For the Victoria Grizzlies, the 2024-25 season is important as it’s their 30th anniversary of joining the B.C. Hockey League as an expansion team. Starting as the Victoria Salsa, the team filled the hole left by the departing Victoria Cougars of the Western Hockey League. The Cougars moved north […]
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Examining the Surrey Eagles’ three RBC Cup runs
In their 31-season history, the Surrey Eagles made it to the national junior A championship three times. As the South Surrey Eagles, the team went to the RBC Cup in back-to-back seasons. As the Surrey Eagles, the team made the RBC Cup in 2013. No other Coastal Conference team has […]
Examining the relocation of the New Westminster Royals to Surrey
Before relocating to Surrey, the Eagles played as the New Westminster Royals from 1988-91. Before 1988, there were two previous versions of the Royals and each one was successful. During the 1989-90 season, the Royals won the Abbott Cup as Western Canada junior A champion as well as the RBC […]
BCHL Bulletin: BCHL releases exhibition schedule, Express gets Moger from Prince George, and more!
BC Hockey League sets 2022 exhibition schedule The BC Hockey League announced details for its 2022 exhibition season schedule on Tuesday. The schedule has a total of 49 games over 16 days, from Sept. 3 – 18. The schedule sees all 18 of the league’s teams play anywhere from three […]
Toews leads BCHL alumni into the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs
The first round of the National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup playoffs has wrapped up after a weekend of epic game sevens in both the Western and Eastern Conference. Before the marathon for Lord Stanley’s mug began, 25 players with BC Hockey League experience were featured on the opening rosters. 18 […]
BCHL awards history dotted with Grizzlies and Salsa players
In their 26 year history, the Victoria Grizzlies players have racked up an impressive amount of awards. Everyone from coaches to players was awarded hardware during their time with the team. Some of these awards were given to players who are now in the National Hockey League. Others were […]
A look at the career of Penticton alumnus Paul Kariya
Scott Niedermayer, whose sons Jackson and Joshua currently sport Vees colours, played an integral part in one of the franchise’s all-time greats’ own Hockey Hall of Fame ceremony. Paul Kariya accepted his HHOF plaque from fellow Hall of Famer Niedermayer, both former Anaheim Ducks captains who never actually played […]
BCHL Today: League announces fundraiser with Shaw, Rockwood goes from Sweden to Finland, and more
BCHL partners with Shaw to raise funds for charity The BCHL and @ShawInfo have teamed up with charities in all 17 of our local BC communities in an effort to make things a little brighter. Find out more about how you can help out a great cause in your […]
Clippers Confidential with Shaun Peet: From Nanaimo to NASCAR (Part 1)
(This article was originally published on Jan. 24, 2021) From shooting pucks to changing tires, life has been quite the journey for Shaun Peet. The 45-year-old from Nanaimo started out like every Canadian boy, with aspirations of making it to the National Hockey League, but sometimes the road less […]
BCHL Today: Two more leave Chilliwack for USHL, Silverbacks bring in local player, Bucks, Wild and Spruce Kings add recruits for 2021-22, and more
Chiefs lose more players to USHL #BCHL’s #Chilliwack Chiefs hit hard by USHL defections https://t.co/MQ9CotYmkX — Chilliwack Progress (@TheProgress) January 5, 2021 An article by Eric Welsh of The Chilliwack Progress on Tuesday unveiled that 2000-born forward Tommy Lyons and 2002-born forward Frankie Carogioiello are set to bolt from […]