Round 2 of the Rogers BCHL Playoffs begins tomorrow night with all four series kicking off. With that in mind, we have a full preview of each series below. Interior Conference #1 Penticton Vees vs. #6 Cranbrook Bucks Head-to-Head: Penticton won the season series 4-0, with one win coming in overtime. Top Playoff Performers: Penticton […]
Penticton Vees play-by-play broadcaster Fraser Rodgers has been named the winner of the 2024-25 Jim Hughson Award for the BCHL Broadcaster of the Year. Rodgers earned the recognition after a vote was conducted with the 21 league broadcasters. “Being recognized by your peers makes this award special,” he said. “You look at the previous winners […]
Photo credits: Island Images (Heise), Garrett James Photography (Loranger, Dach, Hockley, Andersen), Liz Wolter (Dell’Elce) NHL Central Scouting released its Final Rankings today ahead of the 2025 NHL Entry Draft in June and eight current, future and graduated BCHL players are included on the list. Five names on the list are current BCHL players, two […]
Photo credits: Garrett James Photography (Loranger), Island Images (Gravel, Heise) Sherwood Park Crusaders forward Jeremy Loranger, Prince George Spruce Kings goaltender Charles-Edward Gravel and Penticton Vees forward Max Heise have been named the NAPA Auto Parts 3 Stars of the Week. 1st Star- Jeremy Loranger (F) – Sherwood Park Crusaders Loranger led the league in […]
Photo credits: Garrett James Photography (Loranger, Winn, Cotton, Stevenson), Sophie Hayward (Ness) On this week’s episode of the BCHL Podcast, we speak with: Sherwood Park Crusaders F Jeremy Loranger (3:23) Alberni Valley Bulldogs G Colin Winn (14:24) Coquitlam Express G Andrew Ness (26:24) Cranbrook Bucks F Blake Cotton (38:19) Penticton Vees D Nolan Stevenson (46:59) […]
Photo credit: Sophie Hayward INTERIOR CONFERENCE SCORES: #6 Cranbrook Bucks – 7 #3 Trail Smoke Eaters – 6 (3OT) BOXSCORE Series tied 2-2 #5 Sherwood Park Crusaders – 7 #4 Salmon Arm Silverbacks – 4 BOXSCORE Sherwood Park wins the series 4-0 #1 Penticton Vees – 4 #8 Okotoks Oilers – 2 BOXSCORE Penticton wins […]
Photo credit: Tami Quan INTERIOR CONFERENCE SCORES: #2 Brooks Bandits – 5 #7 West Kelowna Warriors – 4 (OT) BOXSCORE Brooks leads the series 2-1 #3 Trail Smoke Eaters – 3 #6 Cranbrook Bucks – 1 BOXSCORE Trail leads the series 2-1 #1 Penticton Vees – 6 #8 Okotoks Oilers – 3 BOXSCORE Penticton leads […]
Photo credit: Cherie Morgan INTERIOR CONFERENCE SCORES: #1 Penticton Vees – 5 #8 Okotoks Oilers – 0 BOXSCORE Penticton leads the series 2-0 GAME NOTES: Luke Posthumus and Tristen Petersen each scored twice in the win Ethan Buenaventura made 14 saves to earn the shutout Ryden Evers recorded three assists The Vees have yet to […]
Photo credit: Cherie Morgan INTERIOR CONFERENCE SCORES: #1 Penticton Vees – 4 #8 Okotoks Oilers – 0 BOXSCORE Penticton leads the series 1-0 GAME NOTES: Ryden Evers scored the first goal of the 2025 playoffs with 47 seconds left in the first period Ben Merrill, Max Heise and Simon Meier had the other goals for […]
The Rogers BCHL Playoffs begin tonight with Game 1 between the Penticton Vees and the Okotoks Oilers. Today, we break down each series in the Interior Conference in the first part of our Round 1 playoff preview. #1 Penticton Vees vs. #8 Okotoks Oilers Head-to-Head: Penticton won the season series 3-0-1. Top Performers: Penticton – […]
