Overall Award Winners – MVP, Top Defenceman, Top Goaltender, Rookie of the Year

The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League is pleased to announce its Overall Award Winners for the 2022-23 regular season. Honours have been handed out in seven categories: Most Valuable Player, Top Scorer, Top Defenceman, Top Goaltender, Rookie of the Year, Most Sportsmanlike Player and Coach of the Year.  Today we announce the winners for Most […]

Thunder Cats alumnus Livingstone signs with NHL’s Predators

  Creston Valley Thunder Cats Alumnus Jake Livingstone has signed with the NHL’s Nashville Predators on a one-year, entry-level contract for the 2022-23 season. Livingstone just completed his junior season with the Minnesota State University Mavericks men’s hockey program in which he was named the CCHA’s Defenceman of the Year for the second straight year.  […]

Overall Award Winners – Scorer, Most Sportsmanlike & Coach of the Year

The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League is pleased to announce its Overall Award Winners for the 2022-23 regular season. Today and tomorrow, honours will be handed out in seven categories: Most Valuable Player, Top Scorer, Top Defenceman, Top Goaltender, Rookie of the Year, Most Sportsmanlike Player, Rookie of the Year and Coach of the Year. […]

KIJHL Teck Cup Final schedule

  The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League has released its schedule for the 2023 Teck Cup. The KIJHL Final, featuring the Princeton Posse (Okanagan-Shuswap Conference champions) and the Kimberley Dynamiters (Kootenay Conference champions) will begin this weekend.   March 31, 2023 – Game 1 at Princeton & District Arena – 7 p.m.  April 1, 2023 – Game […]

Nelson, Miller & Trzaska named Instat KIJHL 3 Stars

    Dayton Nelson (Princeton Posse), Kasey Miller (Kimberley Dynamiters) and Peyton Trzaska (Princeton Posse) have been selected as the Instat KIJHL 3 Stars of the Week for the period ending March 26. Nelson – Top Forward – The Cranbrook, B.C. product earned his second Top Forward selection of the season with a goal and […]

KIJHL mourns passing of Posse’s Morton Johnston

The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League is saddened to share news of the passing of Princeton Posse assistant coach Morton Johnston, who perished in a motor vehicle accident on Sunday. Prior to serving as a coach with his hometown team, the Princeton, BC product also suited up for the Posse in 159 regular season games […]

Teck Cup Championships Round 3 G6 recap

March 26, 2023 Princeton Posse Revelstoke Grizzlies Two second-period goals lead Princeton past Revelstoke (Princeton wins series 4-2) Kassius Kler had a big game for the Posse, netting the winning goal and setting up the equalizer in a 2-1 victory over the Grizzlies. Kler set up Dayton Nelson for his eighth goal to tie the […]

Border Bruins’ Gorrill signs with ACAC Voyageurs

  Grand Forks Border Bruin Karsten Gorrill is joining teammate Matteus Reis to play for the Portage College Voyageurs in the Alberta Colleges Athletics Conference next fall. Gorrill played 86 career KIJHL games in the regular season and playoffs combined with Kimberley, Creston Valley, then finishing with Grand Forks. He recorded eight goals and 25 […]

Border Bruins’ Reis signs with ACAC Voyageurs

  Matteus Reis of the Grand Forks Border Bruins will play for the Portage College Voyageurs in the Alberta Colleges Athletic Conference in the fall. “I’m super excited to be a Voyageur next season and to further my academic studies while pursuing my athletic goals,” said Reis, a Kelowna product who began his KIJHL career […]

Top Shelf podcast for March 24

Welcome to Top Shelf – The KIJHL podcast, episode 30. In this week’s playoff edition guests include players Tristan Weill from the Kimberley Dynamiters, Sean Mitchell from the Princeton Posse, Head Coaches Ryan Parent of the Grizzlies, Mark Readman of the Posse and Derek Stuart of the Nitros. Enjoy.   Top Shelf: The KIJHL Podcast – […]