Fusion posts weekend sweep of Wildcats, Kootenay hosts PG as playoffs begin next weekend at NDCC Arena
It’s not the way the Kootenay Wildcats wanted to complete the B.C. Female Midget AAA Hockey League season. The Vancouver Fusion pulled off a two-game sweep of the Cats, winning 2-1 Saturday and 6-1 Sunday at the NDCC Arena. The two losses means Kootenay will finish fourth in the five-team league and host Prince George […]
Experience paves road to Murdoch Final for Castlegar Rebels, eliminate Leafs in five games
In the end experience, and hitting anything and everything in a green and white jersey, paved the road for the Castlegar Rebels to advance into the second round of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League playoffs. First period goals by Anthony Delong and Cody Disher and less than three minutes apart snapped a 1-1 tie, […]
Team Kootenay finishes seventh at B.C. Games U16 hockey tourney
Stephanie McAuley of Trail had three points sparking Team Kootenay to a convincing 6-1 victory over North West in the consolation round of the 2012 B.C. Winter Games U16 Girl’s Hockey in Vernon. McAuley scored twice to spark Team Kootenay to a seventh-place finish in the tournament. Emma Hare of Nelson, Kira Steliev of Nakusp […]
Leaf killer Scott Morriseau sinks Nelson in OT, Rebels one game away from advancing to Murdoch Final
By Bruce Fuhr, The Nelson Daily Man that’s playoff hockey — not! In a game that most definitely had coaches Frank Maida and Steve Junker searching the trainer’s room for bottles of Alka-Seltzer to help cure strong cases of acid indigestion, the Castlegar Rebels somehow managed to pull out a 7-6 Kootenay International Junior Hockey […]
Rebels score five in the second to dump Leafs 5-3, take a 2-1 lead in Murdoch semi final
By Bruce Fuhr, The Nelson Daily It was a Murphy’s Law second period for the Nelson Leafs. Whatever the Green and White touched, or didn’t touch, turned to . . . well, I think Leaf hockey fans understand. The Castlegar Rebels exploded for five second period goal en route to a 5-3 Murdoch Division semi […]
Leafs must answer Castlegar's intensity to advance on KIJHL playoff trail
By Bruce Fuhr, The Nelson Daily Should the Nelson Leafs be even in its Kootenay International Junior Hockey League Murdoch Divisional playoff semi with the Castlegar Rebels? Or should the Rebels hold a commanding 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series? What is true is if the Leaf netminder Andrew Walton takes a night off or […]
Leafs escape Sunflower City with series split, game three Monday at NDCC Arena
By Bruce Fuhr, The Nelson Daily Through eight regular season games each team won four times. Each team won twice in the other team’s rink. So it should come to no one’s surprise that after two Kootenay International Junior Hockey League playoff games the Castlegar Rebels and Nelson Leafs are knotted up at one game. […]
Morriseau pots three as Rebels blast Leafs and Walton 5-1, game two Saturday in Castlegar
Andrew Walton? Who’s this Andrew Walton guy? We’re the Castlegar Rebels and no former teammate is going to beat us. Scott Morriseau scored three times as the Castlegar Rebels opened the KIJHL playoffs with a 5-1 victory over the visiting Nelson Leafs Friday at the Arena Complex. Game time is 7:30 p.m. The Rebels, beating […]
Clash of the Murdoch Titans as Leafs face Rebels
The Castlegar Rebels finished 13 points ahead of the Nelson Leafs to grab second in the Murdoch Division and home ice advantage when the best-of-seven semi final begins Friday in the Sunflower City. The Rebels also registered seven more wins than the Green and White. Nelson was a shade better offensively than the Sunflower City […]
Kaslo's Haegedorn helps Kootenay gain split against Cougars Sunday in Prince George
A goal by Kathryn Haegedorn of Kaslo turned out to be the winner giving the Kootenay Wildcats a 3-2 victory over the Cougars and a split in B.C. Female Hockey League doubleheader action Sunday in Prince George. Haegedorn’s maker came with six minutes remaining in the contest, increasing the margin to 3-1 before the Cougars […]
