There is plenty to discuss in this week’s NCAA Roundup, presented by Johnston Meier Insurance, with six BCHL alumni earning weekly honours in their conference last week NCHC Defenceman of the Week Chris Jandric – Graduate – University of North Dakota (Vernon Vipers) Jandric was productive at both ends of the ice in North Dakota’s […]
The college hockey season officially gets going this weekend for many programs across the NCAA and there will be a league record 410 BCHL alumni on Division I rosters during the 2022-23 season. This surpasses last year’s high water mark of 380 alumni playing college hockey. All 18 teams have multiple alumni in the NCAA […]
Photo credit: Garrett James Photography The BC Hockey League has tied its previous recorded of NCAA Division I commitments with 173 committed athletes in the league during the 2021-22 season The record was first set during the 2019-20 campaign. “The league is thrilled to see our college commitments back to the level they were before […]
Photo credits: Jamie Schwaberow/Clarkson Creative via Denver Athletics (Rizzo), Garrett James Photography (Jugnauth, Serdachny) UPDATED: Thursday, July 11 at 1:05 p.m. The NHL Draft took place last week and teams wasted no time in announcing rosters for upcoming development camps in the days after. This year, there are 74 current and former BCHL players who […]
Photo credits: BSU Photo Services (Sillinger), Mark Kuhlmann/Omaha Athletics (Ward), Michigan Photography (Johnson) The end of the college hockey season always signifies a free-agent frenzy for players looking to turn pro. The national championship was handed out to the University of Denver last Saturday night, but signings have been taking place since the regular season […]
We continue our playoff coverage with an interview with Nanaimo Clippers forward and BCHL MVP finalist Sean Donaldson (3:08) whose team became the first to advance to Round 2. We also speak with Langley Rivermen forward and Long Island University commit Riley Wallack (15:20) who recently scored the overtime winner in Langley’s Game 3 win […]
The 2022 NCAA Men’s Ice Hockey Championship is down to the Frozen Four and there will be 21 former BCHL players participating in the tournament’s finale. The University of Denver, University of Michigan, Minnesota State University and University of Minnesota all punched their ticket to Boston, Mass., with the final three games being held at […]
The Shaw BCHL Playoffs are finally here! We tee up the league’s first postseason in two years with three great interviews. This week, we speak with Alberni Valley Bulldogs head coach and general manager Joe Martin (3:16), Chilliwack Chiefs forward and Anaheim Ducks draft pick Ethan Bowen (21:45) and Cranbrook Bucks captain Rhys Bentham (30:50). […]
The 2022 NCAA Division I Men’s Ice Hockey Tournament begins today and there are 82 former BCHL players set to take the ice. This includes an NCAA-high 15 players on Quinnipiac University and nine on number-one seeded Minnesota State University. Every team that qualified for the tournament has at least one BCHL alumnus on their […]
Yesterday, we went through the 23 BCHL alumni named to All-Conference Teams in the NCAA. Today, we highlight the five alums that won individual year-end awards in their respective conferences in the NCAA Roundup, presented by Johnston Meier Insurance. ECAC Hockey Player of the Year & Goaltender of the Year Yaniv Perets – Sophomore – […]
