Creston Valley Thunder Cats alumnus Jake Livingstone is having a tremendous season as he continues to climb Minnesota State’s scoring list for defencemen. Livingstone, last year’s CCHA Defenseman of the Year, has 3-10-13 on the season, and is tied for the Maverick’s team point-scoring lead. Those totals rank him 45th in the NCAA. He […]

Episode 12 of Top Shelf – The KIJHL Podcast features interviews by Emanuel Sequeira, Director of Communications for the KIJHL, with four players that will play on the KIJHL Prospects team in the B.C. Hockey Conference Prospects game in Chilliwack on Tuesday, Nov. 22. Co-host Mark Berry speaks with Chilliwack Jets voice Ian Wilson as […]

  From Nov.6-13, six goalies recorded shutouts including both Princeton Posse netminders. Jozef Kuchaslo of the Revelstoke Grizzlies leads with three shutouts, which is one away from matching what he recorded last season in 16 games. Right behind Kuchaslo with two shutouts is his teammate Owen Albers, Ethan Rau of the Posse and Trystan Self […]

  On Tuesday, the British Columbia Hockey Conference announced the rosters for the KIJHL and PJHL teams that will compete in the first annual BCHC Prospects Game on Tuesday, November 22nd at the Sardis Sports Complex in Chilliwack, BC. The team, featuring players born mainly in 2005 and 2006 with a maximum of six from […]

  Before getting into the KIJHL Notebook, we want to give you a couple of facts about player and team performances. Three players in the KIJHL have earned a first star three times this season – they are Reed McLennan of the Fernie Ghostriders, Jordan Lario of the Golden Rockets and Ethan Shebansky of the […]

Episode 9 of Top Shelf – The KIJHL Podcast features an interview with Luke Chakrabarti of the Creston Valley Thunder Cats, while co-host Mark Berry connects with Larry Read, the play-by-play voice of the Kamloops Storm. And Top Shelf talks to people close to former KIJHL executive Jim Harrington to honour him after his sudden […]

  Twelve hat-tricks have been scored in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League regular season play as of Oct. 26, with the last being scored on Oct. 22. Coletyn Boyarski of the Osoyoos Coyotes and Luke Chakrabarti of the Creston Valley Thunder Cats have each recorded two. Both of them recorded four goals recently.  Last season […]

  Luke Chakrabarti (Creston Valley Thunder Cats), Ben Edwards (Grand Forks Border Bruins) and Ethan Shebansky (Grand Forks Border Bruins) have been selected as the Instat Kootenay International Junior Hockey League 3 Stars of the Week, for the period ending Oct. 23, 2022. Chakrabarti – Top Forward – For the second straight week, the Whiterock, […]

There have been many impressive team and player performances this season and this week’s KIJHL Notebook touches on what players from the respective teams did over the weekend, including some of the games during this week. Bill Ohlhausen Division The Princeton Posse improved to 6-2 on the season with a pair of wins against the […]

    Luke Chakrabarti (Creston Valley Thunder Cats), Brandon Gallo (Revelstoke Grizzlies) and Jacob Burnside (Creston Valley Thunder Cats) are the Instat Kootenay International Junior Hockey League 3 Stars of the Week, for the period ending Oct. 16. Chakrabarti – Top Forward – The Whiterock, B.C. product racked up six goals and eight points in […]