KIJHL Notebook for Oct. 13

  Revelstoke Grizzlies goalie Jozef Kuchaslo recorded his second shutout of the season against the Columbia Valley Rockies. It’s the 11th career regular season shutout for the Mission, B.C. native in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League. As a rookie, he had four shutouts. Last season, his first as a starter, he had five. Will […]

Team Staff named for 2023 BCHC Prospects Game

The British Columbia Hockey Conference announced today the coaches and team staff that will be a part of the second annual BCHC Prospects Game on Tuesday, November 28th at McArthur Park Arena in Kamloops, BC. The KIJHL’s Top Prospects team will once again be led by Grand Forks Border Bruins head coach Dave Hnatiuk, who […]

KIJHL Notebook for Oct. 6

  The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League’s 2023-24 regular season is two weeks in and four players have recorded hat-tricks. Three of those have come from rookies – Owen Dewitt (Sicamous Eagles), Luke Nottviet (Grand Forks Border Bruins) and Tysin Mulligan (Columbia Valley Rockies). The other is by Daytn Kulynych of the Castlegar Rebels, who […]

Top Shelf – The KIJHL podcast for Oct. 6

Welcome to Top Shelf- The KIJHL Podcast. In this episode, Emanuel Sequeira talks with one of the Hudl Instat Players of the Week, Nicholas Hughes from the Kimberley Dynamiters. Teammate Tristan Weill was Forward of the Week and Nate Glenn of the Columbia Valley Rockies was Goaltender of the Week; we’ll shine a mini spotlight […]

Weill, Hughes & Glenn selected Hudl Instat KIJHL 3 Stars

    Tristan Weill, Nicholas Hughes (Kimberley Dynamiters) and Nate Glenn (Columbia Valley Rockies) have been selected as the Hudl Instat Kootenay International Junior Hockey League 3 Stars of the Week, for the period ending Oct.1. Weill- Top Forward- The West Kelowna product had two goals and five points in two games, helping the Dynamiters […]

KIJHL Notebook for Sept. 29

  The first weekend of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League 2023-24 season didn’t disappoint. The defending Teck Cup champion Kimberley Dynamiters won their opening game, the Eddie Mountain division regular season champs, the Columbia Valley Rockies gave Tayler Sincennes his first KIJHL win as a head coach and the Spokane Braves bounced back from […]

Top Shelf – The KIJHL podcast for Sept. 28

Welcome to Top Shelf – The KIJHL podcast. Week One of the 23/24 KIJHL season is in the books. Emanuel will talk with one of the Hudl Instat Players of the Week, Parker Fournier from the Sicamous Eagles. Andrew Tworkowski of the Spokane Braves and Mikkel Hrechka of the Chase Heat share the honours and […]

Quick Shift: A look at the Columbia Valley Rockies

  Welcome to Quick Shift, which provides a preview of each of the 20 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League teams, with insights from their respective general manager/head coach heading into the regular season. Next is the Columbia Valley Rockies in the Eddie Mountain division. The Rockies won their division for the first time in 19 […]

HockeyTV is now FloHockey

Fans of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League will notice a few key changes when they tune in to watch their favourite team’s broadcasts this season, as HockeyTV is now part of the FloSports family and has been re-branded as FloHockey. In order to enjoy KIJHL game broadcasts during the 2023/24 season, fans who already […]

Rockies Announce Coaching Staff Changes

The Columbia Valley Rockies are pleased to announce Tayler Sincennes will fulfill the Head Coach and GM role along with Tucker Braund as Associate Head Coach and Associate GM for the 2023-24 Season. Both Tayler and Tucker have been on the bench the past two seasons for the Rockies. The board is excited to see […]