Jacob Smith of the Revelstoke Grizzlies is taking his speed and gritty style to the Merritt Centennials of the B.C. Hockey League for the 2022-23 season. The Trail, B.C. product told www.merrittcentennials.com that he is excited to play for a team “with such great history in the best Junior A league in North America.” […]
Brydon Bell is grateful for everything he gained during his lone season playing for the Grand Forks Border Bruins in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League last season. The Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan product put up 17 points in 36 games as a rookie defenceman and is now joining the La Ronge Ice Wolves in […]
It nearly brought a tear to Michael Garteig’s eye when he found out the B.C. Hockey League had renamed its Top Goaltender Award after him. Garteig, who started his junior hockey career with the Princeton Posse in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League, moved onto the BCHL playing two seasons in Powell River, then […]
In June, former Castlegar Rebels goalie Patrick Zubick got the incredible opportunity to play for Team Canada in pre-qualifying games in Chicago for the Deaflympics. It has been a while since he played in a competitive setting, so being able to compete and contribute was great. Zubick felt the level of competition was good and […]
Osoyoos Coyote Tegan Neuman has signed to play for the Winkler Flyers in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League for the 2022-23 season. The West Kelowna product spent two seasons in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League. This past season, Neuman had 41 points in 39 games with the Coyotes and Kelowna Chiefs. He had […]
Grand Forks Border Bruin Ray Warrack has signed to play in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League with the Swan Valley Stampeders for the 2022-23 season. Warrack, 19, played one season in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League with the Border Bruins to begin his junior hockey career, and had nine goals and 28 points […]
Castlegar Rebel Cody Quinton has signed to join teammate Justin Duguay with the B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League expansion team, the Logan Lake Miners for the 2022-23 season. The Wembley, Alberta product began his KIJHL career with Fernie, then Revelstoke before being dealt to the Rebels. In 86 career regular season games, Quinton had 19 goals […]
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League has released its 2022-23 regular season schedule, which begins on Friday, September 23rd with 18 of the league’s 20 teams in action. All KIJHL teams will play a 44-game regular season that includes six games each against divisional rivals, two games against teams from the alternate division within the […]
Beaver Valley Nitehawks alum Jake Lucchini inked a one-year, two-way contract with the Ottawa Senators. Two-way contracts mean players can move freely between the NHL and American Hockey League and could suit up for either the Belleville Sens, or Ottawa Senators, over the course of the season. Lucchini’s contract is worth an average annual […]
100 Mile House Wranglers Head Coach & GM Dale Hladun is excited about the impact a trio of Williams Lake minor hockey products will make during the 2022-23 season. Hladun signed Jackson Altwasser, Curtis Roorda and Boston Pierce from the U18 program and all three played eight games as affiliates with the Wranglers last […]
