The Sicamous Eagles won the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League and Cyclone Taylor Cup championship in their first season. Sicamous Eagles photo Wayne March describes his time with the Sicamous Eagles as an “awesome ride.”   After winning a Coy Cup championship in 1993-94, the Eagles’ 10th and final season in the Okanagan Senior Men’s […]

Back from their holiday break, Mucking Around The KI returns with their 16th episode.   They recap the first games of 2020, catch up with Golden Rockets head coach-GM Jeremy Blumes and look ahead to what’s coming up with weekend.   We’ve also got the weekly KIJHL’s Hot in the KI Three stars feature in this week’s […]

PRINCETON – Princeton Posse defenceman Chase Cooke is finishing his 2019-20 season in the B.C. Hockey League with the Merritt Centennials.   The rookie from Merritt played 29 games, scoring six goals and putting up 15 points.   Here is the release by the Centennials on the signing.   Cooke was recently featured in a story by the […]

Kamloops Storm goalie Ethan Paulin-Hatch nabbed the Hot in the KI’s first star thanks to a pair of wins (5-1 over Sicamous and 3-0 over Kelowna) and finished with a stingy .987 save percentage after turning aside 81 of 82 shots and a miniscule 0.50 goals against average. Paulin-Hatch, 20, earned the game star for […]

Kelowna Chiefs rookie Porter Dawson is having a strong season because of his play and the opportunities he is earning. Dunsmoor Creative photo Porter Dawson watched a lot of Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) action growing up in Kelowna.   “The league is getting better each year. I feel the game speed is getting […]

Fernie Ghostriders goalie Ethan Fitzgerald has earned the first star for the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League’s (KIJHL) Hot in the KI 3 Stars, period ending Dec. 31. Fitzgerald, a Calgary product, played in both Christmas Classic games against the Kimberley Dynamiters turning aside 27 of 29 in a 2-1 loss, then stopped all 45 […]