More confidence and a bigger role has led to Jacob Biensch to having nine points in three Kootenay International Junior Hockey League games. Biensch joined the Chase Heat last season in December, teaming up with his brother Caleb. He started the 2019-20 season in the Alberta Junior Hockey League with the Fort McMurray […]
The World Junior Championships is must-watch hockey for most fans. A tournament part of celebrating the Christmas season. It’s no different for Kootenay International Junior Hockey League players. For that reason, this week’s Notebook reveals what they love about it. The WJC has inspired Castlegar Rebels captain Josh Wiens. He looks forward […]
Noah Decottignies has played a big factor in the Columbia Valley Rockies starting their season 3-0. The Calgary native has stopped 80 of 86 shots he faced in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League play. He has a .930 save percentage, to go with a 2.00 goals against average. The graduate of the Calgary […]
Brad Fox loves the impact of the relationships he has with players. “I have always been driven by working with kids to see them become stronger people and attain their goals playing a game they love,” says Fox, who is in his 17th season in the KIJHL, and has been with the […]
A former Canada Post employee, Ken Law gets a purpose from being a hockey coach. “I did it while I was working and enjoy it even more now that I am retired (since 2010),” says Law, who has 42 years experience and has been coaching in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey […]
Jake Livingstone didn’t have to wait long to score his first National Collegiate Athletic Association goal. Livingstone scored in a 5-0 win for the Minnesota State University Mavericks over Bemidji State on Nov. 22. It’s a change from when he played in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League with his hometown Creston Valley Thunder […]
With an early start to the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League Christmas break, we got players from each team to share their plans. It’s a festive-themed Notebook. Greg Parker of the Columbia Valley Rockies will have a Christmas Eve dinner with his immediate family. That will be followed by opening gifts of course […]
Former Storm and Kamloops native Diego Cuglietta was named the Inglasco ECHL Player of the Week for Dec. 11-13. Cuglietta scored a goal and added three assists for four points in two games at Rapid City last week for the Utah Grizzlies. Read the full story on Cuglietta here. Cuglietta played for his […]
Hunter Floris wanted to have fun playing hockey again, so he decided to join the Nelson Leafs in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL). The Vanderhoof, B.C. native had spent the last two seasons in the Alberta Junior Hockey League with the Olds Grizzlys. Floris experienced team struggles on the ice and […]
Captains in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League provide leadership in their own way. There are different things to shoulder off the ice for a leadership group. What is it like being a leader in a pandemic impacted season? That’s what has been asked of this group. They share what they have been […]
