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The Surrey Eagles are a team in transition. Just over a year after winning the Fred Page Cup, the Eagles are rebuilding their roster and coaching staff. On the ice, several players departed the team. Forward Savek Brar graduated from the Eagles to attend the University of Victoria and play […]
Geoff Grimwood continues to be busy. In July, he rounded out the Grizzlies’ hockey operations staff, promoting one coach and adding another. Victoria also added a director of player development and a director of player personnel. Grimwood also continued to sign players. In July, the Grizzlies added 2006-born forward Michael […]
Cowichan Valley Capitals head coach and general manager Cam Keith has been busy, signing several players to his roster for the 2025-26 season. 2006-born goaltender Jack Hirshorn has signed with the Caps after playing last season with the North Iowa Bulls of the North American Hockey League. 2007-born forward Brendyn […]
Geoff Grimwood has been busy. In late May, Grimwood became the Victoria Grizzlies new head coach and general manager. Since then, Grimwood has signed several players for the 2025-26 roster and also traded for another goaltender. The Grizzlies’ new player signings include Canadian, American, Swedish, Finnish, and Russian players. Victoria’s […]
In May, the Alberni Valley Bulldogs signed two players. Forwards Leim Smith and Kai Matthew will join the Bulldogs’ roster for the upcoming 2025-26 season. In June, the Bulldogs signed forward Grayson Salmon to the roster. Smith and Salmon are among the latest players to join Alberni Valley after playing […]
The Victoria Grizzlies’ 2024-25 season was one to remember. The team celebrated their 30th anniversary season, and for several games, the Grizzlies wore a special Victoria Salsa jersey. The team also went on a deep playoff run. For the first time since 2019, the Grizzlies advanced to the Coastal Conference […]
The 2025 BCHL playoffs are down to the league final, with two teams remaining in the quest for the Fred Page Cup. Under the current BCHL playoff structure, only five teams missed the playoffs. The two Coastal Conference teams that didn’t make the playoffs were the Powell River Kings and […]
The 2025 Fred Page Cup playoffs are well underway. This year, the format had the top eight teams in each conference making the playoffs, but that wasn’t always the case. Over the last six seasons, the BCHL has used three different playoff formats. For the 2020 playoffs, the Victoria Grizzlies […]
Despite being focused on the playoffs, the Alberni Valley Bulldogs are busy preparing for next season. Their first two player signings for 2025-26 are 2007-born forward Brendan DeFeo and 2006-born forward Joseph DeLaurentis. DeFeo comes from the Long Island Gulls hockey program in Jericho, New York, and DeLaurentis from the […]
The Victoria Grizzlies have signed a new goaltender for the 2025-26 season. 2006-born Paolo Frasca comes from St. Andrew’s College of the Conference of Independent Schools of Ontario Athletic Association. Frasca is not the first St. Andrew’s alumni to play for the Grizzlies as goaltender Matthew Galajda and forward Alex […]
