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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 […]
In 26 seasons, the Victoria Grizzlies have seen over a dozen starting goalies play for them. The latest to take the starting job is Carter Woodside. Woodside emerged as Victoria’s number one goalie during the Port Alberni Pod last season. He helped backstop the team to the pod championship. […]
The Surrey Eagles are approaching 30 years in the BC Hockey League, as the team arrived in South Surrey in 1991. In that time, the Eagles have accomplished many things. They’ve won several league championships and also changed their name twice. The Eagles also produced several players who’ve played […]
Vernon had something to prove heading into the 1995-96 BC Hockey League season. Duncan Wray, who owned the Lakers franchise since 1992, rebranded the team as the Vipers. The Vipers finished the regular season as the second-best team in the BCHL. The team finished in first place in the Interior […]
In April, I wrote an article looking at BCHL games played at alternate venues. In response to that article, several Twitter users pointed out games I missed in the original article. With this article, I’ve decided to follow up and examine several more games which I missed. Thanks to BCHLNetwork managing […]
Vernon has had plenty of big moments in the close to 60 years the franchise has been in operation. In this article, I look at some of these moments, from national titles to personal achievements, from the start of the franchise to today. This is also subjective as I […]
(This article was originally published on Nov. 27, 2020.) After examining the best Express goalies and defensemen of all time, it’s time to take a look at the best forwards in Express history. Let’s start at the beginning with a look at the first decade of the franchise’s existence. […]
(This article was originally published on Nov.16, 2020.) Rob Short is a Vernon Vipers legend who played with the team from 2006-10. He also played in seven games as an affiliate player during the 2005-06 BC Hockey League season. During his career, he won two national junior A titles […]
(This article was originally published on Oct. 30, 2020.) Merriam-Webster defines success as “degree or measure of succeeding”, “favourable or desired outcome”, also the “attainment of wealth.” In the world of hockey, team success is determined often by what trophy, if any, the team hoists at the end of […]
The Vernon Vipers last trip to the Royal Bank Cup was in 2014 when they hosted the tournament. In this article, I look back at the tournament for the Vipers and for the four other teams that spent eight days in the Okanagan Valley playing for a national championship. […]
