Teck Cup playoffs – Conference finals Game 4 recaps

  March 27/24 Beaver Valley Nitehawks Fernie Ghostriders Beaver Valley cuts Fernie lead to 3-1, win in OT Overtime was needed again to decide a winner, and this time the 3-2 final was in the Nitehawks’ favour. Kaleb Percival scored with a great shot on the power-play, their second of the game on five opportunities. […]

Skarsen, Sterling-Ponech & Hawco named KIJHL 3 Stars

    Ben Skarsen (Fernie Ghostriders), Grady Sterling-Ponech (Princeton Posse) and Joey Hawco (Princeton Posse) have been selected the Hudl Instat Kootenay International Junior Hockey League 3 Stars of the Week for the period ending March 24/24. Skarsen – Top Forward – The Bonnyville, Alta., product scored three goals and added two assists to help […]

Wranglers announce Levi Stuart as new head coach-GM

  Levi Stuart is the new head coach-GM of the 100 Mile House Wranglers, the organization announced today. The Merritt, B.C. native joins the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League club from the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League’s Nipawin Hawks, where he was an assistant coach for the last two seasons. During that time, the Hawks had […]

BCIHL’s Miners ink Leafs’ Turner

  Aidan Turner of the Nelson Leafs has signed to play for the Logan Lake Miners in the B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League for the 2024-25 season. Turner had 18 points in 28 regular season games and added two assists in five Teck Cup playoff games for the Leafs. His biggest growth this season came from […]

Young Guns: Blake Sittler

  Blake Sittler of the Princeton Posse is this week’s Young Guns, presented by the Next Shift Network, as he won twice against the North Okanagan Knights stopping 68 of 71 shots for a 1.30 goals against average and a .958 save percentage. Included in those stats is a 27-save shutout performance. Posse head coach-GM […]

Top Shelf – The KIJHL podcast for March 22

Welcome to Top Shelf – the KIJHL podcast. This week on Top Shelf, Grady Sterling-Ponech of the Princeton Posse had a three assist night in Game 7 helping his team get to the Conference Finals. Emanuel Sequeira talks with him about the series and what to expect from Revelstoke. How about the play of the […]

The KIJHL Notebook – Final Four

  The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League Teck Cup playoffs are now down to its final four.  The Beaver Valley Nitehawks and Fernie Ghostriders will battle for the Kootenay Conference championship, while the Princeton Posse and Revelstoke Grizzlies have a rematch of last year’s Okanagan-Shuswap Conference championship. Of those teams, the Posse have scored the […]

Junek, Percival & Stojan named KIJHL 3 Stars

    Vinay Junek (Princeton Posse), Kaleb Percival (Beaver Valley Nitehawks) and Connor Stojan (Beaver Valley Nitehawks) have been selected the Hudl Instat Kootenay International Junior Hockey League 3 Stars of the Week for the period ending March 17/24. Junek – Top Forward – The Yorkton, Sask., product had three goals and three assists and […]

Teck Cup playoffs Round 2 Game 7 recap

March 18/24 North Okanagan Knights Princeton Posse Princeton takes Game 7 over North Okanagan, wins 7-0 Seven goals in Game 7 for the Posse. They surged to victory against the Knights, securing the Bill Ohlhausen division title. Dayton Nelson’s first goal of the Teck Cup playoffs sealed the deal, with Joey Hawco delivering a 30-save […]

Grizzlies’ Kuchaslo inks with ACHA Drury University

  Revelstoke Grizzlies goalie Jozef Kuchaslo has committed to the Drury University Panthers in the American Collegiate Hockey Association Division 1 for the 2024-25 season. In 28 games, Kuchaslo went 19-8-0 with a 1.96 goals against average and a .932 save percentage with six shutouts. He was the KIJHL’s Top Goalie last season and was […]