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 […]
“Jerry Bancks and the organization had already started making us an elite program, I’m just trying not to screw it up,” joked Derek Stuart, who took over from his former coach in 2016 and is working hard to build on what was started. “If there is one area I think that is important […]
Owen Barrow is pretty clear with what he intends to give the Kamloops Storm. “I’m just a big body (six-feet, 195 pounds) that is going to hit and drive the net,” says the Kamloops product. “Hopefully get some goals. I want to lead a little bit as a younger guy. I just […]
KIJHL play is paused into January, but there are still good things to cover. This week coaches were asked to choose a player who has surprised them with their play, or stood out in the games they have played so far. Zach Ashworth has stood out to Castlegar Rebels coach-GM Carter Duffin. “He’s […]
COVID-19 had a life-changing impact for Braeden Ostepchuk. The former Kimberley Dynamiters goalie was preparing to transition from playing minor pro hockey to becoming an engineer. Through a contact, he had a job lined up in Philadelphia that he was excited about. The then 26-year-old was playing in his final season with the […]
