Liam Munro (Creston Valley Thunder Cats), Chase Bambrick (Creston Valley Thunder Cats) and Tyson Endall (100 Mile House Wranglers) have been selected as the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League 3 Stars of the Week for the period ending March 9/25. Munro – Top Forward – The Calgary native scored two goals and collected six assists, […]
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League alumnus Luke Kalenuik, 28, has passed away following a battle with cancer that came to an end on February 26. “The KIJHL is tremendously saddened by the passing of Luke Kalenuik,” said KIJHL commissioner Jeff Dubois. “Luke was a tremendous young man who was known as a leader and beloved […]
Liam Munro (Creston Valley Thunder Cats), Eric Martin (Fernie Ghostriders) and Kael Svenson (Sicamous Eagles) have been selected as the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League 3 Stars of the Month for February. Munro – Top Forward – The Calgary native scored seven goals and added seven assists in seven games, while playing an average of […]
The Quest for the Teck Cup, the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League playoff championship, begins tomorrow. The Revelstoke Grizzlies are the defending Teck Cup champions. Below is a preview of each series. Kootenay Conference Neil Murdoch Division Grand Forks Border Bruins (1) Castlegar Rebels (4) Season Series: Border Bruins won 6-0. Series […]
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 the newly added General Manager of the Year. Winners are named from the four divisions prior to the start of KIJHL […]
The Princeton Posse lead the KIJHL with scoring the first goal in a game, having done it 30 times in 43 games. Next are the Revelstoke Grizzlies with 28 first goals in 42 games. The Merritt Centennials and Grand Forks Border Bruins are next with 26. The Fernie Ghostriders have 25. Here are the top-five […]
Welcome to Top Shelf: The KIJHL podcast. This week on Top Shelf, the ine+nutrition player spotlight shines on former WHL’er Chase Bambrick of the Creston Valley Thunder Cats. And on the Bench Boss segment, Levi Stuart from the 100 Mile House Wranglers. Top Shelf: The KIJHL Podcast – S3 E21 – February 2 | […]
Liam Munro (Creston Valley Thunder Cats), Ben Filippone (Kamloops Storm) and Andrew Krakora (Merritt Centennials) have been selected as the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League 3 Stars of the Week for the period ending Feb.16/25. Munro – Top Forward – The Calgary native scored five goals and added two assists in three games for the […]
Alex Evin is excited to be back on a bench after a two-month break, that was long enough for him. The Castlegar native spent eight years with the BCHL’s Prince George Spruce Kings, where he won the BCHL’s Fred Page Cup in 2019. Evin joked about “getting bored” and the opportunity came to join the […]
We complete trade deadline coverage in this week’s KIJHL Notebook with the Kootenay Conference, as respective general managers share how it was for them and what they wanted to do to improve their respective rosters. Eddie Mountain Division Kimberley Dynamiters Nate Tillmanns (2005, F) acquired from Kamloops Head coach-general manager Derek Stuart wasn’t very […]
