Young Guns: Owen Dewitt

Sicamous Eagles rookie Owen Dewitt is the first Young Guns selection of the 2023-24 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League season. Dewitt, a Sicamous product, scored a natural hat-trick in the first period to give the Eagles a 3-1 lead, en route to a 6-2 victory over the 100 Mile House Wranglers on Sept. 24. Dewitt […]

KIJHL Notebook for Sept. 29

  The first weekend of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League 2023-24 season didn’t disappoint. The defending Teck Cup champion Kimberley Dynamiters won their opening game, the Eddie Mountain division regular season champs, the Columbia Valley Rockies gave Tayler Sincennes his first KIJHL win as a head coach and the Spokane Braves bounced back from […]

Top Shelf – The KIJHL podcast for Sept. 28

Welcome to Top Shelf – The KIJHL podcast. Week One of the 23/24 KIJHL season is in the books. Emanuel will talk with one of the Hudl Instat Players of the Week, Parker Fournier from the Sicamous Eagles. Andrew Tworkowski of the Spokane Braves and Mikkel Hrechka of the Chase Heat share the honours and […]

2023 BCHC Prospects Game Announced

The British Columbia Hockey Conference is excited to announce details of its second annual Prospects Game, which will be hosted by the Kamloops Storm on Tuesday, November 28th at McArthur Park Arena. The 2023 BCHC Prospects Game will see the top young players from the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League and Pacific Junior Hockey League […]

Braves alum Tritt selected to CCHA’s Lakers leadership group

  Spokane Braves alumnus Dawson Tritt was named an assistant captain by the Lake Superior State Lakers recently. He is one of two assistant captains with two co-captains. “This group looks to do everything the right way on and off the ice, and they bring a great work ethic and intensity to our daily routines,” […]

Fournier, Hrechka & Tworkowski named Hudl Instat KIJHL 3 Stars

    Parker Fournier (Sicamous Eagles), Mikkel Hrechka (Chase Heat) and Andrew Tworkowski (Spokane Braves) have been selected as the first Hudl Instat Kootenay International Junior Hockey League 3 Stars of the Week, for the period ending Sept. 24. Fournier – Top Forward- The Salmon Arm product had three goals and seven points in three […]

Border Bruins’ Edwards signs with WHL’s Royals

  Ben Edwards of the Grand Forks Border Bruins has joined his brother Alex to play for the WHL’s Victoria Royals for the 2023-24 season.  Ben had 19 points in 34 games for the Border Bruins last season and played on the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League Prospects team for the BCHC Top Prospects game. […]

Storm to pay tribute to Friedel during home opener

  “He came to us and it was like he was a guru. He was so far ahead of anything I’ve ever seen,” said Matthew Kolle, General Manager of the Kamloops Storm about Peter Friedel, their trainer who passed away in June. The Storm will recognize Friedel, a valuable member of the organization for six […]

KIJHL season opener for 2023-24

  The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League begins its 2023-24 regular season, the first under the Junior A Tier 2 designation, with eight games today. Among the first two games at 7 p.m. MDT has the Spokane Braves playing for the first time in three seasons, as they visit the Columbia Valley Rockies at the […]

Top Shelf – The KIJHL podcast for Sept. 21

Welcome to episode 3 of Top Shelf- The KIJHL podcast. In this episode, Aiden Morcom of the Kelowna Chiefs is coming off a strong rookie season; Emanuel Sequeira talks with him about his preparation. Mark Berry chats with Kimberley Dynamiters HC/GM Derek Stuart about the strong team he’s re-assembled. Kamloops Storm GM Matt Kolle describes […]