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The BC Hockey League trade deadline arrives on Thursday at 3 pm PST. That’s the deadline for teams in the BC Hockey League and the other nine junior A leagues across Canada to be able to make trades and releases from their rosters. When BCHL teams trade a BC-born player […]
With the Hockey Canada roster deadline and BCHL trade deadline arriving on Tuesday, I’ve calculated each BCHL team’s number of roster players, number of 20-year-olds (or 2002-born), and number of imports. These numbers may change before the deadline, but this is where they stand as of this writing. Teams are […]
The BC Hockey League and all of its teams are now on the final stretch towards the Fred Page Cup playoffs. Last month, the Chilliwack Chiefs made some moves to acquire veteran players to go on a run not seen since 2017. The Chiefs are known for bringing in players […]
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 […]
More than a full calendar year after the 2019-20 season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the BC Hockey League is set to drop the puck on the 2020-21 season in five pods around the province. The season includes 16 teams participating, as the Wenatchee Wild and Langley […]
The 2020-21 BC Hockey League trade deadline — the first for the Cranbrook Bucks — came and went on February 25. The Bucks’ first trade deadline remained consistent with their first season as a franchise, as likely the most unusual they will ever experience. We all know about the situation […]
In a late addition to BC Hockey League transactions from Thursday’s trade deadline, the Chilliwack Chiefs have acquired 2001-born Jonathan Krahn from the Melville Millionaires of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League in exchange for future considerations. Krahn is a hometown player for the Chiefs who had four goals and […]
The Surrey Eagles have acquired 2002-born defenseman Ian Kern from the Powell River Kings for future considerations. Kern was a rookie in the BCHL in 2019-20 and posted a goal and five points in 54 games for the Kings. He added an assist in five playoff games. The Vancouverite […]
The West Kelowna Warriors have acquired 2002-born forward Isaac Suppin from the Canmore Eagles of the Alberta Junior Hockey League for future considerations. Suppin had an assist in two games with the Eagles this season as a rookie. He played 37 Canadian Sport School Hockey League games for Pursuit […]
The Penticton Vees have acquired 2001-born goaltender Kaleb McEachern from the Melville Millionaires of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League for future considerations. McEachern actually hails from Penticton so the trade is a homecoming for him. He had an 0-2 record with a 4.53 goals-against-average and a .888 save percentage in […]
