KIJHL announces Ohlhausen Division bursary recipients

  The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League has selected 13 student-athletes and one game official who competed during the 2020-21 season to receive league bursaries, including three from the Doug Birks Division. Each bursary is valued at $1,000 and will be applied towards post secondary studies. The recipients were chosen from a large field of […]

KIJHL announces Doug Birks Division bursary recipients

  WEST KELOWNA – The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League has selected 13 student-athletes and one game official who competed during the 2020-21 season to receive league bursaries, including three from the Doug Birks Division. Each bursary is valued at $1,000 and will be applied towards post secondary studies. The recipients were chosen from a […]

Posse hire Readman as new Head Coach

  The Princeton Posse Junior Hockey Club is pleased to announce the addition of Mark Readman as the new head coach and assistant general manager. This move is part of a significant restructuring of hockey operations staff.  Previous head coach, Mark McNaughton will continue steering the Posse’s hockey operations as general manager, while the addition […]

KIJHL Neil Murdoch bursary recipients

  WEST KELOWNA – The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League has selected 13 student-athletes and one game official who competed during the 2020-21 season to receive league bursaries, including three from the Neil Murdoch Division. Each bursary is valued at $1,000 and will be applied towards post secondary studies. The recipients were chosen from a […]

KIJHL Eddie Mountain Bursary Recipients

  WEST KELOWNA – The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) has selected 13 student-athletes and one game official from the 2020-21 season to receive league bursaries, including three from the Eddie Mountain Division. Each bursary is valued at $1,000 and will be applied towards post secondary studies. The recipients were chosen from a large […]

Chiefs’ Dawson lived dream with Warriors

Kelowna product Porter Dawson got to live his dream of playing for the West Kelowna Warriors. The former Kelowna Chief suited up for the B.C. Hockey League club during its Pod season, after being contacted in December. The 20-year-old was not expecting to play hockey this season, but played 20 games, scoring three goals and […]

Rockies’ Malarchuk grew defensive game with Kings

  Columbia Valley Rockies defenceman Dylan Malarchuk enjoyed showcasing himself to the Powell River Kings and the B.C. Hockey League during its 2020-21 Pod season. Malarchuk immediately began making adjustments to how he plays his position seeing how the BCHL game is played. Among them was gap control as he quickly learned that opponents will […]

Wranglers alum Gullmes loved playing with Chiefs

  Prior to the B.C. Hockey League Pod season ending, the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League connected with 100 Mile House Wranglers alum Jakob Gullmes. Gullmes was on loan to the Chilliwack Chiefs from the Langley Rivermen, who chose to opt out of the 2020-21 season. In this Q&A, Gullmes talks about his season, and […]

Rockies Decottignies loves Bulldogs winning pedigree

  Columbia Valley Rockies goalie Noah Decottignies was drawn to the Adrian College Bulldogs Division 1 program because of their winning pedigree. The Bulldogs are among the top American Collegiate Hockey Association programs in the last four years.  Under coach Gary Astalos, they won an ACHA National Championship in his first season in 2018. They […]

Ghostriders’ Wagner leaves for BCHL opportunity

It is with a bittersweet feeling that the Fernie Ghostriders announce that Head Coach and General Manager Jeff Wagner will be moving on to join the Junior A  Coquitlam Express in the BCHL after accepting the position of Associate Coach & Director of Scouting. “On behalf of the Fernie Ghostriders, I would like to thank […]