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), […]
Steady as she goes, boys. The Columbia Valley Rockies made up some points and edged ahead of Kimberley to take second place in the Eddie Mountain Division in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League last week. Tuesday Jan. 16 saw the Golden Rockets in Invermere but a full effort from the team resulted in a […]
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 […]
Kaelan Shelton of the Columbia Valley Rockies has committed to play for the University of Jamestown Jimmies in the American Collegiate Hockey Association starting in the 2024-25 season. Shelton is the third KIJHL player this season to commit to the University of Jamestown, following Kaleb Percival and Ray Warrack. Shelton has 12 goals, 13 […]
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, […]
Not all the fireworks were in the sky this New Year’s. The Columbia Valley Rockies ushered out 2023 with back- to-back wins against the Creston Valley Thunder Cats, in Creston on Dec. 30 and then home in the Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena to a standing room only crowd. Head coach Tayler Sincennes said he was […]
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 […]
Kaelan Shelton (Columbia Valley Rockies), Eric Martin (Fernie Ghostriders) and Dawson Holitzki (Kamloops Storm) have been selected the Hudl Instat Kootenay International Junior Hockey League 3 Stars of the Week for the period ending Jan. 7/24. Shelton – Top Forward – The St. Albert, Alta., product had three goals and three assists in […]
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 […]
Merry Christmas to everyone in the KIJHL. Christmas is almost here, that means the World Junior Championships are too. This great International Ice Hockey Federation tournament, hosted by Sweden, is the focus of this week’s KIJHL Notebook. We’ve connected with a player from each division and asked them to share their thoughts on the […]
