CALGARY, Alta. (Monday, Oct. 24, 2016) – There is just one club still unbeaten entering play this week in the 132-team CJHL with the Manitoba Junior Hockey League’s Steinbach Pistons having won an impressive 12 times in succession to start the 2016-17 campaign. In the BCHL, the Penticton Vees and their solid play have overtaken […]
In the commitment spree running through the Victoria Grizzlies locker room this week, Tyler Welsh is the latest to ink an NCAA Div. I pact. Welsh will play at Yale University for the Bulldogs starting next season. This after his teammates Jake Stevens and Cole Pickup had recently committed to St. Lawrence University and Nebraska-Omaha […]
In his final season of Junior hockey, Victoria Grizzlies defenceman Jake Stevens appears to have taken his game to new heights that will see him far surpass his totals from last year. That early production has caught the eye of NCAA Div. I St. Lawrence University in Canton, N.Y. and they’ve secured his services for […]
Cole Pickup grabbed the early BCHL headlines this season, helping the Victoria Grizzlies to a nice start while racing out to the early scoring lead. Now he’s getting ink again, as he’s committed to play NCAA Div. I hockey next season at the University of Nebraska-Omaha. Pickup, who has eight goals and 10 assists in […]
(By Michael Potestio/Hockey Now) The BCHL regular season is two weeks old and the Victoria Grizzlies, who finished last in the Island Division in 2015-16, sit atop the league with a mirror opposite start. The Grizzlies are 4-1 jumping out the gate with four straight wins before the Cowichan Valley Capitals walked into the Q […]
Victoria Grizzlies goalie Matthew Galajda has taken care of an important piece of business for himself and the season hasn’t even started yet. Galajda has committed to play NCAA Div. I hockey at Ivy League Cornell University. He’ll head to school and play for the Big Red starting in the 2017-18 season. A product of […]
The contingent of BCHLers from Vancouver Island to Concordia University-Wisconsin (CUW) has grown to a triumvirate. Victoria Grizzlies forward Dante Hahn is the latest to commit to the school, joining Cowichan Valley Capitals grads Josh Adkins and Jake Switzer. Hahn, a 6-foot-2, 195-pound forward, produced 12 goals and 24 assists last season which were both […]
After a final BCHL season that saw him establish highs in points and penalty minutes, Victoria Grizzlies defenceman Kevin Massy is taking his game to the college level. Massy has committed to play at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) starting this fall. The 6-foot-3, 210-pound Victoria native posted nine goals and 29 assists […]
A pair of BCHL alums are champions of the East Coast Hockey League (ECHL). Victoria Grizzlies product Justin Courtnall and former Penticton Vees netminder Joel Rumpel won the Kelly Cup with the Allen Americans Thursday after a 4-2 home win over the Wheeling Nailers. OFFICIAL STORY FROM ECHL.COM The Americans, based in Allen, Texas, are […]
Victoria Grizzlies graduating captain P.J. Conlon developed into a reliable scoring threat this past season and the program that’s recruited him for next season hope that trend continues. Conlon is headed to NCAA Div. III Amherst College in Massachusetts. The 6-foot, 190-pound native of Goderich, Ont. finished second in Grizz scoring last season with 21 […]
