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The Victoria Grizzlies finished sixth in the BC Hockey League’s Coastal Conference this season with a 26-20-5-3 record and faced the Alberni Valley Bulldogs in the first round of the Fred Page Cup playoffs. The Grizzlies fell to the Bulldogs in four straight games. The Grizzlies have eight players committed […]
At the end of the 2021-22 season, eight Victoria Grizzlies players departed the team. Of those eight players, six have NCAA college commitments. Grizzlies team captain Ellis Rickwood committed to Clarkson University while forward Andrew Amousse is off to American International College and forward Kalen Szeto heads to Yale University. […]
Halfway through the 2021-22 regular season, the Victoria Grizzlies made several changes to their team. New players have joined the den while others have departed. These moves mirror several past moves and also ensure several players remain with the Grizzlies. For this article, I will recap the transactions made by […]
The Cranbrook Bucks have made a couple of trades in recent weeks, as their roster starts to take shape ahead of the season’s second half. Both trades involved members of Cranbrook’s inaugural season, and the deals have been with Coastal Conference clubs. First, just ahead of their final game before […]
As is customary each year, the BC Hockey League’s 18 teams aren’t allowed to make trades with any of the 117 teams in the Canadian Junior Hockey League between Dec. 10 and New Year’s Day. It’s simply because the national association of junior A leagues has an annual trade freeze […]
Bucks and Grizzlies connect on a big trade Cranbrook and Victoria hooked up on a big trade on Saturday that sees the Bucks get 2003-born defenseman Declan Ride from the Grizzlies for 2002-born forward Noah Leibl and future considerations. Leibl, who hails from Del Mar, CA, has a goal and […]
In a recent preseason preview, I noted that the 2021-22 exhibition season would once again be filled with firsts for the Cranbrook Bucks. Things like playing in front of fans and facing the Wenatchee Wild are both happening for the first time during this year’s preseason. After the opening […]
The Cranbrook Bucks are set for their second exhibition season in the BC Hockey League. This one will look a lot different than the first. Really, the only similarity is a schedule loaded with games against their closest rival in the Trail Smoke Eaters. The Bucks open their […]
It was recently announced that Cranbrook Bucks graduating forward Reece Henry committed to Minot State University of the American Collegiate Hockey Association. Henry played in all 20 games with the Bucks last season, collecting one goal and three assists. Although he contributed a bit offensively, Henry’s true value to […]
With the 2020-21 regular season now behind us, it’s awards season for the BC Hockey League. The BCHL and its teams, as well as us here at the BCHLNetwork, have all released award winners in May. The league itself recognized some of the top performers from the 2020-21 regular […]
