Welcome to Top Shelf – The KIJHL podcast. This Week on Top Shelf, Emanuel Sequeira talks with the Hudl Instat Forward of the Week Gage Parrell of the North Okanagan Knights and Spokane Braves 20-year-old freshman, Karsen Kendall. Leading off the episode, Emanuel talks with Alex Smith of the Sicamous Eagles about his two seasons […]
Who doesn’t like goals? This week’s KIJHL Notebook highlights each team’s top snipers. Before getting into that, on Tuesday night, the Creston Valley Thunder Cats gave the goal judge plenty of work in a 14-3 victory over the Spokane Braves. Austin McLean was credited with the eventual winning goal as he scored to give […]
Kimberley Dynamiter and Creston Valley Thunder Cats alum Campbell McLean scored a big goal to help the Maryville Saints pick up a 3-2 win over Minot State University. On Friday, Feb. 9, McLean scored his third goal when he batted a puck out of the air. Wow. What a goal by the @nitroshockey […]
Gage Parrell (North Okanagan Knights), Mettao Sardinha (Sicamous Eagles) and Hayden Lee (Osoyoos Coyotes) have been selected the Hudl Instat Kootenay International Junior Hockey League 3 Stars of the Week for the period ending Feb. 11/24. Parrell – Top Forward – The Salmon Arm product had a goal and four assists to help […]
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League completed its 21st week of action for the 2023-24 regular season. The KIJHL Power Rankings highlights the top-five teams based on their performance over the past 10 games, including winning percentage. Beaver Valley Nitehawks Last Week: 1 Record: 32-8-0-2 The Nitehawks’ 16-game winning streak was snapped by the […]
Bryton Morrow of the Princeton Posse is this week’s Young Guns, presented by the Next Shift Network, as he scored three goals and collected six assists in three games. Posse head coach-GM Mark Readman said that the 6-5,190-pound Morrow is getting stronger and possesses a unique skill set. “He works so hard on his […]
Welcome to Top Shelf – The KIJHL podcast. This Week on Top Shelf, Emanuel Sequeira talks with the Hudl Instat Defenceman of the Week Ayden Baldo of the Nelson Leafs and Summerland Steam goaltender, Jasper Tait. Leading off the episode, Emanuel talks with Kimberley Dynamiter Carson Cleland about being a captain on a team with […]
Spokane Braves goalie Andrew Tworkowski has played the most minutes of any KIJHL goalie at 1,766 and has faced the most rubber – 1,482 shots. The next closest to Tworkowski is Osoyoos Coyote Hunter Arntsen who has faced 1,699 shots. What’s even more impressive about Tworkowski’s play is his save percentage – .911, while […]
Kimberley Dynamiters defenceman Liam Furlong has committed to play for the Portage College Voyageurs in the Alberta Colleges Athletics Conference in the 2024-25 season. Furlong has 16 points in 33 games with the Golden Rockets and Dynamiters this season. Since joining the Dynamiters, the Bragg Creek, Alta., product has five points in nine games. […]
Luke Chakrabarti (Creston Valley Thunder Cats), Lohgan Nimmo (Beaver Valley Nitehawks) and Connor Stojan (Beaver Valley Nitehawks) have been selected as the Hudl Instat Kootenay International Junior Hockey League 3 Stars of the Month for January. Chakrabarti – Top Forward – The Surrey product scored six goals and racked up 13 assists in nine […]
