Joe Davidson (Nelson Leafs), Dain Levesque (Kelowna Chiefs) and Damon Cunningham (Sicamous Eagles) have been selected as the Instat Kootenay International Junior Hockey League 3 Stars of the Week, for the period ending Nov. 6, 2022. Davidson – Top Forward – The Nelson product had four goals and an assist in two games […]
Welcome to episode 10 of Top Shelf – The KIJHL Podcast. This week Top Shelf features Fernie Ghostrider, Ethan MacDuff, while co-host Mark Berry spoke with Nelson Leafs Head Coach Adam DiBella and the voice of the Chase Heat Steve Smyth. Enjoy! Top Shelf: The KIJHL Podcast – E10 – November 4 – MacDuff […]
Before getting into the KIJHL Notebook, we want to give you a couple of facts about player and team performances. Three players in the KIJHL have earned a first star three times this season – they are Reed McLennan of the Fernie Ghostriders, Jordan Lario of the Golden Rockets and Ethan Shebansky of the […]
On Sept. 5, 2022 the Summerland Steam announced the hiring of Alyssa MacMillan as their new Assistant Coach and Director of Marketing and Advertising. MacMillan is the lone female coach in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League and the first female coach in the league. In the Steam release, MacMillan joins the hockey club after […]
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League completed its sixth week of regular season action for the 2022-23 season. The KIJHL Power Rankings highlights the top-five teams based on winning percentage, with various tie-breakers to help decide after. The Revelstoke Grizzlies collected three of four points last week to maintain their top spot in the […]
Fifteen years ago on this date, the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League assembled a team of its best players to play Team Canada East in a pre-tournament match-up in advance of the 2007 World Junior A Hockey Challenge co-hosted by Trail and Nelson. The coaching staff for the KIJHL All-Stars was led by Nelson Leafs […]
Trevor Kennedy (Chase Heat), Eithan Grishin (Beaver Valley Nitehawks) and Levi Hall (Golden Rockets) have been selected as the Instat Kootenay International Junior Hockey League 3 Stars of the Week, for the period ending Oct. 30, 2022. Kennedy – Top Forward – The Kamloops product led the Heat with three goals and six […]
The Sunbowl Arena in Osoyoos was a second home for Jim Harrington. He lived across the street from it. “He was so happy that Osoyoos had a team and there were many different versions of it,” said Patricia Pearson-Harrington, of her father Jim, a former Kootenay International Junior Hockey League executive member on the community […]
Episode 9 of Top Shelf – The KIJHL Podcast features an interview with Luke Chakrabarti of the Creston Valley Thunder Cats, while co-host Mark Berry connects with Larry Read, the play-by-play voice of the Kamloops Storm. And Top Shelf talks to people close to former KIJHL executive Jim Harrington to honour him after his sudden […]
Twelve hat-tricks have been scored in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League regular season play as of Oct. 26, with the last being scored on Oct. 22. Coletyn Boyarski of the Osoyoos Coyotes and Luke Chakrabarti of the Creston Valley Thunder Cats have each recorded two. Both of them recorded four goals recently. Last season […]
