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The Victoria Grizzlies have signed a new goaltender for the 2025-26 season. 2006-born Paolo Frasca comes from St. Andrew’s College of the Conference of Independent Schools of Ontario Athletic Association. Frasca is not the first St. Andrew’s alumni to play for the Grizzlies as goaltender Matthew Galajda and forward Alex […]
During the 2023-24 season, the Victoria Grizzlies saw 15 players earn college commitments. In total, 14 players are heading to NCAA schools in September 2024. One player is heading to a U SPORTS school in September as well. These commitments are for schools across North America. Two players will attend […]
In January, the Victoria Grizzlies signed a new goaltender, bringing in 2004-born Jack Fialkoff. He joins the Grizzlies after playing for the North American Hockey League’s Philadelphia Rebels. Fialkoff is the latest goaltender to sign with a British Columbia Hockey League team mid-season. Others include Ethan Morrow putting pen to […]
The calendar hasn’t even turned to 2024 and Coquitlam Express forward Drew Garzone has already racked up more points than he did as a rookie in 2022-23. The 2004-born forward from Dover, Massachusetts scored eight goals and recorded 20 points in 42 games last season. Already in the 2023-24 campaign, […]
Nanaimo Clippers defender Brett Merner loves suiting up for his hometown team. The 2004-born athlete is in his third season with the British Columbia Hockey League club. Moving up to the junior ranks as a 17-year-old in 2021, the Nanaimo, B.C. product had options to go elsewhere but opted to […]
Since the COVID-19 pandemic ended, the British Columbia Hockey League has developed a unique tie with one North American Hockey League team. This relationship has resulted in several BCHL teams recruiting players from the Maine Nordiques and the Nords U18 AAA squad. Likewise, the NAHL’s Nords have added several players […]
The Prince George Spruce Kings finished fifth in the BC Hockey League’s Interior Conference this season with a 27-20-6-1 record and faced the Salmon arm Silverbacks in the first round of the Fred Page Cup playoffs. The Spruce Kings fell to the Backs in four straight games. The Spruce Kings […]
A chat with Prince George Spruce Kings head coach Alex Evin about several topics, including: The fallout from the Spruce Kings’ first-round loss to Salmon Arm Recruiting players to Prince George His five-season BCHL career with Powell River, Williams Lake, and Penticton And more!
Schneider leaves Waterloo to join the Spruce Kings 2002-born forward Jake Schneider has signed with the Prince George Spruce Kings for the 2022-23 season. He spent 2021-22 with the Waterloo Black Hawks of the US Hockey League. Schneider, a Colgate University commit from Plymouth, MN, posted six goals and 13 […]
The Salmon Arm Silverbacks had a fantastic regular season, finishing second in the Interior Conference. The Backs had a disappointing playoff though as Salmon Arm defeated the Wenatchee Wild in seven games and was eliminated by the West Kelowna Warriors in five games. Salmon Arm has five players committed to […]
