After one season in the BCHL, Langley Rivermen forward Chase Pletzke will be playing his hockey much closer to home next year as the Michigan native has committed to play in the neighbouring state of Ohio for the University of Miami RedHawks in 2019-20. Pletzke, who is from the town of Bay City, had 13 […]
Born in Cape Town, South Africa, Langley Rivermen forward Daneel Lategan made his way to Canada and ended up playing minor hockey in Alberta near his hometown of Westlock. In 2016, he made the jump to B.C. to play Junior B hockey in the Kootenay Interior Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) and a year later he […]
Lucas Sowder scored his third of the playoffs and added an assist, Austin Park stopped 25 of 26 shots and Matt Gosiewski’s shorthanded goal was the difference as the Wenatchee Wild beat the West Kelowna Warriors 3-1 to even their series and force a Game 7 tomorrow night. Sowder opened the scoring 5:49 into the […]
Cole Donhauser and Kevin Wall each scored a goal and Daniel Chenard made 26 stops as the Chilliwack Chiefs staved off elimination for the second game in a row after beating the Langley Rivermen 2-1 in Game 5 of their first-round series. The Chiefs opened the scoring on Donhauser’s first-period power-play goal with less than […]
Donovan Buskey stopped 40 of 42 shots and Tyler Ghirardosi led the way offensively with three points as the Trail Smoke Eaters topped the Merritt Centennials 5-2 to take a 2-1 series lead. After a scoreless first period, Trail exploded for four straight goals in the second with Spencer McLean, Carter Jones, Kent Johnson and […]
Ethan Scardina scored twice in the first period and that’s all the offence the Nanaimo Clippers would need as Jordan Naylor shut the door the rest of the way, backstopping his team to a 2-1 victory over the Powell River Kings in Game 2 of the Island Division semifinals and evening the series at one […]
No. 1 Chilliwack Chiefs vs. No. 4 Langley Rivermen Regular season head-to-head: (8 games) Chilliwack won all eight meetings this season, including one in overtime. The Chiefs took the Ron Boileau Memorial Trophy for the top team in the regular season. The defending National Champions should be well-rested heading into this series since they were […]
Langley Rivermen defenceman Jake Livingstone is enjoying a breakout year. In his third year in the league, he has shattered his previous career-highs in goals, assists and points and is currently tied for seventh in goals and points among all BCHL blueliners. After playing in 126 regular-season games, his success has led to him announcing […]
Each season in the BCHL, dozens upon dozens of players take on commitments to college hockey programs in Canada and the United State but one in particular that just came last week stands out as particularly special. Langley Rivermen captain Alec Capstick accepted an offer to the University of Miami-Ohio last week, not far removed […]
A pair of BCHL alums took home Player of the Month awards in the NCAA this week in the Hockey East Conference as Providence junior forward and former Merritt Centennial Brandon Duhaime was named overall Player of the Month and New Hampshire freshman forward and former Langley Riverman Angus Crookshank was named Rookie of the […]
