CALGARY, Alberta (May 12, 2016) – The Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) today announced the winners of five CJHL National Awards. The CJHL National Awards are awarded each season and recognize individual success in the 10 Junior A leagues in the CJHL. They include Most Valuable Player, Top Forward, Top Defenceman, Top Goaltender and Rookie of the […]
It’s getting harder to make the case players don’t improve enough while playing in the BCHL and the proof is right there on the ice. The recent performances of Penticton Vees standouts Tyson Jost and Dante Fabbro at the World Under-18 tournament in North Dakota are one way of showing that elite-level players receive the […]
The NHL Central Scouting final player ratings came out Tuesday with six BCHL players and one alum among the 15 current and former Junior A players included. On the North American skaters list, the following BCHLers rated: 16. Tyson Jost, F, Penticton Vees 18. Dante Fabbro, D, Penticton Vees 23. Dennis Cholowski, D, Chilliwack Chiefs […]
Just as Round 2 of the BC Ford Dealers Road to the Fred Page Cup BCHL Playoffs get started tonight, the league is announcing its All-Star Teams for the 2015-16 season. The results come from polling of BCHL play-by-play broadcasters. BCHL 1st Team All-Stars: F – Tyson Jost, Penticton Vees F – Sheldon Rempal, Nanaimo […]
The votes have been tallied and we now know the winners of the BCHL’s five major individual awards. A second round of polling of the league’s head coaches was carried out this week and the winners are as follows: Vern Dye Memorial Trophy (MVP) – Tyson Jost, Penticton Vees Bruce Allison Memorial Trophy (Rookie of […]
The finalists for the 2015-16 BCHL Awards have been determined. After polling the league’s head coaches, one player from each division has been identified. These names will be put to the coaches for one more survey to determine the ultimate winners, which will be announced on Friday, Feb. 26. The nominees are as follows: Vern […]
NHL Central Scouting released its mid-term player rankings in advance of the 2016 NHL Entry Draft and there are six BCHL players among the 15 Junior A players rated. In addition, one league alumnus from the NCAA ranks is included. There is also one player currently here on a BCHL exhibition tour as part of […]
Powell River Kings defenceman Rylan Ball has been named the BCHL Player of the Week for the week ending Jan. 3, the league announced Monday. Ball led all Kings scorers with seven points from the blueline and helped the team to four wins in as many attempts. Overall, the hometown Powell River product notched three goals, […]
Zach Driscoll made 26 saves for his third shutout of the season, Dante Fabbro had the game-winner and Scott Conway added a hat trick as the Penticton Vees downed the host Vernon Vipers 6-0. Fabbro’s power-play tally in the first would be all the offensive support Driscoll would need but Conway scored his first two […]
