Training camp and preseason are officially over and now the action starts for real as the BCHL regular season fires up off this weekend, the 57th in league history. As usual there are plenty of storylines heading into the season, after a summer that saw a great deal of change in the league including a […]
By Jason LaRose, Hockey Canada CHILLIWACK, B.C. – Lucas Sowder went end-to-end for the winner just 18 seconds into overtime, giving the Wenatchee Wild (BCHL) a 2-1 win over the Chilliwack Chiefs (BCHL) to finish the opening day of play Saturday at the 2018 RBC Cup. The game was the fifth all-BCHL match-up at Canada’s National […]
The best-of-seven Doyle Cup series starts Friday night in Wenatchee as the BCHL’s Wild takes on the AJHL’s Spruce Grove Saints. Winning the series means a berth in the RBC Cup national championship which happens May 12 to 20 in Chilliwack. But before we drop the puck, here’s a rundown of some of the key […]
Wenatchee Wild forward AJ Vanderbeck has been named the BCHL Player of the Week for the week ending April 15, the league announced Monday. Vanderbeck posted three goals and two assists in the opening two games of the BCHL Final in Wenatchee. In Game 1, the 20-year-old from Monument, Colo. scored the second goal of […]
The Wenatchee Wild held the Prince George Spruce Kings to 15 shots, including only three in the third period, to claim a 4-2 win in Game 2 and go up 2-0 in the BCHL Finals. AJ Vanderbeck was in on all four Wild goals and scored the winner in the second period. He and Lucas […]
Jarod Hovde and Ben Brar each scored and goaltender Evan DeBrouwer stopped 24 of 25 shots as the Prince George Spruce Kings beat the Powell River Kings 2-1 in Game 1 of the league semifinal Friday night. After a scoreless first period, Powell River took a 1-0 lead on Ben Berard’s ninth goal of the […]
A night after being blanked themselves, the Prince George Spruce Kings turned the tables on the Chilliwack Chiefs with a 2-0 win that evened their series 1-1. The game was scoreless after 40 minutes and it was Jay Kerananen’s goal from Ethan De Jong that was the winner coming 37 seconds into the third period. […]
Contributed by Jesse Adamson for BCHL Communications Tonight – Victoria Grizzlies (24-14-3-2) at Wenatchee Wild (27-12-3-1) 7:05 p.m. at Town Toyota Center in Wenatchee Presented by the BCIHL TICKETS FREE TO VIEW ON HOCKEYTV This is the first of two meetings between Victoria and Wenatchee this season. Who’s Hot Victoria’s Jamie Rome comes into tonight […]
For a kid from Trinity, Fla., Wenatchee Wild forward Lucas Sowder has already beaten the odds by making it to the BCHL. But that’s not going to be the end of the line in hockey for recently turned 19-year-old. Sowder has committed to play NCAA Div. I hockey next season at Minnesota State University (MSU). […]
Taz Burman made 47 saves for his first BCHL shutout as the Nanaimo Clippers defeated the host Powell River Kings 4-0. For the second night in a row the Clippers were decidedly outshot but they got three goals in the first period with Jamie Collins, Cal Babych and Parker Colley doing the damage. Preston Brodziak’s […]
