Hot In The KI 3 Stars (ending Jan. 12)

Photos courtesy of the Trail Daily Times | Dunsmoor Creative | Revelstoke Review Simon Nemethy of the Beaver Valley Nitehawks earned the Hot in the KI’s first star with a six-point performance in two games, for the period ending Jan. 12.   Nemethy, a Vanderhoof, B.C. product, earned back-to-back game stars in wins over Castlegar […]

Developing players highlight to Eagles’ 25 years

The Sicamous Eagles won the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League and Cyclone Taylor Cup championship in their first season. Sicamous Eagles photo Wayne March describes his time with the Sicamous Eagles as an “awesome ride.”   After winning a Coy Cup championship in 1993-94, the Eagles’ 10th and final season in the Okanagan Senior Men’s […]

Mucking Around the KI – Episode 16

Back from their holiday break, Mucking Around The KI returns with their 16th episode.   They recap the first games of 2020, catch up with Golden Rockets head coach-GM Jeremy Blumes and look ahead to what’s coming up with weekend.   We’ve also got the weekly KIJHL’s Hot in the KI Three stars feature in this week’s […]

Posse’s Cooke inks with hometown Centennials

PRINCETON – Princeton Posse defenceman Chase Cooke is finishing his 2019-20 season in the B.C. Hockey League with the Merritt Centennials.   The rookie from Merritt played 29 games, scoring six goals and putting up 15 points.   Here is the release by the Centennials on the signing.   Cooke was recently featured in a story by the […]

Hot In The KI 3 Stars (ending Jan. 5)

Kamloops Storm goalie Ethan Paulin-Hatch nabbed the Hot in the KI’s first star thanks to a pair of wins (5-1 over Sicamous and 3-0 over Kelowna) and finished with a stingy .987 save percentage after turning aside 81 of 82 shots and a miniscule 0.50 goals against average. Paulin-Hatch, 20, earned the game star for […]

Top rookie scorers talk about their success

Kelowna Chiefs rookie Porter Dawson is having a strong season because of his play and the opportunities he is earning. Dunsmoor Creative photo Porter Dawson watched a lot of Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) action growing up in Kelowna.   “The league is getting better each year. I feel the game speed is getting […]

Hot in the KI 3 Stars (Ending Dec. 31)

Fernie Ghostriders goalie Ethan Fitzgerald has earned the first star for the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League’s (KIJHL) Hot in the KI 3 Stars, period ending Dec. 31. Fitzgerald, a Calgary product, played in both Christmas Classic games against the Kimberley Dynamiters turning aside 27 of 29 in a 2-1 loss, then stopped all 45 […]

Hot In The KI 3 Stars (ending Dec.22)

This week’s (Dec. 16-22) Hot In The KI 3 Stars are Columbia Valley Rockies goalie Bretton Park, Beaver Valley Nitehawks forward Bradley Ross and Nelson Leafs forward Joe Davidson.   Park, a Red Deer native, earns the first star following a 50-save performance in a 4-4 tie against the Fernie Ghostriders on Dec. 17. His […]

Captain Clark key to Thunder Cats

“He’s a kid you can definitely build your program around,” says Creston Valley Thunder Cats coach-GM Nick Redding on captain Andrew Clark.   Clark is a key piece to what the Thunder Cats do. Redding, who has coached Clark during his entire Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) career, which started with his hometown Spokane […]

Mucking Around the KI – Episode 15

The Drive FM has released its 15th episode of Mucking Around The KI.   Jeff and Wylie are joined by Josh Lockhart, the former host of the Nitros Night in Kimberley podcast.   North Okanagan Knights head coach Dean McAmmond talks about where the Knights are at heading into Christmas break.   Kimberley Dynamiters forward Keegan […]