The finalists for the 2015-16 BCHL Awards have been determined. After polling the league’s head coaches, one player from each division has been identified. These names will be put to the coaches for one more survey to determine the ultimate winners, which will be announced on Friday, Feb. 26. The nominees are as follows: Vern […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Angus Redmond made 39 saves and Ross Heidt scored the winner with 6:39 to go in the third as the Salmon Arm Silverbacks became the first team to win a game in Penticton this season, a 4-2 win over the Vees. After a scoreless first, Chase Zieky opened the scoring for the ‘Backs but power-play […]