Last season, the junior hockey pipeline expanded, allowing players from Canadian Hockey League franchises to play at NCAA schools in the United States. The effects on the BCHL were immediate. Players on BCHL teams left to play for Major Junior teams. One BCHL team – the Penticton Vees – joined […]
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Vernon Vipers: Graduating players and eligible returnees
The Vernon Vipers finished sixth in the BC Hockey League’s Interior Conference this season with a 27-21-2-4 record and faced the West Kelowna Warriors in the first round of the Fred Page Cup playoffs. Vernon upset the Warriors in six games. The Vipers then faced the Salmon Arm Silverbacks in […]
Even more Major Junior players in the BCHL
Previously, I wrote about former Major Junior players who joined BC Hockey League rosters and the 2022-23 season has seen several more. Olivier Picard came from the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, Aidan Campbell came from the Ontario Hockey League, and Aiden Reeves came from the Western Hockey League. Those […]


