Dam City Rollers are back and bruisin'!
By Leanne Reitan (A.K.A Brutsie Roll), photo by Christy Prichard As the snow meltwaters trickle downhill to become the spring freshet, so the Dam City Rollers’ pre-season practices and scrimmages have been gathering momentum to become a force to reckon with in the season opening bout set for 5 pm on Saturday, April 13th at ...
Smokies beef up coaching staff
The Trail Smoke Eaters are pleased to announce the hiring of Barry Zanier as a full-time assistant coach. Zanier, from Rossland, has served as Smokies assistant coach on a part-time basis for the past 11 seasons. Before joining the Smoke Eaters, Zanier coached at the pee-wee and bantam level in the Greater Trail Minor Hockey […]
Mallard's Team of the Week — KIJHL Champion Castlegar Rebels
The Castlegar Rebels played coy for most of the season, sitting the balance of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League campaign in second spot in the Murdoch Division. But when the playoffs rolled around the Rebels turned up the intensity to roll to the KIJHL crown with a 16-4-0-1 record. Ironically the toughest games came […]
West Kootenay BMX launches its first full season!
Last year West Kootenay BMX operated for half a season and managed to sign up 40 members and hold five races. The goal this year is to get our club up to 100 members. There will be a registration day on Saturday, April 27 between noon and 5 p.m. This will be a great chance to come out and see the track and find out what this...
Rebels clinch 2013 KIJHL Championship in five games
The Castlegar Rebels have won the 2013 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League Championship. The Rebels clinched the title in five games, blasting the injury-riddled North Okanagan Knights 4-0 Monday at the Castlegar Arena Complex. Castlegar, scoring its first title since 1996, wins the best-of-seven series 4-1 and represents the KIJHL at the Cyclone Taylor Cup […]
Entire KIJHL saddened after hearing Grand Forks goalie killed in house fire
On the eve of the crowning of the 2012-13 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League champion the league was saddened when the news that Grand Forks netminder Robbie Dunsmuir was killed in a house fire Friday in his Ontario home. The news was released by the Border Bruins on the KIJHL website. “All of us associated […]
Knights ride 56 save performance of netminder Nikkel to force another game in KIJHL Final
It’s been more than a decade since Castlegar hockey fans celebrated a Kootenay International Junior Hockey League title. So waiting a few more days shouldn’t be that big of a problem. The North Okanagan Knights staved off elimination by edging out the Rebels 3-2 in Game four of the KIJHL Championship Saturday in Armstrong. Despite […]
Border Bruin goalie dies in fire at Ontario home
UPDATE: Border Bruins send condolences to the Dunsmuir family The Grand Forks Border Bruins is saddened by the “extremely tragic” death of goalie Robert Dunsmuir, said Border Bruins president Martin Vanlerberg. Dunsmuir, 19, died alongside his mother, father and brother when their home caught fire in East Gwillimbury, Ontario...
Get the brooms out, Rebels within a win of KIJHL title
Castlegar is one win away from its first Kootenay International Junior Hockey League title since 1996. Jordan Gluck made 24 saves and Jamie Vlanich had two assists to power the Rebels to a 2-0 victory over the North Okanagan Knights Friday in Armstrong. The Rebels now lead the best-of-seven KIJHL Championship series 3-0. Castlegar can […]
BC Hockey awards Nelson at host for 2014 Cyclone Taylor Cup
It may be a bold statement to some hockey fans but the Nelson Leafs are promising playoff hockey in April off 2014. That’s right book those playoff ticket now because Friday BC Hockey awarded the Leafs the 2014 Cyclone Taylor Cup Junior B Provincial Championship. “The Nelson Leafs organization is thrilled to be chosen as […]
