Each year, the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League presents awards for on-ice excellence: Most Valuable Player, Top Scorer, Top Defenceman, Top Goaltender, Rookie of the Year, Most Sportsmanlike Player, Coach of the Year and General Manager of the Year. Winners are named from the four divisions prior to the start of KIJHL Playoffs, with overall […]
Each year, the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League presents awards for on-ice excellence: Most Valuable Player, Top Scorer, Top Defenceman, Top Goaltender, Rookie of the Year, Most Sportsmanlike Player, Coach of the Year and General Manager of the Year. Winners are named from the four divisions prior to the start of KIJHL Playoffs, with overall […]
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) is pleased to announce its Power Rankings for Week 23. The Grand Forks Border Bruins closed out their weekend with a split. They started by shutting out the Castlegar Rebels 4-0 as Nash Wassing’s 15th goal won the game, while Thomas Samborski earned his fourth shutout with […]
By Lindsey Horsting/Vancouver Canucks The front door is always open, and the fridge is always full. In small British Columbia hockey towns like Trail, billet families provide more than a room and food. They create a second home, a support system, and often lifelong bonds that stretch far beyond the player’s junior career. Meet the […]
Beck Boiteau doesn’t track his stats. He tracks wins. “I don’t even know what my numbers are right now,” he says. That might surprise some, considering the Golden Rockets netminder sits among the KIJHL leaders in victories. But for Boiteau, the only number that matters is the one in the win column. For those who […]
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League has named Ryder Hunt of the Osoyoos Coyotes as its Rookie of the Week for the period ending Feb. 22.
Aden Miller of the Sicamous Eagles has signed to play for the Albright College Lions in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III next season. The Strathmore, Alta., native is in his third Kootenay International Junior Hockey League season and has a goal and seven assists in 40 games. “I am excited by the confidence the […]
Grand Forks Border Bruins alum Max Newton (2013-15) is once again leading Germany’s DEL2 in points. Last season, his first in the league, Newton won the points crown with 69 points in 50 games for the Krefeld Pinguine. His play earned him a contract extension through 2028 with the Pinguine, the league’s top team with […]
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League is pleased to announce its Team of the Week for the period ending Feb. 22. Forwards JP Desabrais – Williams Lake Mustangs Desabrais played a key role in the Mustangs’ dominant weekend. In a 10-0 win over the Sicamous Eagles, he set up the first two goals for […]
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) is pleased to announce its Power Rankings for Week 22. The Kimberley Dynamiters split their two games last week defeating the Golden Rockets 5-1, then losing to the Columbia Valley Rockies 5-3. Against the Rockets, Luke Davies netted the winner with his 24th goal and Connor Baumbach […]
