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Hawks beat up on Chiefs 7-1 to grab two game lead in KIJHL Final

The Beaver Valley Nitehawks realized game one of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League Final was not one of the team’s best of the playoffs. Game two the Hawks turned it up a few notches. Beaver Valley exploded for five goals in the first two periods to blast the Kelowna Chiefs 7-1 Thursday in Fruitvale […]

Hawks double Chiefs 4-2 as both teams struggle to find consistency in opener of KIJHL Championship series

Talk about a feeling out period between two teams who haven’t played each other in two months. Beaver Valley Nitehawks overcame a sluggish start to double the Kelowna Rockets 4-2 in game one of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League Final Wednesday in Fruitvale. Game two of the best-of-seven league final goes Thursday back at […]

Canucks Down Kings As Playoff Races Intensify

Leigh Ramsden lives in Vancouver and is an avid Canucks fan, having been a partial season ticket holder for over 10 years. He’s old enough to have witnessed all three Stanley Cup losses, as such, his prime goal is to remove those scars by seeing a Cup brought to Vancouver. Leigh is Fighting For Stanley’s […]

Puck drops on KIJHL Final between Beaver Valley and Kelowna Wednesday in Fruitvale

The dates have been released and Wednesday, March 28 has been designated as the opening night in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League Final. Surprising Kelowna Chiefs hope to keep their post-season upset streak alive as the Okanagan Conference champs travel to Fruitvale to meet the KIJHL best regular season team, Beaver Valley Nitehawks. The Hawks […]

Canucks Bury Avalanche In Overtime, Clinch Northwest Division Title

Leigh Ramsden lives in Vancouver and is an avid Canucks fan, having been a partial season ticket holder for over 10 years. He’s old enough to have witnessed all three Stanley Cup losses, as such, his prime goal is to remove those scars by seeing a Cup brought to Vancouver. Leigh is Fighting For Stanley’s […]

Showcase tournament pays big for Soccer Quest Thunder, four player receive scholarship offers

Three games. Three losses. That’s the statistical information about the Kootenay Thunder at the Whitecaps Showcase Girl’s Soccer Tournament last weekend in Surrey. However, there is more to this event than just stats. The Thunder may have lost three games, but the Soccer Quest sponsored squad came away with a ton of knowledge and confidence […]

Hawks, Chiefs advance to KIJHL final after posting five-game Conference series wins

The Beaver Valley Nitehawks will play the Kelowna Chiefs for the big prize in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League. The Hawks booked a ticket to the KIJHL Final by stopping the Fernie Ghostriders 6-2 Friday in Fruitvale to capture the Kootenay Conference Title in five games. The Chiefs needed a little heroics but also […]

Saints add scoring to next seasons team by inking Cole Thomson of Kerry Park Islanders

It didn’t take the coaching staff of the Selkirk College Saints Men’s Hockey program to dust off the recruiting brochure. The Saints announced this week the team has landed a commitment from forward Cole Thomson of Duncan to join the squad in the fall for the 2012-13 B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League season. Thomson joins Selkirk […]

RCMP releases names of avalanche victims

The RCMP has confirmed the identity of the two people who were buried and killed in an avalanche near Nelson March 21: Katie Aring, a 32-year-old Salt Lake City woman and Ryan Keene, a 31-year-old man from London, England. The RCMP has completed next of kin notifications with the families. At around 10 a.m. on […]

Vlanich, Hawks take commanding lead in Kootenay Conference Final with 2-0 shutout, Chiefs remain in control in Okanagan

Nitehawk goalie Mike Vlanich had a bounce-back game, stopping all 29 shots to backstop the Beaver Valley to a 2-0 Kootenay Conference victory over the host Ghostriders in Game four of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League Playoff series Wednesday in Fernie. Vlanich was in goal in Game two, the only win to date for […]