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A change of scenery proved to be a difference-maker for Mike Stutzel. After spending the first two and a half years with the Powell River Paper Kings, the Victoria, BC product was traded to the Prince George Spruce Kings and the rest is history. Once in the northern capital, […]
The Salmon Arm Silverbacks, Powell River Kings, and Ottawa Jr. Senators of the Central Canada Hockey League are all part of what amounts to essentially a three-way trade on Monday. First, the Silverbacks sent 2002-born forwards Braden Fischer and Philippe Jacques to the Kings for 2002-born forward Brandon Santa […]
From Fort St. James to Germany, the game of hockey literally took Bryan Adams around the world. It all started in the 1993-94 season in the Rocky Mountain Junior Hockey League, suiting up for one of the teams he grew up watching, the Prince George Spruce Kings. That year, […]
Just days after releasing its regular season schedule, the BC Hockey League announced details of its 2021 BCHL Showcase. The Showcase takes place Oct. 20-24 at the Chilliwack Coliseum. The Chiefs and the city of Chilliwack have been at least a co-host in each Showcase event since its inauguration […]
The Victoria Grizzlies have acquired 2003-born defenseman Eli Barnett from the South Shore Lumberjacks of the Maritime Hockey League for future considerations. Barnett, who’s committed to the University of Vermont for September 2022, had six assists in 22 games for the Lumberjacks this past season. In 2019-20, the Riverview, […]
Chalk up the 2020 BCHL Showcase as another thing the COVID-19 pandemic put the boots to. Last year, the BC Hockey League invited its teams to apply to host the annual event and Salmon Arm was chosen. However, due to the pandemic, the 2020 Showcase didn’t happen and as […]
The Calgary Flames American Hockey League affiliate team left Abbotsford in 2014 and the 7,000-seat Abbotsford Centre has been used primarily by the Fraser Valley Thunderbirds program and its U18, U16, and U15 teams since. However, with the announcement in May that the Vancouver Canucks are relocating their AHL […]
The Nanaimo Clippers have acquired 2001-born defenseman Klim Georgiev from the Pembroke Lumber Kings of the Central Canada Hockey League for future considerations. Georgiev, a native of Toronto, played two games for the Lumber Kings during the CCHL’s Developmental Scrimmage Action in 2020-21 but didn’t register any points. Pembroke […]
It’s an exciting time for the BC Hockey League, with what should be a normal 2021-22 season on the horizon. That excitement has reached new heights with the schedule for the upcoming season officially being released. For the Cranbrook Bucks, the upcoming BCHL schedule means a few different things. The […]
The Victoria Grizzlies have traded 2001-born goaltender Justin Easter to the Pickering Panthers of the Ontario Junior Hockey League for future considerations. Easter, who’s from Burlington, ON, had a 4-0-0 record with a 4.19 goals-against-average, and an .875 save percentage in seven games with the Grizzlies this season. Prior […]
