West Kootenay Basketball refs BLOW the WHISTLE on CANCER
Cancer can be beaten. And West Kootenay Basketball Officials are doing their part to help fight the deadly disease by participating in the fourth annual BLOW the WHISTLE on CANCER — Pink Whistle campaign. The provincial campaign, which has the support of most hoop referees in the B.C. Basketball Officials Association, runs through the month […]
Bruins skipper looking like a genius after roster deadline fire sale
When Grand Forks head coach and GM Nick Deschenes dealt most of the team assets to contenders prior to the B.C. Hockey roster deadline in mid-January critics pounced on the Bruins skipper like vultures on road kill. The vultures were even more critical of Deschenes after the Bruins were first pounded 11-0 by Murdoch Division […]
UPDATE: Leafs lead Rebels by two points heading into KIJHL stretch run
The dreaded KIJHL website came back to bite The Nelson Daily prior to the posting of Sunday’s Nelson Leafs weekend wrap. Following Sunday’s 4-0 loss to Revelstoke, talk in the tunnel outside the Nelson dressing room had Spokane posting a 3-2 defeat of the Rebels in the Lilac City allowing the Leafs to continue to […]
Ice, Cougar linebrawl the topic of conversation in BCMMHL
The Cariboo Cougars made it look easy, waltzing into the NDCC Arena to grab all four points in a two-game B.C. Hockey League Major Midget League series against the Kootenay Ice this past weekend. However, the game was not what everyone was talking about after the weekend set concluded Sunday. Instead, everyone’s favourite topic of […]
Saints bounce back into win column with 5-3 victory over Eastern Washington
The Selkirk Saints scored four times in the second period to bounce Eastern Washington University 5-3 in B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League Sunday afternoon in Cheney, Washington. The win allowed the Saints to end the weekend at .500 after suffering its first loss of the season, 2-1 Friday night at home against Trinity Western University. “We […]
Kootenay Wildcats waste opportunity as Cougars grab three of four road points
The Kootenay Wildcats just saw a perfect opportunity to climb up the B.C. Hockey Female Midget AAA standings slip through their fingers. The Prince George Cougars rallied from two deficits to steal three points from the Wildcats during the two-game B.C. Hockey Female Midget AAA League series in Nelson. Sunday, the Cougars fought back from […]
Cellar-dwelling TWU shocks Saints 2-1, ends unbeaten streak at 13
The Selkirk Saints probably knew their winning streak would come to an end someday. But against the last-place Trinity Western Spartans? The Fraser Valley gang scored goals in the first two periods, then held off a late Selkirk rally to edge the Saints 2-0 in B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey action Friday at the Castlegar Arena Complex. […]
Kootenay eager to bounce back in home games against Cougars
The inability to score goals continues to haunt the Kootenay Wildcats. The Cats dropped a pair of games, albeit to the front-runners of the B.C. Female Midget AA League, Fraser Valley Phantom last weekend at the Langley Events Centre in the Fraser Valley. Kootenay lost 3-0 and 2-0 to fall to 6-10-2 on the season. […]
Two Ice players to cook with big dogs at BCMMHL All Star Game
Two Kootenay Ice players will be front and center Friday as the B.C. Hockey hosts the annual Major Midget League All Star game at the Langley Events Centre. Forwards Nolan Percival and Brandon Sookro join 40 other players in the contest that showcases the top talent in the Major Midget League. A total of 12 […]
Nelson's Shypitka, Castlegar's Nichol off to Senior Men's Curling Championships
Two West Kootenay rinks are going have a distinct advantage next month at the 2013 Tim Horton’s BC Seniors Curling Championship in the Silver City. Nelson’s Tom Shypitka and Castlegar Myron Nichol won the right to represent the zone at the provincial championships after winning the A and B event title, respectively during the Senior […]
