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The season started off shaky for the Langley Rivermen but after the last few games it seems Head Coach Bobby Henderson has the ship heading in the right direction. After sweeping the BCHL Showcase in Chilliwack, the Rivermen were able to rattle off two more wins for a four-game winning […]
The Coquitlam Express are off to a hot start this year, finishing the first month of the 2019-20 BCHL season with a 7-1 record. The Express’ lone loss of September came against the Langley Rivermen in what turned out to be a 6-1 loss back on September 20th at George […]
The BC Hockey League is expanding to Cranbrook. The league announced today that the Board of Governors approved adding the city in the East Kootenay region of BC as the league’s 18th franchise, with play set to begin in the 2020-21 season. The Cranbrook Bucks fill the junior hockey void […]
The Alberni Valley Bulldogs are returning from an interesting road trip that was sandwiched with a pseudo home game against Chilliwack at the BCHL Showcase Festival in between. They got slaughtered 8-2 in Prince George on Sept. 27, jumped out to a 2-1 lead only to fall 5-2 in Chilliwack […]
The Chilliwack Chiefs were heading into the BCHL Showcase Festival having won two games in a row. They looked to continue that momentum against the Alberni Valley Bulldogs and the Coquitlam Express. Wednesday night at the end of day one of the Showcase Festival, the Chiefs played the Alberni Valley […]
(This article was originally published on Oct. 5, 2019) In 1998-99, the Chilliwack Chiefs went in a different direction when it came to their appearance. After starting with a more traditional red, white, and blue Winnipeg Jets/New York Rangers style jersey, the team would go to a more intimidating […]
The Trail Smoke Eaters have found their game on an early-season road trip. Through the first six games to start the BCHL season, Trail averaged just 1.5 goals per game, while allowing 4.3 goals against. The Smoke Eaters came away with just one point from those six games, five of […]
The BC Hockey League continues to make inroads as one of the top development leagues in North America. With the 2019-20 NHL season set to open tonight, teams had until 2 pm yesterday to declare their rosters, and the BCHL is well represented. In total, 35 players on opening night […]
The Langley Rivermen came into this past weekend with only one win in their first six games, and most recently they lost to the Surrey Eagles on September 22nd by a score of 5-3. Looking for redemption, the Rivermen kicked off a home and home series with the Eagles on […]
The Chilliwack Chiefs went into this past weekend with 2-4 record. On Friday, the Chiefs faced the Wenatchee Wild who have not dropped a game in regulation so far this season. Coming into the game was a small battle between the goalies both starting goalies Mathieu Caron and Daniel Chenard […]
