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Geoff Grimwood continues to be busy. In July, he rounded out the Grizzlies’ hockey operations staff, promoting one coach and adding another. Victoria also added a director of player development and a director of player personnel. Grimwood also continued to sign players. In July, the Grizzlies added 2006-born forward Michael […]
Cowichan Valley Capitals head coach and general manager Cam Keith has been busy, signing several players to his roster for the 2025-26 season. 2006-born goaltender Jack Hirshorn has signed with the Caps after playing last season with the North Iowa Bulls of the North American Hockey League. 2007-born forward Brendyn […]
Geoff Grimwood has been busy. In late May, Grimwood became the Victoria Grizzlies new head coach and general manager. Since then, Grimwood has signed several players for the 2025-26 roster and also traded for another goaltender. The Grizzlies’ new player signings include Canadian, American, Swedish, Finnish, and Russian players. Victoria’s […]
Despite being focused on the playoffs, the Alberni Valley Bulldogs are busy preparing for next season. Their first two player signings for 2025-26 are 2007-born forward Brendan DeFeo and 2006-born forward Joseph DeLaurentis. DeFeo comes from the Long Island Gulls hockey program in Jericho, New York, and DeLaurentis from the […]
The Victoria Grizzlies conducted two trades and one player signing to open the 2025 calendar year. On Jan. 15, the Grizzlies traded 2004-born defender Oscar Pantzare to the Penticton Vees for future considerations. Later that day, the Grizzlies signed 2004-born Major Junior defender Charles Côté to their roster. Finally, Victoria […]
The Victoria Grizzlies have been busy. Aside from several roster moves, the Grizzlies introduced a new alternate jersey. On Nov. 29, the Grizzlies debuted their new Victoria Salsa alternate jerseys to celebrate the team’s 30th anniversary. This article recaps the changes that occurred in November and early December in Victoria. […]
The Cowichan Valley Capitals have a new goaltending tandem as 2004-born Alexei Noskov and 2005-born Dylan Krick have joined them for the 2024-25 season. Noskov, who’s from Russia, comes from Taifun Primorsky Krai in the Junior Hockey League, which is the major junior league in his home country. Krick spent […]
The Victoria Grizzlies have added four new players to their 2024-25 roster, signing three players before their first regular season game and trading for another. Before their first two games in Powell River last month, the Grizzlies signed Swedish defender Oscar Pantzare and acquired goaltender Tyler Hodges from the Nanaimo […]
Like all British Columbia Hockey League clubs during the off-season, the Alberni Valley Bulldogs were busy recruiting players for the 2024-25 season. From May to July, the Bulldogs added four players. In August, the Bulldogs signed eight players. In a past article, I wrote about some of these recruits, including […]
The Cowichan Valley Capitals have been busy this off-season. The summer months have seen several new players join the team and on June 25, the Capitals also hired a new head coach and general manager. The Capitals brought in Cam Keith as their new bench boss. He was the GM […]
