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHC) this week announced 98 student-athletes as top academic achievers in the 2015-16 season. Among them are eight graduates of the BCHL. The NCHC Academic All-Conference Team recognizes any student-athlete that has accumulated a 3.0 GPA or better while having completed at least one year at their current institution. To […]
It’s been a well-worn path from Powell River to the NCAA and Kings defenceman Adam Brubacher is the latest to travel it. Brubacher has committed to play Div. I hockey next season for the Tigers of Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT). The blueliner has earned a reputation this season, which will be his lone BCHL campaign, […]
The Alberni Valley Bulldogs are proud to announce Chris Schutz has committed to the NCAA Division I program at Robert Morris University. Schutz joined the Bulldogs part-way through the exhibition round at the start of the 2014-15 season for a one-game tryout after Bulldogs head coach and general manager Kevin Willison scouted him in a prospect camp […]
St. Lawrence University recently spun out of a five-game losing skid and is currently on a four-game unbeaten streak that happens to coincide with freshman Jacob Pritchard’s most productive stretch of the season. The Powell River Kings graduate has six points in his last four games and the Saints are 3-0-1 in that span. The […]
The Penticton Vees are pleased to announce rookie defenceman Griffin Mendel has committed to Denver University for the 2017-18 season. Mendel, 16, is the youngest defenseman on the Vees’ roster and has a pair of goals and 12 points in 42 games; he’s the third highest-scoring defenseman on the team. The Kelowna, BC, product plays a key […]
No BCHL goalie has played more minutes than Bailey MacBurnie this season and he’s parlayed the playing time into an NCAA Div. I scholarship. The Trail Smoke Eaters goalie and Beverly, Massachusetts product has accepted an offer to play for Sacred Heart University starting next season. MacBurnie has seven more appearances than any other netminder […]
Now in their respective final seasons of NCAA hockey, Alex Petan and Joey Benik are perhaps saving their best for last. Petan is the only player in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association scoring race averaging better than a point per game in conference play and just led the Michigan Tech Huskies to an undefeated month […]
The Merritt Centennials are proud to announce centre Colin Grannary (Delta, B.C.) has committed to the NCCA Div. I program at the University of Nebraska Omaha for the 2017-18 school year. Grannary currently leads the Cents in all offensive categories with 24 goals, 39 assists and 63 points. The 6-foot, 170-pound pivot recently participated in […]
