Friday sees Saints start playoffs with home game at Complex
After finishing the 2013/14 regular season on a nine-game winning streak and grabbing first place in the B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League standings in their final game, the Selkirk College Men’s Hockey program is looking to carry over their late-season success into a first round playoff match-up against Thompson Rivers...
Leafs blast Braves 7-2 to advance to Murdoch Final; Game one Friday at NDCC Arena
For the first time in the entire Murdoch Division Semi Final against the Spokane Braves, the real Nelson Leafs stepped up. Travis Wellman scored three times and Kootenay Ice netminder Jason Mailhoit was solid between the pipes leading the Leafs to a convincing 7-2 shellacking of the Braves in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League playoff […]
Kootenay Lake Fishing Report
By Kerry Reed, Reel Adventures Charters It’s only March. So there’s plenty of time this year to hook a big one on Kootenay Lake. Kerry Reed of Reel Adventures Charters is here to give his monthly fishing report. So read and enjoy. Kootenay Lake Well, it has been a slower season than what we […]
Swiston's OT winner lifts Saints to second consecutive BCIHL title
For the second year in a row, the road to the B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League title goes through the Selkirk Saints. The Saints clinched the BCIHL title for the second consecutive Saturday night in Castlegar, by stopping the Trinity Western University Spartans 3-2 in overtime. Scott Swiston scored 10 seconds in to overtime...
Leafs rebound to grab series lead against Spokane; Hawks steamrolling Rebels
The Beaver Valley Nitehawks are within a game of booking a ticket to the Murdoch Division Final after hammering the Castlegar Rebels 8-2 Friday in the Sunflower City. So the Nelson Leafs had better take care of business, and quick in their Murdoch Semi against the Spokane Braves. The Leafs took a step in that […]
Braves smother Leafs to even Murdoch Division series; Hawks open playoffs with victory
The game was boring, without any excitement forcing the hometown crowd into stints of yawning. So in other words, Game two of the Murdoch Division Semi Final between the Spokane Braves and the Nelson Leafs was a perfect road game for the visitors. Spokane took advantage of mental errors and less than potent Leafs offence […]
Border Bruins finish last home game with a win against Rebels
Friday Feb. 21st was the last home ice game the Bruins were to play this hockey season. It was a game against the Castlegar Rebels and the Bruins won the game 5 to 3. Period one started of promptly with a penalty against Rebels’ Derek Georgopoulos receiving two minutes in the box for hooking. The first […]
Ice rally from pasting to pull out 3-3 tie against Greater Vancouver
After getting spanked 10-0 in the opener, the Kootenay Ice put on a better display in game two, playing the Greater Vancouver Canadians to a 3-3 tie Sunday in BC Major Midget Hockey League action at the Richmond Oval. Trevor Van Steinburg of Cranbrook scored with just over a minute remaining in the second period to pull the...
Seaman powers Leafs to Murdoch Division title
The Nelson Leafs needed to put in a little overtime en route to the 2013-14 Murdoch Division title. Austin Seaman scored on the power play early in the first overtime to give the Leafs a 2-1 victory Saturday night over the Beaver Valley Nitehawks in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League action in Fruitvale. The goal […]
Special Public Avalanche Warning for Most of BC’s Mountainous Regions
The Canadian Avalanche Centre (CAC) is issuing a special public avalanche warning for recreational backcountry users in all of the CAC’s forecast regions, except the North Shore Mountains and the Yukon. This warning is in effect immediately and extends to the end of the day on Wednesday, February 26. The problem is a result of […]
