Bilodeau, Hamelin roar to golden victories at Sochi Olympics
Canada continued to build on its medal total with three more medals Monday at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics. Alex Bilodeau won his second straight gold medal in Olympic moguls with teammate Mikael Kingsbury capturing the silver. The Canadians narrowly missed sweeping the podium as Marc-Antoine Gagnon finished fourth. Earlier...
Morris wins BC Championship, Buchy Kootenay rink knocked out in Page Playoff
John Morris came within a few shots of competing for Canada at the Sochi Olympics. The Kelowna skip is now off to his seventh Brier – his first representing BC — after hammering Jason Montgomery of Victoria 11-2 in Sunday’s BC Championship final in Vancouver. Morris and his rink from the Kelowna and Vernon curling […]
Edwards powers Hawks past Leafs; Rebels sweep Bruins in Murdoch weekend action
Beaver Valley Nitehawks held serve against the Nelson Leafs in the race to finish on top of the Murdoch Division in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League. Ryan Edwards snapped a 1-1 tie with a power play goal late in the third period to lift the Hawks to a 2-1 victory over the Leafs in […]
Leafs overpower Hawks 6-2 in first game of home-and-home series
Nelson captain Darnel St. Pierre said before the weekend series against Beaver Valley there is a “really strong leadership group” in the Leafs dressing room. Those leaders stepped up big time, scoring three power play goals en route to a convincing 6-2 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League triumph over the Hawks Friday night at the […]
Ice, Cougars split weekend series in Nelson
If the Kootenay Ice had a point for every game the club let slip away, well, the Ice would be probably battling for a playoff spot instead of fighting to stay out of the BC Major Midget Hockey League cellar. Cariboo Cougars scored three power play goals en route to a 4-2 victory Sunday over […]
Saints ink Leafs sniper Jamie Vlanich to commitment letter for next season
Nelson Leafs head coach Frank Maida probably felt he had been struck by lightning when he heard top goal scorer Jamie Vlanich was leaving the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League club for the Selkirk College Men’s Hockey program. Maida can breathe a sigh of relief knowing Vlanich is going to the Saints, but not until […]
GFBB play neck and neck game against the Coyotes
The Grand Forks Border Bruins’ Jan. 22 game at home ice against the Osoyoos Coyotes was a well played perfectly match game. It was so well played, that the results were a coin toss. But as things go, eventually someone grasps the upper edge and this time it was the Coyotes. They won the toss with a […]
Castlegar team gives gift of hockey Stateside, takes win in home province #Kraft Hockeyville
The Castlegar Bantam House Vikings (ages 13 and 14) are proving there is more than one way to show winning spirit – first, by sharing their love of the sport with our neighbours south of the border and second, by beating out the rival Trail Warriors to take home the championship from the 2014 South […]
Castlegar's Brewer sinks Leafs 6-5 in OT
The question before Wednesday’s Kootenay International Junior Hockey League clash between West Kootenay rivals Nelson and Castlegar was which Leaf team would show up. Well, Leaf fans were happy to see the Green and White squad of old take to the ice at the NDCC Arena. The problem for Nelson was, so did the defending […]
Which Leaf team will show up against Castlegar?
Which Nelson Leafs team will show up Wednesday when the club hosts a rare mid-week Kootenay International Junior Hockey League game. Will it be the team that totally rocked Murdoch rival Castlegar Rebels 9-zip last week? Or will it be the so-called heavyweights of the division that played like, well, lightweights in giving up four […]
