The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League’s Creston Valley Thunder Cats have announced that the contract of Head Coach & General Manager Brad Tobin will not be renewed for the 2024-25 season. Tobin has completed two stints behind the Thunder Cats bench, having served in his role during the 2017-18 season and again from 2022-24. […]
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League will have a new Teck Cup champion this season after the Columbia Valley Rockies defeated the defending champion Kimberley Dynamiters in five games. The Kimberley Bulletin newspaper reported it’s the first time in over a decade that the Dynamiters have been eliminated in the opening round, dating back […]
The Vancouver Island University Mariners won their first British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey Championship on Sunday. The Mariners defeated the UVic Vikes 6-2 in Logan Lake, where the championship was hosted. The Mariners were the BCIHL’s top regular season team winning 17 of their 20 games. The Mariners played the Vikes twice – winning the […]
Castlegar Rebels alum Travis Green (1985-86) has been named the New Jersey Devils Interim Head Coach for the rest of the 2023-34 NHL season. The Devils made the announcement on March 4. “Travis has key experience running benches at the junior, AHL and NHL levels and knows that there are no shortcuts to success. […]
Matthew Langdon (Princeton Posse), Cole Fisher (Fernie Ghostriders) and Ethan Shebansky (Grand Forks Border Bruins) have been selected the Hudl Instat Kootenay International Junior Hockey League 3 Stars of the Week for the period ending March 3/24. Langdon – Top Forward – The Sherwood Park, Alta., product had three goals and three assists […]
March 4/24 Sicamous Eagles Kamloops Storm Bohmer, Phillips-Watts lead Kamloops to Game 7 win over Sicamous Colton Phillips-Watts earned his second career KIJHL Teck Cup playoff shutout for the Kamloops Storm with a 32-save performance in a 1-0 win over the Sicamous Eagles. Nathan Bohmer hammered home the winner on a one-timer fed […]
Luke Chakrabarti (Creston Valley Thunder Cats), Colton Fleming (North Okanagan Knights) and Ethan Shebansky (Grand Forks Border Bruins) have been selected as the Hudl Instat Kootenay International Junior Hockey League 3 Stars of the Month for February. Chakrabarti – Top Forward – The Surrey product had nine goals and 10 assists in nine games […]
Karl Soneff of the Nelson Leafs is this week’s Young Guns, presented by the Next Shift Network, as he saved 96 of 100 shots in two games against the Grand Forks Border Bruins. He had a 39-save shutout performance and posted a .960 save percentage with a 1.79 goals against average over the two […]
What a great start to the KIJHL Teck Cup playoffs. Nine games have gone to overtime and one double overtime. This week’s KIJHL Notebook focuses on areas of team and individual performances. Eddie Mountain Division The Fernie Ghostriders have themselves within a victory of advancing to the second round after their 2-1 double overtime […]
The Prince George Cougars announced today that North Okanagan Knights alum Zac Funk, 20, has signed a three-year entry level contract with the Washington Capitals. Funk played for the Knights during the 2020-21 season. “I am very grateful and honoured for this opportunity with the Washington Capitals and am looking forward to the next […]
