Kootenay Ice gets snowed under by Cariboo Cougars
The B.C. Major Midget Hockey League leaders put some serious hurt on the basement dwellers from Kootenay this weekend in the Sunflower City. The Cariboo Cougars out scored the Ice 18-6 in two games to sweep the BCMMHL series this weekend at the Community Complex. The Cougars opened the series scoring four power play goals […]
Rebels roar through home-ice weekend
The Castlegar Rebels spent the weekend more than making up for Friday’s 5-3 loss to the Ghostriders in Fernie, winning on home ice Saturday and Sunday. Saturday saw the Rebels redeemed after hosting the Ghostriders and winning 2-1. In the first period, Rebel Tyler Robinson (24) took a power-play goal assisted byStuart Walton (7) and Nolan […]
Kimberley Newell blazes own trail as goalie for the B.C. Major Midget Kootenay Ice
By Bruce FuhrThe Nelson Daily Sports Usually by the end of a B.C. Major Midget Hockey League game Kootenay Ice goalies have seen more rubber than Goodyear Tire. Which may be a bit of a nightmare to some aspiring netminders looking to parlay a successful midget campaign into a shot at tier two junior A. […]
West Kootenay Wildcats blast the boys, take a pair of games over Nelson house teams
The West Kootenay Bantam Wildcats proved the girls can play with the boys.The Cats flexed some offensive power en route to skating away with a pair of convincing weekend victories over the Nelson Bantam House squads in minor hockey action in the Heritage City.West Kootenay blasted Bantam House # 1 6-1 before riding the shutout...
Dam Inn, Our Glass secure place at top of WKMFFL with weekend wins
Dam Inn Mates survived a late scare from the Thundercats to get past Trail 25-17 in West Kootenay Men’s Flag Football League action Sunday at Mount Sentinel Field. The victory keeps the Mates atop the WKMFFL standings with an undefeated mark of 4-0. Nelson Our Glass Ogs kept up the pressure on the Mates by […]
Leafs exact some revenge on Hawks; Martens, Walton power host club to 5-3 victory
By Bruce FuhrThe Nelson Daily Sports The Nelson Leafs gained some breathing room in the race for the Murdoch penthouse while exacting some revenge on a divisional rival at the same time. Patrick Martens scored twice and Andrew Walton rebounded from a less than stellar performance previously against Beaver Valley to power the Leafs to […]
Saints gain split against UVic, Wong, Wood power the Selkirk engine to victory
The Sekirk Saints split a pair of home game to the University of Victoria Vikings in B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League action during the weekend in Castlegar. The Saints, unveiling new jerseys during the opener of the two-game tilt, rode the outstanding netminder of Calgary native Andrew Wong to double the Vikes 4-2 during the opener […]
Nelson/Kaslo Midget Reps off to great start, winners of six of seven games
Last season it was a Nelson/Castlegar mix. This season Nelson Minor Hockey decided to affiliate with Kaslo to form its Midget Rep squad and the decision appears to be paying dividends on the ice. Nelson/Kaslo Leafs won its sixth game of the young minor hockey season Sunday in Nakusp, defeating the host club 4-1 thanks […]
Wildcats show signs of improvement, move into top 10 of Single-A provincial poll
The Mount Sentinel Wildcats moved up the confidence ladder to place in the gold tier at the 48-team Best of the West High School Girl’s Volleyball Tournament Saturday in Kelowna. “It was a good weekend overall for us,” said Mount Sentinel head coach Joe Moreira. “(We) took some baby steps forward.” The Wildcats lost all […]
West Kootenay hoop officials get ready to toss up ball on new basketball season
Hoop players have been busy working on their respective games prior to the High School Basketball season. So are the officials. The West Kootenay Basketball Officials Association is busy gearing up for another season on the hardwood with is inaugural meeting set for Tuesday in Castlegar. The place and time is Twin Rivers Elementary next […]
