It can be tough to stand out when you play on a team with the top-scoring line in the league for most of the season but Nolan Aibel was able to do enough in his role behind the Sheldon Rempal-Matt Hoover-Devin Brosseau line to earn a scholarship to Ivy League Brown University. Aibel has been […]
(McCormack photo courtesy BSU Photo Services) One had a career weekend while the other set a school record and it grabbed the attention of the decision makers in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA). The players in question are Langley Rivermen alum Mitch McLain of Bowling Green and former Nanaimo Clippers standout Graeme McCormack of Bemidji […]
There has been something of a scoring renaissance in the BCHL the last two years. Coming into last season, there had not been a 50-goal scorer in the BCHL since Mitch MacMillan of the Alberni Valley Bulldogs in 2009-10. But Corey Mackin reached 50 last year with the Coquitlam Express and this year, Nanaimo’s Sheldon Rempal […]
CALGARY, Alberta (February 1, 2016) – Following a great Prospect Game before a full house of fans and scouts in Surrey, B.C., where the East squeaked by the West 3-1, all ten leagues in the CJHL are in now in a full sprint to their respective playoffs as teams jockey for positioning in the standings. […]
CALGARY, Alberta (January 25, 2016) – It is just a day away from the 2016 CJHL Top Prospects Game in Surrey, BC, where 40 of the top young players in Canadian Junior ‘A’ will convene for a classic East versus West battle. In the meantime – all ten leagues are in the heat of their […]
Coming into this season, knowing it would be his last in Junior hockey, Sheldon Rempal thought he could improve a bit on the 29 goals he posted in 2014-15. It’s fair to say he didn’t expect to reach 50 goals in 45 games, as he did Sunday notching the fourth Nanaimo Clippers goal in a […]
CALGARY, Alberta (January 18, 2016) – Change in this week’s Pointstreak Top 20 Rankings is the norm as there was substantial movement upwards and downwards for many teams, while the competitions stiffens up as the race to the playoffs is in full flight. In the BCHL, the Penticton Vees continued their strong play, but the […]
Brody Claeys stopped 34 shots for his first BCHL shutout and Chris Schutz scored twice for the Alberni Valley Bulldogs in a 5-0 win over the visiting Cowichan Valley Capitals. Nathan Dingmann’s goal just 56 seconds into the game proved to be all the offensive support Claeys would need on the night but Schutz added […]
Despite falling behind by a seemingly insurmountable 5-1 first-period deficit, the Vernon Vipers got two quick goals from Jimmy Lambert to start the second and Odeen Tufto put together a hat trick as the Vernon Vipers scored nine unanswered to earn a wild 10-5 road win over the Salmon Arm Silverbacks. Chase Zieky scored twice […]
The BCHL is proud to announce the launch of Score With Reading, another BCHL Communities First initiative presented by divisions of First West Credit Union. Starting today, BCHL teams will be appearing at their local library branch to team up with students and families to share the joy of reading, talk about their experiences as […]
