West Kootenay Cats rained on by Tri-Cities at Surrey Girl's Hockey Tournament
High powered Tri-Cities knocked the West Kootenay Wildcats out of the Surrey Girl’s Minor Hockey Tournament, dumping the local squad 5-0 in semi final action. The loss was the third of the season for the Cats against a Tri-Cities team that consists of players from three Lower Mainland teams. “Tri Cities and only let in […]
Giants sweep Kootenay to claim fifth straight BCMMHL title
The Vancouver Northwest Giants continued its dominance over the B.C. Major Midget Hockey League as the G-Men swept the Kootenay Ice this past weekend in Trail. The Giants won the two games at the Cominco Arena to capture first-place overall for the fifth straight season. Vancouver scored four times in the third period to double […]
Rebels, Leafs look to gain upper hand during home-and-home series
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League playoffs don’t start for another few weeks but this weekend the Nelson Leafs and Castlegar Rebels will definitely try to build some momentum when the two clubs meet in a home-and-home series beginning Friday in the Sunflower City. The teams, scheduled to meet in the first round of the […]
Reel Adventures Charters Fishing Report
Kerry Reed of Reel Adventures Charters has been a busy guide, taking a host of anglers on Kootenay Lake charters. Reed has also found time to hand out a few tips in his monthly report. Kootenay Lake Winter fishing is here. What does that mean? Well, it means big fish. Now that the water temperature […]
No engineers required: Scalding hot showers in the arena get an inexpensive fix
Ever since renovations to the arena's washrooms were completed in late 2010, users have complained bitterly about fickle showers that would be frigidly cold one moment and scalding hot the next, keeping athletes on their toes as they tried to clean up after skating, hockey, or roller derby.The Telegraph met with public works...
Local high school hoop officials hope to take bite out of cancer with Pink Whistle campaign
Basketball officials throughout the province are at is again, joining forces to raise money and awareness in the third annual Call a FOUL on Cancer — Pink Whistle campaign. The annual campaign, which runs through the month of February — strives to raise funds for the Canadian Cancer Society — B.C. and Yukon Division. “There’s […]
Ice take it on the chin against Vancouver Northeast Chiefs, swept out during BCMMHL action
On a good day the Kootenay Ice can compete with any other team in the B.C. Hockey Major Midget League. However, when the Ice do not bring their A-game to the rink bad things happen — like the 10-0 shellacking Kootenay received at the hands of the Vancouver Northeast Chiefs Sunday in Coquitlam. The Chiefs […]
Hawks clinch Murdoch, now enter post season as early divisional favourite to capture playoff title
By Bruce Fuhr, The Nelson Daily The first round of the Murdoch playoffs have been set. And now Terry Jones and the Hawk players can sit back and watch the Nelson Leafs and Castlegar Rebels pound the daylights out of each other during the first round of the playoffs while Beaver Valley toys with the […]
Medeiros, Lucchini power Kootenay Ice past South Island Thunderbirds in BCMMHL action at the NDCC Arena
The Kootenay Ice bounced back from a previous night collapse to double the South Island Thunderbirds 4-2 in B.C. Hockey Major Midget League action Sunday at the NDCC Arena. Justin Post of Nelson, Castlegar’s Darren Medeiros and Jake Lucchini of Trail scored in the third period to lift the Ice to its first win of the season ...
Kootenay sniper Shea Weighill earns provincial accolades
Shea Weighill continues to be one of the bright lights on the Kootenay Wildcats Female Hockey team. Earlier this week the Nakusp star was recognized by B.C. Hockey as the Female Midget AAA League’s player of the month for December. Weighill, 17, has been a big part of the Cats success this season scoring three […]
