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 […]
Wenatchee Wild forward Sam Hesler has been announced as the BCHL Player of the Week for the week ending May 5, the league announce Monday. Hesler started the week off helping the Wild win Game 3 of the Doyle Cup 4-3 by scoring the game-winning goal and adding an assist. His goal (seen below) helped […]
Cooper Zech, Josh Arnold and Matt Dorsey had a goal and an assist each, Sam Hesler added a pair of helpers and Austin Park stopped 29 of the 31 shots he faced as the Wenatchee Wild beat the Spruce Grove Saints 7-2 in Game 5 of the Doyle Cup to win the series and advance […]
It was do-or-die for the Spruce Grove Saints in Game 4 as they stave off elimination beating the Wenatchee Wild 5-2, Austin Parmiter would get the eventual game winner for the Saints. The Saints came out firing on all cylinders tonight opening the scoring 6:48 in as Josh Harris beat Austin Park just after the […]
Sam Hesler would get the eventual game winner as the Wenatchee Wild held on to earn a 4-3 victory and take a commanding 3-0 series lead over the Spruce Grove Saints. The Wild opened the scoring just 3:54 in as Sam Morton found a lose puck in the slot and fired it past Nolan Kent […]
Game 3 goes tonight in Spruce Grove as the Saints welcome in the Wenatchee Wild who bring with them a 2-0 series lead. As the series switches to Alberta, here are some key facts to be aware of. For the Wild: Homesick? The wild struggled away from home during their playoff run, having gone 5W […]
