Alberni Valley Bulldogs – 5 Cowichan Valley Capitals – 3 Five different Bulldogs players registered multiple points, including team captain Stephen Castagna whose goal at the 11:08 mark of the third period held up as the game winner in Alberni Valley’s 5-3 Game 1 win over Cowichan Valley. The Capitals got off to a hot […]
The BC Hockey League has unveiled the finalists for the league’s year-end awards. Three nominees were announced for each award, including the Vern Dye Memorial Trophy for Most Valuable Player, Bruce Allison Memorial Trophy for Rookie of the Year, Best Defenceman, Best Goaltender, Bob Fenton Trophy for Most Sportsmanlike Player and the Joe Tennant Memorial […]
The Interior Conference gets things started tonight in the Shaw BCHL Playoffs, but tomorrow night, the Coastal Conference begins play, so let’s break down all four matchups. #1 Alberni Valley Bulldogs vs. #8 Cowichan Valley Capitals Head-to-Head: Alberni Valley won the season series 7-2-0-0. Top Performers: Alberni Valley – F Josh Zary (55 points), F […]
Photo credits: Garrett James Photography (Bidewell, Donaldson), Tami Quan (Farmer) Cowichan Valley Capitals goaltender McCoy Bidewell, Nanaimo Clippers forward Sean Donaldson and West Kelowna Warriors forward Christophe Farmer have been named the BCHL 3 Stars of the Week. 1st Star – McCoy Bidewell (G) – Cowichan Valley Capitals Bidewell won both of his starts last […]
Photo credit: Fighting Irish Media (Galajda) The Watch List for the 2021-22 Mike Richter Award was announced this morning and there are four BCHL alumni included. Bentley University’s Evan DeBrouwer, University of Notre Dame netminder Matthew Galajda, University of Connecticut goalie Darion Hanson and Quinnipiac University’s Yaniv Perets were all part of the 28 goalies […]
As we celebrate the BC Hockey League’s 60th Anniversary season, we will take a look back at the past and celebrate the teams and people that made this league what it is today. Today, we go back to the league’s second decade of existence, the 1970s. +++ The first decade of the BCHL mainly featured […]
The BCHL and Save-On-Foods are proud to once again recognize billet families from across the league for going the extra mile to support BCHL players off the ice with the Billet Families of the Month award. Throughout the season, the league will recognize one billet family from each team and the outstanding work they do […]
In this week’s NCAA Roundup presented by Johnston Meier Insurance, we highlight three BCHL alumni who were recognized with weekly awards. Atlantic Hockey Player of the Week Eric Butte – Senior – Army West Point (Langley Rivermen) Butte had his best two-game stretch of the season against Canisius last weekend, scoring a pair of goals […]
Over the past week, nine former BCHL players were honoured with weekly and monthly awards in the NCAA, including a Vernon Vipers alumnus who was named conference Player of the Month, Forward of the Week and National Player of the Month. We recap it all in this week’s NCAA Roundup, presented by Johnston Meier Insurance. […]
Photo credit: Garrett James Photography Salmon Arm Silverbacks forward Daniel Panetta, Nanaimo Clippers forward Tristan Fraser and Cowichan Valley Capitals goaltender McCoy Bidewell have been named the BCHL 3 Stars of the Week. 1st Star – Daniel Panetta (F) – Salmon Arm Silverbacks Panetta led all BCHL goal scorers last week with five tallies over […]
