Top Shelf – The KIJHL Podcast Episode 5 is available. This week’s podcast features a pair of rookies – Wyatt Sorken of the Revelstoke Grizzlies, and Lucas De La Salle of the Columbia Valley Rockies talking about their impressive debut performances, as well as KIJHL and PJHL commissioner’s Jeff Dubois and Trevor Alto and the […]
Today is Orange Shirt Day and Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. September 30th has been declared Orange Shirt Day annually, in recognition of the harm the residential school system did to children’s sense of self-esteem and well being, and as an affirmation of our commitment to ensure that everyone around us matters […]
Welcome to the first KIJHL Notebook for the 2022-23 season. The opening weekend finished with four players, including three rookies scoring three goals or more. Several rookies collected their first career points and there were also two shutouts, all of which we will get into those performances as you read on. Eddie Mountain Division […]
Flying to Alaska to play a pair of exhibition games against NCAA Division1 programs was a fun and valuable experience for 100 Mile House Wranglers alum Garrett Hilton. Hilton plays in the B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League with the Simon Fraser University Red Leafs, and last weekend their program became the first BCIHL team to […]
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League just played its first weekend of regular season action for the 2022-23 season. The KIJHL Power Rankings highlights the top-five teams based on winning percentage and here is how they rank. The Revelstoke Grizzlies start at the top thanks to a pair of wins (9-0 against 100 Mile […]
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League has an exciting new wave of rookie talent entering the 2022-23 season. We will highlight those players from each team. Next in the New Wave series are the Columbia Valley Rockies. The Rockies finished second in the Eddie Mountain division with 30 wins in 42 games. They qualified […]
Wyatt Sorken (Revelstoke Grizzlies), Brandon Gallo (Revelstoke Grizzlies) and Ben Lewis (Summerland Steam) have been selected as the Instat Kootenay International Junior Hockey League’s first 3 Stars of the Week, for the period ending September 25, 2022. Sorken – Top Forward – The Grizzlies rookie had an incredible start to his junior career with […]
Today is the second day of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League’s 2022-23 regular season opening weekend. The Kimberley Dynamiters welcome the Creston Valley Thunder Cats to the Kimberley Civic Centre. Last season the Dynamiters won all eight games against the Thunder Cats. The Golden Rockets play their second straight home game this weekend, […]
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League opens its 2022-23 season today with eight matchups. The Columbia Valley Rockies open at home at the Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena as one of two earlier games starts to kick off the season. The Rockies begin their season against the team they finished it against last season – […]
In episode 4 of Top Shelf – The KIJHL podcast, host Mark Berry connects with Summerland Steam voice Tim Hogg, while KIJHL Director of Communications Emanuel Sequeira chats with Revelstoke Grizzlies defenceman Brandon Gallo. Berry also talks to Kimberley Dynamiters Head Coach & GM Derek Stuart. The podcast also features news from the league. Top […]
