Trades in hockey are not all cut and dry. It can lead a player on a journey from team to team until he finds a home. One former Viper had quite the journey to end up in Vernon, involving three trades and three different players. Here is the story […]
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BCHL Today: Bulldogs acquire Beattie from Cobourg, Grizzlies ship Kitchen to Nanaimo, Express forward Ong commits to LIU, and more
Bulldogs acquire Darren Beattie from Cobourg The Bulldogs have acquired defenceman Darren Beattie (02) in exchange for forward Isaac Pascoal. #BCHL #bulldogshockey pic.twitter.com/QUe06FY6Fl — AVBulldogs (@AVBulldogs) June 8, 2020 The Alberni Valley Bulldogs swung a trade on Monday to acquire 2002-born defenseman Darren Beattie from the Ontario Junior Hockey League’s […]
Graduating Vipers say goodbye
With the cancellation of the remainder of the BCHL playoffs due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Vernon Vipers have no fewer than nine players not returning to the team for the 2020-21 season. Connor Marritt Marritt spent three seasons with the Vipers. He played in one game for the […]
BCHL Today: 21 BCHL players chosen in USHL Draft, four BCHL players commit to college, Warriors raise funds for food bank, and more
21 BCHL players selected in Phase 2 of USHL Draft The United States Hockey League held Phase 2 of its draft on Tuesday and after 24 rounds, 21 players who played in the BCHL in 2019-20 were selected. The players selected were: Surrey Eagles forward Christophe Tellier (1st round, 5th […]
Wenatchee Wild season ends with 8-3 game five loss to Vernon
First period It was do or die for the Wenatchee Wild Friday night at the Town Toyota Center with 1,979 in attendance. Down 3-1 in their first round series with the Vernon Vipers, the Wild looked to stay alive. Just 23 seconds in, Vernon’s Logan Cash got an unassisted breakaway […]
Wenatchee Wild tie series with Vernon at 1-1
First Period Sunday night’s game two was a big one at Wenatchee’s Town Toyota Center with 1,499 in attendance. In game one Saturday night, the Vernon Vipers shut out the Wild 3-0. Fast forward to Sunday night and it started with a scoreless first period. The period closed with Wenatchee […]
Wenatchee Wild shutout in game one
Teeing up the series Coming into Saturday night’s game one match-up at Wenatchee’s Town Toyota Center, the Wild and Vernon Vipers met six times over the course of the 2019-20 season. The Wild went 2-3-1 overall and 2-0-1 at home against the Vipers. On the power play, Wenatchee ranked fourth […]
BCHL Today: Smokies star Johnson hits century mark, Express goalie Stevenson plays final BCHL game, Alberni and Wenatchee players hit with suspensions, and more
Trail star Johnson cracks century mark HE'S DONE IT!! TWO ASSISTS IN THE SECOND PERIOD SEES KENT JOHNSON JOINS THE ILLUSTRIOUS BCHL 100 POINT CLUB! pic.twitter.com/ijpq6spIv9 — Trail Smoke Eaters (@BCHLSmokeEaters) February 18, 2020 Trail forward Kent Johnson notched two second period assists during Sunday’s game against West Kelowna and […]
BCHL Today: Spruce Kings lose Lee for the season, Eagles captain Schandor commits to UConn, Kowalski named POW and more
Spruce Kings forward Lee to have season ending surgery NEWS | Spruce Kings forward Chong Min Lee will be having season ending shoulder surgery. 🔗| https://t.co/SR2JliRfna#BCHL pic.twitter.com/lHZLeYGULf — Spruce Kings (@SpruceKings) December 8, 2019 The junior hockey career of Prince George Spruce Kings forward Chong Min Lee is over. The […]
BCHL Today: Cents trade leading scorer, Friday’s Three Stars, Trade Tracker launches
Merritt moves top scorer to Nanaimo #TRADE: The Cents have acquired F Evan Benwell (00) and future considerations from @ClippersHockey in exchange for F Josh Kagan (00) (@joshkagan3). Read more: https://t.co/90iwR6koeL #BCHL Photo: @garrettjames22 pic.twitter.com/3UDOinjXD4 — Merritt Centennials (@BCHLCentennials) December 6, 2019 The Merritt Centennials continued to tinker with their […]
