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January 16, 2019 The 41st John Reid Memorial, St. Albert Bantam AAA Tournament got underway yesterday, with the Top 5 BC based CSSHL teams in competition. Sixteen teams are facing off in the preliminary round, grouped into pools of four teams each. Each team will play a minimum of five games and a maximum Read More »
January 17, 2019 PJHL Update Most PJHL teams have played six or seven games since our last report on the league just before the Christmas break. Over the stretch the Richmond Sockeyes have been the hottest team, putting up 12 of a possible 14 points, followed by the Delta Ice Hawks and the Read More »
January 16, 2019 The 41st John Reid Memorial, St. Albert Bantam AAA Tournament gets underway tomorrow at 8:00 AM sharp with Delta Wild Academy Green kicking things off vs the Lloydminster Bobcats. The tournament arguably hosts the most competitive teams in Western Canada and USA, and is heavily scouted by WHL and NCAA. The Read More »
January 16, 2018 BWC’s Bantam Prep team have played just two league games since we last checked on the team in early December – a pair of key games against #4 Yale (12-5-3). Game 1 – December 21 In their final game of 2018, BWC hit the road to face Yale in Read More »
January 15, 2019 Most CSSHL E15 teams have only played seven or eight games since our last look at the division at the end of November, due to the long holiday break. So perhaps not surprising there has not been much movement over the period. Most teams have now played around 28 Read More »
January 14, 2019 Four Canadian Sport School Hockey League student athletes are returning home with gold medals. Anne Cherkowski (Vernon, BC), Stephanie Markowski (Edmonton, AB), Danielle Serdachny (Edmonton, AB), Rachel Weiss (Calgary, AB) and Canada’s National Women’s Under-18 Team were 3-2 overtime winners over the United States in the gold medal game at the Read More »
January 15, 2019 CSSHL E15 Update – Starting 2019 off right After a lengthy holiday break, the BWC Elite 15’s got back in action on Friday with a 6-2 win against Okanagan (7-20-0). Josh Wessels opened the scoring for BWC before Okanagan answered back with two straight goals in the second period. Wessels then notched Read More »
January 14, 2019 Here’s a quick overview of the CSSHL Midget Prep standings, Top 20 Scoring Leaders and Top 20 Goaltenders, to January 13, 2019 Things couldn’t be much tighter at the top of the CSSHL Midget Prep division. Shawnigan Lake continues their spectacular run and remain at the Read More »
January 8, 2019 The last hope for a BC run at the this year’s Mac’s Midget AAA World Invitational championship, ended with a 4-3 Vancouver NE Chiefs quarter final loss to the New York Jr. Islanders on New Year’s Eve afternoon. The Islanders would lose their semi-final vs the eventual winner, St. Albert Nektar Data Read More »
Victoria Grizzlies defencemen Carter Berger continues to light it up in the BCHL. He was awarded Player of Week again this week, after posting 7G-1A in four games, and being named first star three times. All four games were played at home. He scored once in the December 29 game vs Nanaimo, his first Read More »
January 8, 2019 In the New York Islanders game Friday against the visiting Chicago Blackhawks, the overtime winner was credited on the scoresheet to Toews. Just not the one you’re thinking of. It was Devon Toews, former Surrey Eagles standout blueliner and 2013 BCHL All-Star, who notched the winner and his first NHL Read More »
January 8, 2019 The Kelowna Rockets were defeated by the Kamloops Blazers 4-3 Saturday night at the Sandman Centre in Kamloops, BC. Kyle Topping (15) got the Rockets on the board early. He put the rebound past Kamloops starter, Dylan Ferguson just 47 seconds into the game. Topping now leads the Rockets with 41 points. Read More »
January 8, 2019 by Robert Murray Defenceman Seth Bafaro is back in his home province following a trade last Wednesday between the Saskatoon Blades and the Vancouver Giants. In return, the Blades have received a fifth-round selection in the 2021 Western Hockey League Bantam Draft. The 5-foot-11, 186-pound defenceman from Kamloops, B.C. was originally selected Read More »
January 8, 2019 The Regina Pats made their second trade of the day last Thursday with a Central Division team, sending 19-year-old forward Scott Mahovlich to the Lethbridge Hurricanes. In return, the Pats have acquired a third-round selection in the 2019 Western Hockey League Bantam Draft while sending an eighth-round selection in the same draft Read More »
January 8, 2019 by Robert Murray Defenceman Tyson Feist is headed north of the border following a deal last Thursday between the Spokane Chiefs and Regina Pats. “Tyson has waived his no trade clause as he is looking for more ice time,” said Chiefs general manager Scott Carter. “We wish him the best in Read More »
January 8, 2019 If it wasn’t clear before, it is now; the Prince Albert Raiders are going for it. A six-piece trade between the Raiders and Victoria Royals has sent overage forward Dante Hannoun to northern Saskatchewan last Thursday. Also headed to the Royals in the deal are fourth and eighth round selections in Read More »
Jadon Joseph is headed to the B.C. Division following a Friday deal between the Regina Pats and Vancouver Giants. The Giants acquired the 19-year-old product of Sherwood Park, Alta. in exchange for a second-round selection in the 2019 Western Hockey League Bantam Draft and a sixth-round selection in the 2020 WHL Bantam Draft. “We wish Read More »
January 8, 2019 by Robert Murray The Medicine Hat Tigers and Seattle Thunderbirds came together on a trade Friday, sending 17-year-old forward Henrik Rybinski to the U.S. Division. In return the Tigers acquired 15-year-old defensive prospect Aidan Brook, a second-round selection in the 2019 Western Hockey League Bantam Draft and a third-round selection in the Read More »
January 8, 2019 The 38th annual Richmond International Bantam Midget Hockey Tournament wrapped up on New Years Eve, with two USA-based teams winning the top two midget divisions. The Sno Kings U16 T1 team took the Midget AAA division, downing Portland Jr. Winterhawks 7-0 in the final, while the Arizona Jr. Sun Read More »
January 4, 2018 by Jason La Rose, Hockey Canada 12.31.18 Ian Mitchell lost his best friend in the Humboldt tragedy; now the “kid from Calahoo” is playing for more than just a gold medal in Vancouver Logan Hunter always told Ian Mitchell that when Mitchell inevitably made Canada’s National Junior Team, he’d travel wherever he Read More »
Canada goalie Michael DiPietro, front, kneels on the ice after Finland eliminated Canada with an overtime win in their world junior hockey championship quarter-final in Vancouver on Wednesday. (Darryl Dyck/Canadian Press) Just 47 seconds from going to semifinals, host team going home after quarter-final loss Gemma Karstens-Smith · The Canadian Press Read More »
January 3, 2019 VANCOUVER, B.C. – The Hockey Canada Foundation (HCF) has launched the Pat Quinn Scholarship Fund to honour the long-time coach and Team Canada legend. The fund will provide assistance to student-athletes in pursuit of a post-graduate professional designation. Applications are open to Canadian citizens from March 17 to June 30 of Read More »
December 31, 2018 The Alaska North Stars U14 are 2018 Bantam Elite Champions at this year’s Pat Quinn Christmas Classic, after downing the West Vancouver Academy Prep team 4-3 in a thrilling game Monday afternoon at Bill Copeland Arena, in Burnaby. West Van’s Connor Bedard was tournament scoring leader Read More »
December 31, 2018 Frank Seravalli, TSN Senior Hockey Reporter VANCOUVER — When Maxime Comtois first began shouting his Bruce Buffer-inspired, UFC-style pregame pump up in the tunnel, the rest of Team Canada didn’t know exactly how to react. “I didn’t know what was going on,” forward Shane Bowers said. “I Read More »
December 31, 2018 by Justin Blades How to watch Puck drop: 8:00 PM EST / 5:00 PM PST In Canada: TSN1, TSN4 (English,) RDS2 (French) In the United States: NHL Network Live stream: TSN Direct, RDS Direct New Year’s Eve games are an annual tradition at the World Junior Hockey Championship, and Canada usually Read More »
Marissa Baecker photo December 30, 2018 The Kelowna Rockets split their back to back home and home series vs the Kamloops Blazers with a 2-1 victory at Prospera Place Saturday night. Luke Zazula (3) got the Blazers on the board first when he squeaked the puck between Rockets starter, Roman Basran’s pad and the post Read More »
December 31, 2018 The Canadian Press Jaakko Rissanen (above) scored in the eighth round of a shootout to give Finnish club KalPa Kuopio a 2-1 win over three-time defending champion Canada in the final of the Spengler Cup on Monday. KalPa goalie Denis Godla led his team to a 3-2 shootout win against Read More »
December 31, 2018 The Semiahmoo Ravens are 2018 Peewee Elite Champions at this year’s Pat Quinn Christmas Classic, after downing the Kelowna Rockets in a tight 5-4 contest Monday afternoon. The Rockets scored three unanswered in the second to tie it at 4-4 heading into the final Read More »
December 28, 2018 This year’s Mac’s Midget AAA World Invitational, held annually in Calgary since 1978, again features the top five BC Major Midget Teams, in the 25 team male division. The BC teams include the #1 Fraser Valley Thunderbirds (19-3-1-1), from Abbotsford; the #2 Cariboo Cougars (16-5-3-0) from Prince George; the #3 Vancouver North Read More »
December 28, 2018 Vancouver, British Columbia After an almost embarrassing 14-0 blowout of Denmark in their World Junior Championship opener on Boxing Day, Canada faced a much tougher adversary in Switzerland last night, coming away with a 3-2 decision, after a late goal from the Swiss made things interesting. Canada will play two more games Read More »
