Rebels, Leafs look to gain upper hand during home-and-home series
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League playoffs don’t start for another few weeks but this weekend the Nelson Leafs and Castlegar Rebels will definitely try to build some momentum when the two clubs meet in a home-and-home series beginning Friday in the Sunflower City. The teams, scheduled to meet in the first round of the […]
Reel Adventures Charters Fishing Report
Kerry Reed of Reel Adventures Charters has been a busy guide, taking a host of anglers on Kootenay Lake charters. Reed has also found time to hand out a few tips in his monthly report. Kootenay Lake Winter fishing is here. What does that mean? Well, it means big fish. Now that the water temperature […]
Local high school hoop officials hope to take bite out of cancer with Pink Whistle campaign
Basketball officials throughout the province are at is again, joining forces to raise money and awareness in the third annual Call a FOUL on Cancer — Pink Whistle campaign. The annual campaign, which runs through the month of February — strives to raise funds for the Canadian Cancer Society — B.C. and Yukon Division. “There’s […]
Ice take it on the chin against Vancouver Northeast Chiefs, swept out during BCMMHL action
On a good day the Kootenay Ice can compete with any other team in the B.C. Hockey Major Midget League. However, when the Ice do not bring their A-game to the rink bad things happen — like the 10-0 shellacking Kootenay received at the hands of the Vancouver Northeast Chiefs Sunday in Coquitlam. The Chiefs […]
Hawks clinch Murdoch, now enter post season as early divisional favourite to capture playoff title
By Bruce Fuhr, The Nelson Daily The first round of the Murdoch playoffs have been set. And now Terry Jones and the Hawk players can sit back and watch the Nelson Leafs and Castlegar Rebels pound the daylights out of each other during the first round of the playoffs while Beaver Valley toys with the […]
Medeiros, Lucchini power Kootenay Ice past South Island Thunderbirds in BCMMHL action at the NDCC Arena
The Kootenay Ice bounced back from a previous night collapse to double the South Island Thunderbirds 4-2 in B.C. Hockey Major Midget League action Sunday at the NDCC Arena. Justin Post of Nelson, Castlegar’s Darren Medeiros and Jake Lucchini of Trail scored in the third period to lift the Ice to its first win of the season ...
Kootenay sniper Shea Weighill earns provincial accolades
Shea Weighill continues to be one of the bright lights on the Kootenay Wildcats Female Hockey team. Earlier this week the Nakusp star was recognized by B.C. Hockey as the Female Midget AAA League’s player of the month for December. Weighill, 17, has been a big part of the Cats success this season scoring three […]
Rice brings Red Bull Supernatural to Tribute Boardshop in Nelson Wednesday
Travis Rice is taking his Red Bull Supernatural competition from the hill at Baldface to Baker Street Wednesday and the staff and management at Tribute Boardshop are “super stoked, for sure.” The brainchild of snowboarding icon Travis Rice, Red Bull Supernatural is a first-of-its-kind backcountry competition designed to challenge before crowning the best all-around snowboarder […]
Final two spots confirmed for Red Bull Supernatural
The final two spots for Red Bull Supernatural are now spoken for with Mark McMorris (CAN) and Sage Kotsenburg (USA) both accepting their wild card invites. These two future legends coming out of the freestyle world will join 16 other snowboarders who accepted invites to compete at Red Bull Supernatural, February 3rd through 8th at […]
Big guns Walton, Delong lead Rebels past Leafs 4-1
The Castlegar Rebels sent a message right back to the Nelson Leafs, and it was the big guns leading the way. Leading scorer Stuart Walton scored twice and Anthony Delong added a single to lead the Rebels to a 4-1 decision over the Nelson Leafs in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League action Saturday night in […]
