The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League completed its 17th 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. The Kimberley Dynamiters have taken the No.1 spot from the Revelstoke Grizzlies. The Dynamiters didn’t play on […]
The WHL’s Kelowna Rockets have hired Liam McOnie, the Sicamous Eagles head coach-general manager, as an assistant coach, the organization announced Friday. McOnie received a call from Rockets president and general manager Bruce Hamilton Friday morning with a job offer. “It’s obviously bittersweet with this opportunity coming as one of my bigger mentors and friends […]
We’re on part 2 of the biggest win/individual performance or moment to end 2024 in the KIJHL Notebook, this week for Kootenay Conference teams. Eddie Mountain Division The Christmas Classic against the Fernie Ghostriders was a highlight for the Kimberley Dynamiters, said head coach-general manager Derek Stuart. “Just the environment and intensity surrounded by that, […]
Welcome to Top Shelf – The KIJHL podcast. In this week’s episode, the ine+nutrition player spotlight is with Dylan Duzan of the Columbia Valley Rockies and the alumni feature is with former Revelstoke Grizzlie, Kaeden Patrick, currently playing with NCAA III Skidmore College. Closing out the episode is the bench boss segment featuring Merritt Centennials […]
Posting a 0.63 goals against average and .983 save percentage earned Spokane Braves goalie Tyler Picha this week’s Young Guns selection. In a 6-1 win over the Nelson Leafs, and 4-2 loss to the Sicamous Eagles, the Littleton, Colo., native saved 59 of 60 shots in 96 minutes of action, including all 24 Eagles shots […]
Since Revelstoke Grizzlies alum Kaeden Patrick (2018-19) arrived to play for the Skidmore College Thoroughbreds in 2021-22, they have qualified for the NCAA D3 New England Hockey Conference (NEHC) playoffs and played in the NEHC championship game. Patrick and his class of teammates helped reshape the culture and the team itself. Last year, along with […]
Ashton Angle (Sicamous Eagles), Alex Cordero (Merritt Centennials) and Tyson Endall (100 Mile House Wranglers) have been selected as this week’s Kootenay International Junior Hockey League’s 3 Stars of the Week, for the period ending Jan. 5/25. Angle – Top Forward – The Lethbridge, Alta., native had a goal and nine assists in three games […]
Steven Foster (Merritt Centennials), Trey Stephenson (Kimberley Dynamiters) and Ryder Ponto (Revelstoke Grizzlies) are the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League 3 Stars of the Month for December. Foster – Top Forward – The Abbotsford native registered five goals and 12 points in six games and was a plus six for the Centennials, while playing an […]
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League completed its 16th 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. Make it six straight weeks at No.1 for the Revelstoke Grizzlies. The Grizzlies ended 2024 with a […]
Posse leaders bringing consistency This week’s KIJHL Notebook has Okanagan Conference coaches share what their biggest win/individual performance or moment was to end 2024. Bill Ohlhausen Division The Revelstoke Grizzlies have been happy with how their younger players were able to adapt to team play. “It’s always a process and a big jump for […]
