Bartlett sends Rebels into Kootenay Conference Final with overtime winner in Game seven of Murdoch Final against Beaver Valley
This time is was Castlegar’s turn to win a Game seven playoff series against the Beaver Valley Nitehawks. Still stinging from a crushing Game seven loss to the Hawks a year ago, the Rebels got to taste from the victory cup when Diego Bartlett put the puck past Beaver Valley netminder Jarrod Schamerhorn 15 minutes […]
Mota Automotive Ltd captures Trail Men's Basketball title
Mota Automotive Ltd completed a Cinderella season by topping Adrenaline Adventures 82-76 to captured the Trail Men’s Basketball League title recently in the Silver City. Steve Mota led the charge for the third-place regular season finishers with a game-high 26 points. Minko Mulic and Dylan Fitzpatrick each scored 18 points for Mota Automotive Ltd. Keelan […]
Smokies' head coach to stay in Trail
The Trail Smoke Eaters announced today that head coach and general manager Bill Birks has accepted a contract extension. Birks joined the Smoke Eaters as an assistant coach for the 2010-11 season and was named head coach and general manager in May of 2011. This past season, Birks led the Smoke Eaters to a 26-28-0-2 […]
Smokies forward honoured as Interior Conference MVP
The Trail Smoke Eaters didn’t advance into the B.C. Hockey League playoffs, but that didn’t stop forward Brent Baltus from being named the 2012-13 Interior Conference Most Valuable Player. Baltus, 20, led the Smoke Eaters in scoring this season with 24 goals and 52 points, including two shorthanded markers and three game-winning goals. In 116 […]
Another Beaver Valley/Castlegar Murdoch Final, another Game seven
For the second time in as many seasons the Beaver Valley Nitehawks and Castlegar Rebels will need a Game seven to determine the Murdoch Division Champion. The Hawks, paced by Kootenay International Junior Hockey League scoring leader Ryan Edwards, forced a deciding game by stopping the Rebels 5-0 in Fruitvale. Edwards scored twice to lead […]
Gluck backstops Rebels back into Murdoch series lead
It’s not normal to see Jordan Gluck allow six goals in one game as he did Friday in Fruitvale during Game four. So with their top goalie back in fine form, the Castlegar Rebels regained control to the Murdoch Division Final with a stingy 2-1 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League playoff victory Sunday afternoon in […]
UPDATED: Saints sweep defending champs right out of the playoffs
Selkirk College continued to add to their list of ‘firsts’ accomplished during the 2012-13 B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League season, as the Saints advanced to the league finals for the first time by beating the University of Victoria by a 4-1 score on Saturday night. The win capped a two-game series sweep of the defending BCIHL […]
Murdoch Final all square after Hawks thump Rebels, Game five Sunday in Castlegar
The Murdoch Final has been boiled down to a best-of-three showdown. The Beaver Valley Nitehawks scored three times in the first period to dump the Castlegar Rebels 6-2 in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League playoff action Friday in Fruitvale. The best-of-seven divisional final is all square at 2-2 with Game five set for Sunday at […]
Gluck backstops Rebels to 2-1 series lead in Murdoch Final
Defence has been the hallmark for success of the Castlegar Rebels all season long. The Rebs turned the thumbscrews down on the Beaver Valley Nitehawks offence, holding the high flyers to one goal en route to a 2-1 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League playoff victory Thursday night in Fruitvale. The game’s third star, Castlegar netminder […]
Smoke Eater named to All-Star team
Trail Smoke Eaters forward Brent Baltus has been named to the 2012-13 BCHL Interior Conference Second All-Star Team. Baltus, 20, leads the Smoke Eaters in scoring this season with 24 goals and 51 points from 46 games played. The Nanaimo product also leads the Smokies in short-handed goals with two this season. In 115 career […]
