Before diving into this week’s KIJHL Notebook on the Okanagan Conference, there is a new franchise record milestone to acknowledge. On Jan. 21 against the Beaver Valley Nitehawks, Levi Astill became the Border Bruins’ new single-season points record holder. During their broadcast against the Castlegar Rebels on Tuesday, Kevin McKinnon, the voice of the Border […]
Welcome to Top Shelf: The KIJHL podcast. This week on Top Shelf, the I-N-E-Plus-Nutrition player spotlight is with Owen Ivanov of the Kelowna Chiefs. The alumni spot is with former Spokane Braves player Dawson Tritt who is in his fourth season of NCAA Div 1. And on the Bench Boss segment Terry Jones from the […]
Owen Ivanov of the Kelowna Chiefs is this week’s Young Guns selection after he had two goals and three assists in two games. In a 4-2 win over the Princeton Posse on Jan. 24, the rookie had a goal and four points. Then in their 5-4 overtime win over the Creston Valley Thunder Cats on […]
Spokane Braves alum Dawson Tritt (2017-18) is in his fourth and final season of NCAA DI hockey with the Lake Superior State Lakers. As a 17-year-old, Tritt had 43 points in 43 games for the Braves, then joined the BCHL Alberni Valley Bulldogs for three seasons and spent one in the North America Hockey League […]
Aiden Morcom (Kelowna Chiefs), Faris Meddeb (Revelstoke Grizzlies) and Jasper Tait (Grand Forks Border Bruins) have been selected as the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League 3 Stars of the Week for the period ending Jan.26/25. Morcom – Top Forward – The West Kelowna native scored two goals and added four assists in two games for […]
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League completed its 19th week of regular season action for the 2024-25 season. The KIJHL Power Rankings highlight the top-five teams based on winning percentage, with various tie-breakers to help decide positioning. It’s a third straight week at No.1 for the Kimberley Dynamiters. The Dynamiters had one game, a […]
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League is now accepting league scholarship and bursary applications for the 2024-25 season. The application deadline is March 15, 2025. The KIJHL administers two scholarship awards: the Jaxon Joseph Memorial Scholarship and the Grant Sheridan Memorial Scholarship. The Jaxon Joseph Memorial Scholarship was created in memory of the former Beaver […]
We complete trade deadline coverage in this week’s KIJHL Notebook with the Kootenay Conference, as respective general managers share how it was for them and what they wanted to do to improve their respective rosters. Eddie Mountain Division Kimberley Dynamiters Nate Tillmanns (2005, F) acquired from Kamloops Head coach-general manager Derek Stuart wasn’t very […]
Welcome to Top Shelf: The KIJHL podcast. This week on Top Shelf, the ine+nutrition player spotlight is on Tyler Picha of the Spokane Braves. The Bench Boss segment features Terry Jones from the Beaver Valley Nitehawks … Top Shelf: The KIJHL Podcast – S3 E16 – January 24 | RSS.com
Peter Godley of the Columbia Valley Rockies is this week’s Young Guns selection after scoring three goals and adding three assists in two games. Godley, 18, collected two assists on Jan. 14 in a 7-4 win over the Fernie Ghostriders. He then netted a hat-trick and added an assist in an 8-3 win over the […]
