Garbowsky will not return to Graz99ers
Confirmed: Matt Garbowsky (F) | Graz99ers -> Unknown | https://t.co/aK7txsJMAE #epTransfer
— EP Transfers (@ep_transfers) August 9, 2020
Forward Matt Garbowsky (71 goals, 62 assists in 107 games with Powell River from 2009-11) will not be returning to EC Moser Medical Graz99ers next season. The Austrian team announced it’s preliminary roster for 2020-21, and Garbowsky was not included on it.
The native of St. George, Ontario played two seasons with the Graz99ers, tallying 26 goals and 37 assists in 91 games played.
Garbowsky led the BC Hockey League with 44 goals in 2010-11, and was named Coastal Conference MVP, and a Coastal Conference All-Star.
Reinhardt joins Italian club Wipptal Broncos
Auch zwischen den Pfosten werden wir wieder super abgesichert sein: Welcome to the Broncos, Jonathan Reinhart and…
Posted by Wipptal Broncos Weihenstephan on Sunday, August 9, 2020
Goaltender Jonathan Reinhart (9-5-0, 3.01 GAA, .915 SV% in 15 games with Nanaimo in 2015-16) has signed in Italy with the Wipptal Broncos of the Alps Hockey League.
The Cambridge, Ontario product spent the last three seasons with University of Windsor. In 75 appearances at Windsor, he went 36-35-0, with a 2.67 GAA and a .923 SV%.
BCHL nearly relocated to Kamloops 15 years ago
ROTHENBURGER: 10 big Kamloops ideas that never made it off the drawing boards. | ARMCHAIR MAYOR: https://t.co/3Y5OCLsazR pic.twitter.com/piAIgtp20U
— CFJC Today Kamloops (@CFJC_Today) August 8, 2020
In an article published by CFJC Today Kamloops, a potential BCHL relocation to the Thompson region was one of 10 ideas that never came to fruition in Kamloops. The article suggests that while the struggling Williams Lake Timberwolves were in search of a new home nearly two decades ago, Kamloops came up as a possibility.
Theoretically, the junior A team could have played out of The McArthur Island Sports and Events Centre in North Kamloops. The idea was the Timberwolves moving to North Kamloops, adding to the Western Hockey League’s Blazers in South Kamloops, would create a “hockey heaven” in the area.
This did not gain much traction however, and the Timberwolves stayed in Williams Lake, before eventually being suspended by the league.
Walter named North Island Silvertips general manager
BC Hockey has announced Ben Walter as the North Island Silvertips new General Manager.
Walter will remain Head Coach of the U18 Team while becoming General Manager of the U15, U16 and U18 Teams. pic.twitter.com/IeqamP62tv
— North Island Silvertips (@NISilvertips) August 9, 2020
Ben Walter has been named general manager of the North Island Silvertips U18, U16, and U15 teams. He will also continue his role as head coach of the U18 team.
Walter, from Beaconsfield, Quebec currently serves as skills coach for the Nanaimo Clippers as well. His playing career included time in the BCHL, collecting 37 goals and 69 assists in 100 games with the Langley Hornets from 2000-2002.
