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The BCHL’s evolving pipeline, and the advantage it’s creating

Last season, the junior hockey pipeline expanded, allowing players from Canadian Hockey League franchises to play at NCAA schools in the United States. The effects on the BCHL were immediate. Players on BCHL teams left to play for Major Junior teams. One BCHL team – the Penticton Vees – joined […]

Grizzlies den member profile: Paolo Frasca

BCHL NCAA OJHL U SPORTS by Clifford Hofferd

The Victoria Grizzlies have signed a new goaltender for the 2025-26 season. 2006-born Paolo Frasca comes from St. Andrew’s College of the Conference of Independent Schools of Ontario Athletic Association. Frasca is not the first St. Andrew’s alumni to play for the Grizzlies as goaltender Matthew Galajda and forward Alex […]

New goalies guarding the den: A look at Ansel Holt and Oliver Auyeung-Ashton

BCEHL Coastal Conference COVID-19 NAHL NCAA OHL OJHL U SPORTS by Clifford Hofferd

With a new season comes a new goalie tandem for the Victoria Grizzlies. Kyle Kelsey has joined the WHL’s Red Deer Rebels and Cole Schwebius aged out of junior hockey and is now playing at the University of British Columbia for the Thunderbirds men’s team. New head coach and general […]