This week the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League will announce its overall award winners in seven categories – Most Valuable Player, Top Scorer, Top Defenceman, Top Goaltender, Rookie of the Year, Most Sportsmanlike Player and Coach of the Year. We begin with Top Scorer, Luke Chakrabarti from the Creston Valley Thunder Cats. Chakrabarti is […]
April 1/24 Revelstoke Grizzlies Princeton Posse Revelstoke wins Okanagan-Shuswap Conference The Grizzlies are headed to the KIJHL Teck Cup Final after defeating the Princeton Posse 6-3 in Game 7 at the Princeton & District Arena. Alexander Bronswyk netted the eventual winner 1:23 into the third period as he was able to put away a […]
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League announced today that an expansion franchise has been awarded to the community of Merritt, BC. The club will continue to be known as the Centennials and will begin play for the 2024/25 season. Merritt’s expansion application was approved unanimously by the KIJHL’s Board of Governors, and will see the […]
Welcome to Top Shelf – The KIJHL podcast. This Week on Top Shelf, Luke Aston of the Revelstoke Grizzlies scored the GWG in Game 4 of the Kootenay Conference Finals. Emanuel Sequeira talks with him about the series. The Mowat Cup is in Kimberley, starting April 18th. Kimberley Dynamiters’ Head Coach and General Manager, […]
The Kimberley Dynamiters are back to work, getting ready to compete for the 2024 Mowatt Cup, which they host April 18 to 21. “This month hasn’t been much fun for the guys,” says Dynamiters head coach-general manager Derek Stuart. “Our practices have been focused on competing, battling drills and conditioning as we’ve hit the […]
Ben Skarsen (Fernie Ghostriders), Grady Sterling-Ponech (Princeton Posse) and Joey Hawco (Princeton Posse) have been selected the Hudl Instat Kootenay International Junior Hockey League 3 Stars of the Week for the period ending March 24/24. Skarsen – Top Forward – The Bonnyville, Alta., product scored three goals and added two assists to help […]
Levi Stuart is the new head coach-GM of the 100 Mile House Wranglers, the organization announced today. The Merritt, B.C. native joins the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League club from the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League’s Nipawin Hawks, where he was an assistant coach for the last two seasons. During that time, the Hawks had […]
Aidan Turner of the Nelson Leafs has signed to play for the Logan Lake Miners in the B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League for the 2024-25 season. Turner had 18 points in 28 regular season games and added two assists in five Teck Cup playoff games for the Leafs. His biggest growth this season came from […]
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League announced today that the Summerland Steam franchise has been sold and relocated to Williams Lake, where they will now be known as the Mustangs. The sale and move was approved unanimously by the KIJHL’s Board of Governors and will take effect immediately. With the addition of the Mustangs, the […]
Welcome to Top Shelf – the KIJHL podcast. This week on Top Shelf, Grady Sterling-Ponech of the Princeton Posse had a three assist night in Game 7 helping his team get to the Conference Finals. Emanuel Sequeira talks with him about the series and what to expect from Revelstoke. How about the play of the […]
