Photo credit: Photo by Micheline Veluvolu/IIHF Story by Emma Connelly BCHL linesperson Scott Allan recently completed his first International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) tournament, making his debut in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn. at the 2026 World Junior Championships. During the tournament, Allan officiated four games, including three preliminary-round contests and one quarterfinal matchup. We […]
Nine current BCHL players and one league alumnus have been selected to participate in this year’s World Junior hockey tournament, Dec. 26 to Jan. 5 in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minn. Five BCHLers were selected to represent the German team, four will suit up for Team Latvia, while one alumnus will act as team captain […]
The 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship begins Dec. 26 in Ottawa, Ont. and there are four BCHL players participating in the main tournament, plus another two that took part in the Division 1A competition and another set to play in Division 2A Main tournament: Simon Meier – Team Switzerland (Penticton Vees) Bradly Nadeau – Team […]
Photo credit: Garrett James Photography Hockey Canada announced its roster for the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship today and former BCHL player Bradly Nadeau was among the 14 forwards chosen to represent the red and white at the annual tournament. Nadeau played for the Penticton Vees for two seasons from 2021 to 2023. The St-François-de-Madawaska, […]
Photo credit: Island Images (Nikitin, Meier), Liz Wolter (Baran), Tami Quan (Løkkeberg) With the IIHF U20 World Championship just a few days away, rosters are now set for the tournament and there will be three current BCHL players and one league alumnus suiting up for their countries. In addition, four other current BCHLers took part […]
Photo credit: Jonathan Knight Photography BCHL alumnus Kent Johnson is one of 35 players named to Team Canada’s selection camp for the 2022 World Junior Championships Dec. 9 to 12 in Calgary, Alta. The former Trail Smoke Eater is in his sophomore season at the University of Michigan where he is second in scoring in […]
Photo credit: Jonathan Knight Photography Kent Johnson, who currently plays at the University of Michigan and formerly played for the BCHL’s Trail Smoke Eaters, has been invited to Team Canada’s summer development camp ahead of the 2022 World Junior Championship. Johnson was among a group of 30 forwards who received an invite to the camp […]
A brand-new episode of the BCHL Podcast is now live! This week’s episode has a Victoria Grizzlies theme as we catch up with former Grizzly Alex Newhook who is fresh off his World Juniors experience with Team Canada and now back at Boston College for his sophomore year. We also speak with current Victoria defenceman […]
Photo credits: Darren Francis (Fust), Jack Murray (Bottini) Penticton Vees forward Stefano Bottini and Chilliwack Chiefs forward Ray Fust have both made Team Switzerland’s final roster for the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship. The team announced their final cuts today. Both players have experience representing Switzerland at international tournaments, but this will be their first […]
Photo credit: Garrett James Photography Merritt Centennials forward Daniel Tkac has made Team Slovakia’s final roster for the 2020 World Junior Championships. The 19-year-old, who was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., but is a dual American-Slovakian citizen, was invited to camp earlier this month and was just named to the finalized roster today. “Every kid growing […]
