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40 invited to World Junior Showcase in Kamloops

July 4, 2018 Hockey Canada, Calgary – For 40 of Canada’s top junior hockey players (see roster below), the quest to fulfill their dream to represent Canada at the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship – being hosted in Vancouver… Read More »

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WJC Playmakers – Ron Toigo, Barry Petrachenko

July 5, 2018 by Jessica Gowans The 2019 World Junior Championships are being hosted by Victoria and Vancouver this year. In a recent interview, the host committee co-chairs talk about bringing the World Juniors to British Columbia, helping celebrate 100 years of B.C. Hockey, and what the tournament will mean to minor hockey. Leading in Read More »

Jersey Day – April 12, 2018

April 12, 2018 CBC News, with files from Canadian Press From celebrities to premiers to hockey moms in B.C., Canadians wore hockey jerseys on Thursday in a show of solidarity with the victims and survivors of a Saskatchewan bus crash that killed 16 people. Jersey Day, as it has been dubbed, was organized by Read More »

Not the first tragedy at this intersection

Crash reminiscent of tragedy over twenty years prior – same intersection White crosses mark the spot where six people were killed in a crash in 1997. That crash killed Rod Fiddler, 33; his wife, Terri Lynne Fiddler, 30; and their children Jocelyn, 4; Jasmine, 3; and Kassandre, one month. The girls’ aunt, 26-year-old Wendy Lou Fiddler, also Read More »

Cherry’s Tribute

April 12, 2018 The Canadian Press Don Cherry paid further tribute to the Humboldt Broncos on Coach’s Corner on Wednesday night. Cherry spoke during the first intermission of Game 1 of the Winnipeg Jets and Minnesota Wild’s first-round Stanley Cup playoff series, adding further detail to his thoughts on the Humboldt Broncos’ bus crash Read More »

What was left behind

CBC News · Posted: Apr 11, 2018 3:20 PM CT A broken Slap Shot DVD left at the scene of the Humboldt Broncos crash site. (Olivia Stefanovich/CBC) The site of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash that killed 16 and left 14 others injured remained littered with reminders of what happened, even well after the victims Read More »

Humboldt Broncos bus crash: What we know so far

April 12, 2018 From Globe & Mail The basics Sixteen people are dead after a collision on Friday between a Saskatchewan junior hockey team’s bus and a tractor-trailer in rural Saskatchewan. The death toll increased on Wednesday after Dayna Brons, the athletic therapost for the Humboldt Broncos, died. Her family said she was previously in a Read More »

Dayna Brons – passes away – 16th fatality

April 12, 2018 SASKATOON — The athletic therapist for the Humboldt Broncos became the 16th person to die following a horrific bus crash in Saskatchewan last week. Relatives of Dayna Brons of the 25-year-old say they will remember her for “joyful smile.” They say Brons died Wednesday afternoon in a Saskatoon hospital from injuries Read More »

Semi driver unscathed – company suspended – industry calls regulations ‘a joke’

The wreckage of a fatal crash outside of Tisdale, Sask., is seen Saturday, April, 7. A bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey team en route to Nipawin for a game Friday night collided with a semi-trailer, killing 16 and injuring 13 others. (Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press) April 11, 2018 by Jason Warick, CBC News Read More »

Hart ties WHL all-time shutout record

February 11, 2018 by Robert Murray The incredible Western Hockey League career of Everett Silvertips goaltender Carter Hart took another step forward Saturday. Hart stopped all 23 shots by the visiting Vancouver Giants to secure the 5-0 victory, tying the WHL’s all-time shutout record held by Vancouver Giants goaltender Tyson Sexsmith. It was an ironic win of sorts as Hart Read More »

You are not alone – Corey Hirsch

January 25, 2018 Corey Hirsch, courtesy The Players Tribune Honestly, I was prepared to never work in hockey again. When I went public with my story about struggling with obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression last year, I was terrified that people wouldn’t understand. I was worried that no one would want to hire me ever Read More »

The trouble with Trouba: Leon Draisaitl’s condition downgraded to “concussion-type symptoms”

October 16, 2017 In light of Ken Dryden’s new book, and issues he raises in it regarding current hockey culture, we felt it apropos to reprint this – WHL junior hockey and Kelowna Rockets fans in particular know Draisaitl well. Hit looked bad a few nights ago, worse now. October 14, 2017 By Read More »

The work ‘continues – and begins’ with Ken Dryden’s Game Change

October 16, 2017 By Bob McKenzie, Courtesy TSN First, let’s talk about the book. Then the issue. It’s called Game Change: The Life and Death of Steve Montador and the Future of Hockey. It’s written by Hall of Fame goaltender and acclaimed author Ken Dryden. As you would expect — coming from the man Read More »

2017 Distinguished Honourees of the Order of Hockey in Canada Announced

February 8, 2017 SASKATOON, Sask. – Hockey Canada has announced that three legends of the game are being recognized for their outstanding contributions or service to the growth and development of the sport of hockey in Canada as part of the 2017 class of the Order of Hockey in Canada. Scotty Bowman (Verdun, Que.), Murray Costello Read More »

Demystifying NCAA scholarship – 10 things to know

September 3, 2015 The NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) path has been an option for top Canadian hockey players for decades, but many misconceptions still surround the process. Most fans and young players know that a Western Hockey League signing makes a player ineligible for an NCAA scholarship, as the NCAA considers the WHL Read More »

Coaches – Your Birthdays now required !

August 25, 2015 A memo circulated by BC Hockey today reports that the Coaching Association of Canada has requested that all coaches update their date of birth within “The Locker” database. Not doing so will mean coach certification updates will not appear on a coach transcript. The NCCP Locker is a Canada-wide database which Read More »

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40 invited to World Junior Showcase in Kamloops

More Local News

WJC Playmakers – Ron Toigo, Barry Petrachenko

Jersey Day – April 12, 2018

Not the first tragedy at this intersection

Cherry’s Tribute

What was left behind

Humboldt Broncos bus crash: What we know so far

Dayna Brons – passes away – 16th fatality

Semi driver unscathed – company suspended – industry calls regulations ‘a joke’

Hart ties WHL all-time shutout record

You are not alone – Corey Hirsch

The trouble with Trouba: Leon Draisaitl’s condition downgraded to “concussion-type symptoms”

The work ‘continues – and begins’ with Ken Dryden’s Game Change

2017 Distinguished Honourees of the Order of Hockey in Canada Announced

Demystifying NCAA scholarship – 10 things to know

Coaches – Your Birthdays now required !

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