Prior to the B.C. Hockey League Pod season ending, the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League connected with 100 Mile House Wranglers alum Jakob Gullmes. Gullmes was on loan to the Chilliwack Chiefs from the Langley Rivermen, who chose to opt out of the 2020-21 season. In this Q&A, Gullmes talks about his season, and […]
Columbia Valley Rockies goalie Noah Decottignies was drawn to the Adrian College Bulldogs Division 1 program because of their winning pedigree. The Bulldogs are among the top American Collegiate Hockey Association programs in the last four years. Under coach Gary Astalos, they won an ACHA National Championship in his first season in 2018. They […]
It is with a bittersweet feeling that the Fernie Ghostriders announce that Head Coach and General Manager Jeff Wagner will be moving on to join the Junior A Coquitlam Express in the BCHL after accepting the position of Associate Coach & Director of Scouting. “On behalf of the Fernie Ghostriders, I would like to thank […]
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League has approved the sale of the Grand Forks Border Bruins to local physician Dr. Mark Szynkaruk, who assumes ownership of the club from the community-owned Grand Forks Border Bruins Association. “We’re very pleased to welcome Dr. Szynkaruk to the KIJHL and excited by his plans for the franchise,” […]
Carter Beston-Will played 60 games in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League with the Columbia Valley Rockies from 2016-17 and 2018-19. The Calgary native is now an assistant coach in the Elite Ice Hockey League with the Sheffield Steelers. The Steelers recently lost the Elite Series Championship to the Nottingham Panthers. We connected with […]
Our final Kootenay International Junior Hockey League in BCHL report covers games from May 7 to May 11. Lukas Jirousek (Summerland Steam) opened the scoring for the Alberni Valley Bulldogs in their 5-3 shootout win over the Nanaimo Clippers to close out their season. The goal was Jirousek’s 10th of the season as he […]
In 1990-91, Shawn Carter debuted for his hometown Penticton Panthers in their inaugural season in the B.C. Junior Hockey League. Thirty years later, his son Levi, 18, made his B.C. Hockey League debut as an affiliate player with the Penticton Vees. This comes after starting the season with the Osoyoos Coyotes in the Kootenay […]
The Manhattanvile College Valiants program checked off a lot of boxes for Revelstoke Grizzlies captain Raymond Speerbrecker. First is the school itself, which he says is very well regarded and gives people opportunity for employment after hockey. Among them are more than 12,500 internship opportunities, more than 3,500 employer connections and in 2018, 89 […]
A year after joining the Kelowna Chiefs as an assistant coach, Travers Rebman takes over for Ken Law as head coach. Law, a six-time Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) divisional Coach of the Year and two-time Overall Coach of the Year (2010-11, 18-19), becomes the Chiefs’ new general manager. It’s part of a […]
Michael Garteig is an alum of the Princeton Posse program, having played there in the 2008-09 season. He moved onto the B.C. Hockey League playing for the Powell River Kings and won a Junior A national championship with the Penticton Vees in 2011-12. The KIJHL connected with him over Zoom to talk about playing […]
