The Castlegar Rebels sent a message right back to the Nelson Leafs, and it was the big guns leading the way. Leading scorer Stuart Walton scored twice and Anthony Delong added a single to lead the Rebels to a 4-1 decision over the Nelson Leafs in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League action Saturday night in […]

By Bruce Fuhr The Nelson Daily Sports The Nelson Leafs continue to have success against the defending Kootenay Conference champion Castlegar Rebels. First star Max Mois and Brett Norman each had three points to lead the Leafs to a 6-2 victory over the Rebels Friday in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League action at the NDCC […]

By Bruce Fuhr, The Nelson Daily It’s taken more than five months but former L.V. Roger Bomber Sean Denison has found a home. The Bomber grad recently inked a trial contract with Spartak Primorje of the BEKO Professional Basketball League in Russia. “I’m excited to be playing again,” Denison told The Nelson Daily from Russia. […]

By Bruce Fuhr The Nelson Daily Sports There should be no question in the minds of the Castlegar Rebels and Nelson Leafs who their respective first round opponents will be when the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League playoffs begin. The Rebels thought to have a chance at stealing away the Murdoch Division title from the […]

Rossland native and cross-country skier Geoffrey Richards will join seven other junior athletes and eight under-23 athletes to represent Canada at the 2012 Junior and Under-23 World Championships in Erzurum, Turkey, on Feb. 19 to 26. Cross Country Canada—the nation's governing body of competitive cross-country skiing—named ...

The Kootenay Ice continues to play the role of spoiler in the B.C. Major Midget Hockey League. Mitch Foyle of Fruitvale scored twice, including the winner in the third period, as the last-place Ice edge second-place Cariboo Cougars 4-3 Saturday in action at the Kinsman Arena in Prince George. The win was the second in […]

By Bruce Fuhr, The Nelson Daily The Nelson Daily has learned that Nelson Leafs thought-to-be-traded for forward Josh Gray is heading to Texas to play for the Junior Brahmas Junior A squad. A story on the team website said, “The Brahmas were able to add to their roster, filling the holes of the departing players […]

With abundant snow, more on the way and temperatures holding steady, the seven dog sled teams competing in the 2012 Rail Trail 200 Dog Sled Race headed out on the trails with an optimistic air, Friday, Jan. 20. The race, which is now in it's third year, had seven sled teams from across Western Canada -- one more than last...

The West Kootenay will be solidly represented at the upcoming B.C. Winter Games in Vernon in the sport of girl’s hockey. No less than seven players caught the eye of evaluators and were selected to Team Kootenay to play in the U16 girl’s hockey tournament following the weekend camp in Invermere. Nelson headlines the contingent […]

CANMORE, Alta.—The next generation of Olympian cross-country ski athletes will look to gain valuable international experience while representing Canada at the 2012 Junior and Under-23 World Championships in Erzurum, Turkey, February 19-26. Cross Country Canada named 16 athletes that will wear Canadian colours at the international...