Heppler, Kramer spark Hawks past Nitros 2-1 to stay alive in Kootenay Conference Playoff
The Beaver Valley Nitehawks live to play again. Dylan Heppler had two points and Tallon Kramer stopped 26 shots to spark the Murdoch Division Champs to a 2-1 victory over the Kimberley Dynamiters in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League Kootenay Conference playoff action Saturday night in Fruitvale. Kimberley leads the...
Selkirk College Saints Cement Dynasty with Fourth Straight BCIHL Title
The Selkirk College Saints captured their fourth straight British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) championship with a 2-1 victory over the Trinity Western University Spartans before a packed house Saturday night at the Castlegar & District Recreation Complex. More than 800 hockey fans packed the Castlegar...
Nelson's Sawyer Hunt sparks Kimberley past Beaver Valley in Kootenay Conference Finals
Sawyer Hunt's goal with 32 seconds left in the game sparked the Kimberley Dynamiters to a 4-3 victory over the Beaver Valley Nitehawks in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League Kootenay Conference Playoff action Friday in Fruitvale. The goal gives the defending KIJHL Champs a 3-0 stranglehold on the best-of-seven Conference...
Saints blast Spartans to move within a win of fourth BCIHL title
The British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League’s (BCIHL) championship best-of-three final opened Friday night at the Castlegar & District Recreation Complex with a 5-1 Selkirk College Saints victory over the Trinity Western University Spartans. Game two of the series goes Saturday at 7 p.m. tonight in Castlegar at the...
Selkirk College Saints Take Aim at Fourth Straight BCIHL Title
The Selkirk College Saints have laid the perfect foundation for a fourth straight British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) championship run and starting Friday night will build towards the ultimate ending. The Saints put an exclamation mark on their regular season title on Saturday night at the Castlegar &...
Selkirk College Hockey Team Secures Post-Season Home Ice Advantage
The student athletes on the Selkirk College Saints hockey team stepped up their road game this past weekend and returned to the West Kootenay with two huge victories against the Simon Fraser University Clan and the Trinity Western University Spartans. The pair of late-season wins locked down a regular season British Columbia...
Florida Panthers win Dryden Hunt sweepstakes, sign Nelson Minor Hockey grad to entry-level deal
It's a move that slipped under the radar as most teams focus on the pending National Hockey League trade deadline. However, for Nelson Dryden Hunt it's a day he'll remember for years — the day the 20-year-old sniper signed a contract with an NHL team. Miami Herald beat reporter George Richards broke the news Saturday that the...
Hawks take 2-0 lead on Leafs; Bruins double Rebels 4-2 to even series
After combining for 12 goals in Game one, Beaver Valley and Nelson returned to playing grind-it-out playoff hockey during Game two of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League's Murdoch Division Semi Final Wednesday night in Fruitvale. The problem for the Nelson Leafs, however, is the Beaver Valley Nitehawks can play ...
Hawks outlast Leafs 7-5 to grab 1-0 lead in Murdoch Semi Final
Kyle Hope and Dylan Heppier each scored twice to lead the Beaver Valley Nitehawks to a 7-5 victory over the Nelson Leafs in the opening game of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League’s Murdoch Division Semi Final Tuesday night in Fruitvale. The Hawks take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven series with Game two Wednesday...
Kootenay boys, Thomson, Freschi spark Ursel rink to BC Seniors Curling Championship
Bob Ursel and Company set their sights pretty high when Ursel, third Dave Stephenson, second Don Freschi and lead Fred Thomson joined forces back in October— win the BC Senior Men's Curling Championship. The Okanagan/Kootenay rink successfully achieved that goal Sunday afternoon in Richmond, stopping two-time defending champion...
