Author: Josh Lockhart

BCHL alumni playing in the 2024 Spengler Cup

While much attention at this time of year is given to the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship and the BCHL players and alumni competing in that tournament, it is also worthwhile to check out the Spengler Cup, one of the oldest hockey tournaments held in Davos, Switzerland. The six-team, invitation-only […]

BCHL power rankings – December 2024

Welcome to another edition of the BCHL power rankings. From this point on the statistics will be consistent. The last rendition I felt gave an unfair advantage to teams that were special teams heavy, as in they were excelling on both the power play and penalty kill (I’m looking at […]

Is the BCHL still focused on B.C. player development?

The past year saw a lot of changes in the British Columbia Hockey League. The once stable league separated from Hockey Canada to become independent, it added five teams from Alberta midseason, the Merritt Centennials voluntarily left, and the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League joined the Junior Prospects Hockey League […]