The BCHL announced today that the league’s All-Star Weekend will take place in Spruce Grove, Alta. at Thompson Family Arena Jan. 16 to 18, 2026. Home of the Spruce Grove Saints, the brand-new 1,665-seat arena opened Sep. 19 with the team’s first game of the BCHL regular season. “The BCHL is excited to make our […]
Photos: Garrett James / Story: Ethan Vandop (intern) Everything that you need to know for our Friday night contests. Vernon Vipers (10-16-5-0) @ Brooks Bandits (23-5-0-2) The Vernon Vipers head to Brooks to take on the Bandits for their second meeting of the season. The teams last faced off on December 6th, with Brooks […]
Photo credit: Garrett James Photography Trail Smoke Eaters forward Evan Sundar, Brooks Bandits forward Nick Peluso and Spruce Grove Saints forward Keifer Miller have been named the NAPA Auto Parts 3 Stars of the Week. 1st Star – Evan Sundar (F) – Trail Smoke Eaters Sundar led the league in scoring last week, picking up […]
The BCHL has announced five recipients of the BCHL Scholarship Program, supported by Rogers, for the 2023-24 season. After gathering submissions throughout last season, the BCHL has selected five players who will receive a $2,000 scholarship award to attend a Canadian post-secondary institution. This year’s recipients are: Tristan Baumung – Spruce Grove Saints (Red Deer […]
Presented by Chevrolet. In the weeks leading up to the start of the 2024-25 season, we will go team-by-team to profile new players entering the league, as well as offseason acquisitions through trades. We speak with the coach/GM of each team to get their thoughts on the new crop of players. Next up is the Spruce […]
Photo credit: Alexander Patton ALBERTA DIVISION SCORES: #4 Okotoks Oilers – 3 #5 Spruce Grove Saints – 2 BOXSCORE Okotoks leads the series 2-0 (best-of-five) GAME NOTES: Jagger Tapper scored his second of the playoffs in the third period for the game-winning goal for Okotoks Oilers goalie Christian Green stopped 30 of 32 shots for […]
With the Alberta Division regular season coming to a close last weekend, the BC Hockey League (BCHL) has announced dates for the Alberta side of the Rogers playoffs. The Okotoks Oilers and Spruce Grove Saints finished fourth and fifth respectively and will faceoff in the best-of-five wildcard series, starting this Wednesday, April 10. Wildcard Schedule: […]
Spruce Grove Saints forward Stephen Kirkpatrick has been named the BCHL’s Alberta Division Player of the Week, ending Feb. 4. In the Saints lone game over the weekend, the Edmonton, Alta. product scored twice in his team’s 5-3 win against the Sherwood Park Crusaders. With the game tied 1-1 in the second period, Kirkpatrick gave […]
The BC Hockey League (BCHL) has announced that five Alberta-based teams have signed franchise agreements and are now officially members of the league, as of yesterday. Prior to this, the teams had agreed to terms on a framework of what joining the BCHL would look like. Effective immediately, the Blackfalds Bulldogs, Brooks Bandits, Okotoks Oilers, […]
It was officially announced on Sept. 7 that the sale of the Vernon Vipers franchise from the Wray family to brothers John and Tom Glen is complete. With the 2018-19 season just started, BCHL communications caught up with John Glen for a quick question-and-answer interview. BCHL – Where did you grow up and what […]
