Johnny Carmichael of the Nelson Leafs has committed to play for the Okanagan Lakers in the B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League. Carmichael finished second on the Leafs with 36 points in 41 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League games last season. Carmichael added six points in four KIJHL Teck Cup playoff games. Over two seasons with […]
Tyson Lautard of the Nelson Leafs has committed to the Vancouver Island University Mariners in the B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League for the 2023-24 season. Lautard had 29 points in 40 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League games last season for the Leafs. He added five points in six KIJHL Teck Cup playoff games. Over three […]
Owen Chamberland of the Revelstoke Grizzlies has committed to play for the Okanagan Lakers in the B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League for the 2023-24 season. Chamberland had 14 points in 38 games last season and helped the Grizzlies win the Cyclone Taylor Cup championship. Chamberland, 21, spent three seasons in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey […]
Trevor Kennedy of the Chase Heat has committed to play for the Arizona State University Sun Devils in the American Collegiate Hockey Association for the 2023-24 season. The Kamloops product led the Heat with 27 points in 39 games last season. Over four seasons with the Heat, in which he played 97 career Kootenay […]
Princeton Posse defenceman Grady Sterling-Ponech has signed to play with the Weyburn Red Wings in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League in 2023-24. Sterling-Ponech played one season with the Posse, collecting 15 points in 41 regular season games. He added three points in 22 playoff games as he helped the Posse reach the KIJHL Teck […]
Kayde Kinaschuk of the Columbia Valley Rockies has committed to the University of Southern Maine Huskies in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III for the 2023-24 season. Over two seasons with the Rockies, Kinaschuk put up 119 points in 80 career regular season Kootenay International Junior Hockey League games. He added 21 […]
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League held its 2023 Annual General Meeting on Saturday, June 17th in Sicamous, with the meeting generating a number of news items that will be of interest to KIJHL fans: APPLICATION TO RECLASSIFY AS JUNIOR A The KIJHL has submitted an application to BC Hockey to have the league and […]
Princeton Posse goalie Peyton Trzaska has signed to play for Adrian College in the American Collegiate Hockey Association in 2023-24. Trzaska returned to the Posse last season from the Manitoba Junior Hockey League’s Neepawa Titans to post a record of 10-1-0-1 with a .922 save percentage and a 2.62 goals against average. The Drayton […]
Princeton Posse rookie forward Kassius Kler has signed to play for the Notre Dame Hounds in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League in 2023-24. Kler was second on the Posse in points with 36 in 39 games, which also ranked him fifth among all KIJHL rookies. The former North West Hawks U18 AAA product was […]
Kamloops Storm defenceman Owen Aura will play for the Amherst Ramblers in the Maritime Hockey League in 2023-24. The Kamloops product played a season for his hometown team, registering 24 points in 40 games, then played in seven KIJHL Teck Cup championship games. The 6-0, 198-pound blueliner also represented the KIJHL in the B.C. […]
