The BCHL continues to carve out its own identity in the Canadian junior hockey landscape, and its latest announcement for the 2025-26 season underscores that direction. On Thursday, the league unveiled its 54-game regular season schedule, a new divisional alignment, and a playoff format designed to stoke rivalries and reduce […]
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BCHL Fred Page Cup Final preview
Here we are on the final leg of the 2022-23 B.C. Hockey League season. This has been a crazy year for the BCHL from a fantastic regular season that saw Penticton only lose four games, to the success of the outdoor BCHL Prospects and All-Star games, and another wildly popular […]
BCHL Conference finals preview
The B.C. Hockey League playoffs are halfway through, with the second round coming to a conclusion earlier this week. In the second round, there was some outstanding hockey played. As expected, the Penticton Vees continued their dominating ways and swept the Wenatchee Wild to bring their win streak to eight. […]
BCHL Conference semi-finals preview
The BC Hockey League playoffs are off and running with the first round coming to a conclusion. In the first round, we saw some miraculous series’ so far. As expected, the Penticton Vees continued their dominating ways and swept the Trail Smoke Eaters. The Vernon Vipers went into West Kelowna […]
BCHL conference final preview
The BC Hockey League playoffs have been outstanding so far. From last-second goals and triple-overtime games to complete blowouts and goaltender battles. With only four teams left, we are getting closing to crowing a Fred Page Cup champion for the first time since 2019. Let’s look to see how the […]
BCHL conference semifinals preview
The BC Hockey League playoffs are underway and the Interior and Coastal Conference semifinals are set. Each of the top four seeds in each conference moved past the first round. A few of the series followed a few patterns this post-season. For Salmon Arm and Wenatchee, the home team won […]
A look at the BCHL playoff bracket
As the BC Hockey League season comes to the final games of the season, many teams have clinched a spot in the Fred Page Cup playoffs already. Let’s have a look at the potential matchups we could see in the first round of the playoffs. This bracket is as the […]
Chiefs looking to go all the way
The BC Hockey League and all of its teams are now on the final stretch towards the Fred Page Cup playoffs. Last month, the Chilliwack Chiefs made some moves to acquire veteran players to go on a run not seen since 2017. The Chiefs are known for bringing in players […]
Projecting the complete 2021 BCHL playoffs based on the pod season
The 2021-22 BC Hockey League season is quickly approaching, and things seem to be heading back to normal. It appears as though all 18 teams will compete in a full 54-game schedule, after a very unusual season last year. The 2020-21 season went into the books as one of […]
What will the Bucks inaugural BCHL season look like?
Whenever the puck drops on the 2020-21 BC Hockey League season, it will feature a new look for the league. For starters, the Cranbrook Bucks were introduced as an expansion franchise, bringing the league to a total of 18 teams. With that came a necessary realignment of it’s teams […]