Fitzgerald, Aura and Larochelle named Instat KIJHL 3 Stars

    Liam Fitzgerald (Fernie Ghostriders), Owen Aura (Kamloops Storm) and Frederick Larochelle (Nelson Leafs) have been named the Instat KIJHL 3 Stars of the Week for the period ending Feb. 12, 2023. Fitzgerald – Top Forward – The St. Albert, Alberta product had two goals and four assists in two games, helping the Ghostriders […]

Neil Murdoch Award Winners

Each year, the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League presents seven awards for on-ice excellence: Most Valuable Player, Top Scorer, Top Defenceman, Top Goaltender, Rookie of the Year, Most Sportsmanlike Player and Coach of the Year. Winners are named from each of the league’s four divisions prior to the start of KIJHL Playoffs, with overall league […]

Eddie Mountain Division Award Winners

Each year, the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League presents seven awards for on-ice excellence: Most Valuable Player, Top Scorer, Top Defenceman, Top Goaltender, Rookie of the Year, Most Sportsmanlike Player and Coach of the Year. Winners are named from each of the league’s four divisions prior to the start of KIJHL Playoffs, with overall league […]

KIJHL Power Rankings Week 21 – (Feb. 11)

  The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League completed its 21st and final week of regular season for the 2022-23 season. The KIJHL Power Rankings highlights the top-five teams based on winning percentage, with various tie-breakers to help decide final positions.   Princeton Posse Last Week: 1 Record: 31-7-3-3 The Posse won the KIJHL’s President’s Cup […]

Posse wins KIJHL President’s Cup

  The KIJHL congratulates the Princeton Posse on a tremendous regular season as they have captured the President’s Cup as the overall regular season champions. It’s their first President’s Cup in their 20-year history. The Posse closed out the 2022-23 regular season with a record of 31-7-3-3 and won eight of their last 10 games. […]

McKinley, Sinclair & Albers named Instat January 3 Stars

  Ethan McKinley (Osoyoos Coyotes), Scott Sinclair (Fernie Ghostriders) and Owen Albers (Revelstoke Grizzlies) have been selected the Instat KIJHL 3 Stars of the Month for January. McKinley – Top Forward- The St. Albert, Alberta product racked up 10 goals and 12 assists in 10 games for the Coyotes. McKinley helped the Coyotes win seven […]

UPDATED – Murdoch Division set for wild three-way finish

The final day of the 2022/23 KIJHL regular season begins with three clubs — the Beaver Valley Nitehawks, Grand Forks Border Bruins and Nelson Leafs — all battling for top spot in the Neil Murdoch Division. Following a Nelson win over the Border Bruins and a Nitehawks victory in Castlegar on Friday night, the trio […]

Top Shelf podcast for Feb. 10

Welcome to episode 23 of Top Shelf – The KIJHL podcast. The Golden Rockets have the weekend off awaiting the start of the playoffs; Emanuel Sequeira chats with their captain Jordan Lario about the regular season and preparing for the playoffs. Fernie Head Coach/General Manager Ty Valin joins Mark Berry to talk about the Ghostriders’ […]

KIJHL Notebook: Neil Murdoch battles

  It’s the last week of the KIJHL regular season, and while all of the playoff spots have been solidified, there is still positioning to fight for. This will make for an exciting week of action, especially in the Neil Murdoch division.  The Grand Forks Border Bruins have a two-point lead on Beaver Valley and […]

Laser-Hume exploding with SJHL’s Bombers

  Harmon Laser-Hume spent parts of two seasons with the Creston Valley Thunder Cats to begin his junior hockey career in the 2020-21 season that was impacted by COVID-19, then the following season the Rossland, B.C. product, who moved to Creston Valley three years ago, won five of his seven games with the Thunder Cats […]