The Chilliwack Chiefs were one of the favorites heading into the 2021-22 BC Hockey League season after posting a perfect preseason at 5-0. The Chiefs came out relatively ordinary and dropped their season opener to the Langley Rivermen. Their October performance kept them in the middle of the pack with […]
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BCHL scraps out-of-conference games for the remainder of 2021-22
The next time a Coastal Conference team and an Interior Conference team face off in the BC Hockey League will be the 2022 playoffs, more than likely not until the Fred Page Cup final to determine the first league champion since the Prince George Spruce Kings were crowned in 2019. […]
Rylance and Katz shine a light on living with diabetes
If you didn’t know, November is Diabetes Awareness Month. Diabetes is an autoimmune disease that is caused by an organ failing, and in this case, it is the pancreas. The pancreas creates insulin which keeps your blood sugar steady. Without a working pancreas, you need to inject insulin into your […]
BCHL power rankings: Can the Silverbacks be stopped?
We are now five weeks into the 2021-22 BC Hockey League regular season, and it has sure been great to see all 18 teams travelling around the province competing against each other once again. A busy first five weeks featured the regular season return of the Langley Rivermen and Wenatchee […]
A quick look at some early-season surprises
The BC Hockey League is just over a month into its season and there are already some surprises to start the 2021-22 campaign. With plenty of hockey to play and the majority of the teams making the playoffs only time will tell what other surprises may come. Some of the […]
Grading all 18 BCHL retro throwbacks
The BC Hockey League for its 60th celebration is having all 18 teams have a retro jersey or jersey that represents hockey history in a respective team’s region. Along with the jerseys, each BCHL team will hold a retro night to honor their team or regional hockey history. The BCHL […]
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Over the past two years, I have written quite a few articles about BC Hockey League teams and their jerseys. From looking at all 18 teams’ current threads to the best and most questionable jerseys in each team’s history. I did the top five jerseys of all time in […]
The best jersey for each BCHL team
The BC Hockey League has had some fantastic and unique jerseys over its 60-year history. Some were questionable, which I covered in a previous article. This one will cover each of the 18 BCHL teams’ best jerseys from 1990 to the present, which follows the same criteria as the […]
Each BCHL team’s most questionable jersey design
I have done several jersey articles during my time here at BCHLNetwork. I’ve criticized teams and given suggestions to change, watched for changes teams have gone through in the off-season, and the top five jerseys in BCHL history. This time around I’m talking about some of the most questionable […]
Crowning Moments with Mike Stutzel
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, […]