For the second straight night, the West Kelowna Warriors and Penticton Vees headed to overtime on Wednesday night to decide the game. Early in the extra frame, defenceman Carson Kosobud scored the series deciding goal, beating Warriors goalie Johnny Derrick, who was screened on the play. The Vees benched cleared […]
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Bulldogs swept by the Clippers
The Alberni Valley Bulldogs lost both of their home games in the playoffs and were swept by the Nanaimo Clippers in their first round series. Game three The comeback falls short for the Bulldogs tonight. #SeeRed #BulldogsHockey pic.twitter.com/zi7bjMkBd5 — AVBulldogs (@AVBulldogs) March 4, 2020 A holding penalty to Moe Acee […]
BCHL Today: Clippers advance to second round, former Grizzlies forward Newhook wins college awards, and more
Clippers punch their ticket to round two with sweep of Bulldogs Clippers advance to round two with the 2-1 win over the Bulldogs. https://t.co/68Dmm2jKaV pic.twitter.com/6KcfnxtjNh — Nanaimo Clippers (@ClippersHockey) March 6, 2020 The Nanaimo Clippers amended a first round loss last year with a 2-1 win on Thursday night for […]
Langley Rivermen: graduating players and eligible returnees
After a sweep by the Coquitlam Express in the first round of the BCHL playoffs, the Langley Rivermen now look ahead to the 2020-21 season. The Rivermen have four players in goaltender Braedon Fleming, defenceman Brian Scoville and forwards Jonathan Stein and Tanner Versluis who have aged out of junior. […]
Flyers prospect Jay O’Brien finds his game in the BCHL with the Vees
Philadelphia Flyers prospect Jay O’Brien is enjoying life while playing in the BCHL for the Penticton Vees. After an injury-plagued start to the prospect’s career, O’Brien came to Penticton and led the team with 66 points in 46 games during the regular season, averaging 1.43 points per game. He is […]
Express complete the sweep over the Rivermen
The Coquitlam Express headed back to Langley on Wednesday for game four with a commanding 3-0 lead. Once again Bobby Henderson juggled the lineup before the game. Jonathan Mor was back in net and Chase Sandhu drew back into the lineup in place of Kaeden Patrick. Henderson must have liked […]
BCHL Today: Spruce Kings’ Kushniryk suspended five games, Bulldogs forward Spiridakis named High School Player of the Month, Vees and Express advance, and more
Spruce Kings forward Kushniryk suspended five games The Prince George Spruce Kings were without 20-year-old forward Will Kushniryk for the final two games of their first round playoff series after he was suspended five games by the BCHL. The suspension is under BCHL regulation 311.6 for being part of any […]
Surrey ties series against Chilliwack
The Eagles tied up the quarterfinal series at 2-2 against the Chiefs on Tuesday night. After going down 2-0, the Eagles returned home to Surrey and won two games back to back. Game three win Game three took place on Monday night and the Eagles pulled off a 3-2 win. […]
Rivermen suffer overtime heartbreaker
Game three shifted back to Langley and the Rivermen needed a big win to avoid going down 3-0 at the hands of the Express. Hoping to improve on some things from the first two games, Langley head coach Bobby Henderson made a few lineup changes. Braedon Fleming was back between […]
Warriors avoid sweep and force game five
The West Kelowna Warriors went into game four fighting for their playoff lives. It was a hard nosed checking affair between the two clubs, but it was the Warriors who fought off elimination and pushed the series to game five. The Vees scored first on Tuesday night but were unable […]