Chakrabarti, Nimmo & Stojan named January 3 Stars

  Luke Chakrabarti (Creston Valley Thunder Cats), Lohgan Nimmo (Beaver Valley Nitehawks) and Connor Stojan (Beaver Valley Nitehawks) have been selected as the Hudl Instat Kootenay International Junior Hockey League 3 Stars of the Month for January. Chakrabarti – Top Forward – The Surrey product scored six goals and racked up 13 assists in nine […]

The KIJHL Notebook: Team defence

  On Saturday, Jan. 27, Daniel Wittenberg (Revelstoke Grizzlies), Raphael Eloe (Spokane Braves), Anmol Garcha (Princeton Posse) and Nolan Kelly (North Okanagan Knights) all scored hat-tricks. It’s the third time this season that four players have scored three goals in a day.  The second time was on Jan. 5 when Kobe Mason (Columbia Valley Rockies), […]

Top Shelf – The KIJHL podcast for Feb. 2

Welcome to Top Shelf – The KIJHL podcast. This week in Top Shelf, Emanuel Sequeira talks with the Hudl Instat Defenceman of the Week Max Chakrabarti of the Creston Valley Thunder Cats and Revelstoke Grizzlies Captain, Brady Schwab. Top Shelf: The KIJHL Podcast – S2 E21 – February 2 – M. Chakrabarti – Schwab | […]

Garcha, Chakrabarti & Tworkowski named KIJHL 3 Stars

    Anmol Garcha (Princeton Posse), Max Chakrabarti (Creston Valley Thunder Cats) and Andrew Tworkowski (Spokane Braves) have been selected the Hudl Instat Kootenay International Junior Hockey League 3 Stars of the Week for the period ending Jan. 28/24. Garcha – Top Forward – The Sherwood Park, Alta., product had five goals and three assists […]

The KIJHL Notebook: Team play

This week’s KIJHL Notebook focuses on the recent performance of teams, coaches talking about standout players and the impact that some trade deadline pick ups have had on their respective teams.   Eddie Mountain Division The Fernie Ghostriders have won seven of their last 10 games since the Christmas break and have been led offensively […]

The KIJHL Notebook: January leaders

  It’s the final stretch drive as the KIJHL 2023-24 regular season wraps up in a month. This week’s KIJHL Notebook focuses on the top point producers and goalies for each team in January.  Eddie Mountain Division Not only has Taylor Haggerty led the Fernie Ghostriders with five goals and five assists in six games, […]

Weill, Chakrabarti & Kuchaslo named KIJHL December 3 Stars

  Tristan Weill (Kimberley Dynamiters), Max Chakrabarti (Creston Valley Thunder Cats) and Jozef Kuchaslo (Revelstoke Grizzlies) have been selected as the Hudl Instat Kootenay International Junior Hockey League 3 Stars of the Month for December. Weill – Top Forward – The West Kelowna product had nine goals and eight assists for 17 points and helped […]

The KIJHL Notebook: Goal leaders

  This week’s KIJHL Notebook focuses on the goal leaders on each te am. Included will be game-winners (GWG), short-handed goals (SHG) and power-play (PPG). Last season, Keenan Ingram of the Columbia Valley Rockies led the league with 43 goals in 41 games. Osoyoos Coyote Coletyn Boyarski led with nine game-winners, and his teammate Carter […]

KIJHL Notebook: MVPs & MIPs

  With the season now shifting to the second half in 2024, Head Coach-GM’s have been asked to talk about their Most Valuable and Most Improved Players up to this point in this week’s KIJHL Notebook. It proved to be a challenging task for some, so other players are included as honourable mentions.   Eddie […]

Thunder Cats alum Livingstone assisting in Admirals success

  Creston Valley Thunder Cats alum Jake Livingstone is currently enjoying a three-game point streak with the AHL’s Milwaukee Admirals – the affiliate of the Nashville Predators. During that stretch, Livingstone has four assists. He has five in his last five games as the Admirals have won seven of their last 10, including their last […]