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Cyclone Taylor Cup Notebook — Tickets going fast

The Cyclone Taylor organizing committee has one message to hockey fans wanting to attend any of the upcoming B.C. Junior B Hockey Championships — get your tickets soon. “Ticket Sales have been amazing,” said Russell Stocks, president of the Nelson Leafs and head of the Cyclone Taylor organizing committee. “We have almost doubled our forecasted […]

Students Celebrate First Day of Spring at -16o Celsius

A group of Selkirk College Recreation, Fish and Wildlife Program students welcomed spring by spending a pair of frigid nights in the West Kootenay backcountry. As part of an annual field trip for the program, 10 students and two instructors spent March 20 and 21 in the Selkirk Wilderness Ski tenure near Meadow Creek in […]

Dance partners set for Cyclone Taylor Cup

All the dance partners have now been confirmed for the 2014 Cyclone Taylor Cup starting Thursday in the Hertiage City at the NDCC Arena. Beaver Valley was the last team to book its ticket to the BC Hockey Junior B Final Four after the Nitehawks disposed of the Kamloops Storm in six games in the […]

Hawks roll past Storm to clinch second KIJHL title in three seasons

When push came to shove, it’s obvious the Beaver Valley Nitehawks were the stronger team. Beaver Valley flexed its offensives muscles, out scoring Kamloops 14-3 in the final two games to clinch the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League title with a 6-0 shutout victory Friday in Fruitvale. The Hawks, winners the best-of-seven series 4-2, capture […]

Holland scores twice to lift Hawks past Storm to square KIJHL Final

After dropping the opener in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League Final, the Beaver Valley Nitehawks had the Kamloops Storm right where they wanted. Dan Holland scored twice, including once in a three-goal second period, to spark the Hawks to a 6-2 thrashing of the Storm Saturday night in Spoolmak Country. Beaver Valley squares the […]

Edwards commits to Selkirk College on eve of KIJHL Final

Ryan Edwards is ready to stake out the future after signing a letter of commitment to play for the Selkirk College Saints next season. However, the 6-foot-2, 190-pound center has a little unfinished business on his hands before graduating to the Intercollegiate Hockey League ranks. Edwards and his Beaver Valley Nitehawk...

Roller Derby season kicks off Saturday at Selkirk in Castlegar

The new 2014 West Kootenay Roller Derby season kicks off Saturday with doubleheader action at the at Selkirk College gymnasium in Castlegar. The Nelson Killjoys are out to prove last season's title was no fluke as the Heritage City squad takes on rival Rossland Trail Roller Girls (RTRG) at 7 p.m. in the feature match. Kicking...

Hawks oust Thunder Cats to advance to KIJHL Final against Storm

Rebounding from an opening game loss, the Beaver Valley Nitehawks won four straight to capture the Kootenay Conference Championship Monday in Creston with a 6-2 win over the Thunder Cats. The Hawks win the best-of-seven Conference Series 4-1 and now advance to the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League Championship...

Fruitvale's Ella Matteucci, Clarkson capture NCAA Women's Hockey championship

Ellla Matteucci has put Fruitvale on the NCAA women’s hockey map. The former Kootenay Wildcat rearguard helped Clarkson end Minnesota’s two-year run as NCAA women’s hockey champions as the Golden Knights posted the 5-4 upset in the final of the Frozen Four Sunday in Connecticut. Shannon MacAulay, from Mount Herbert, P.E.I., scored on a breakaway […]

Saints capture second straight BCIHL Championship with sweep of TWU

There were no extra-time heroics needed this season for the Selkirk Saints in the 2014 B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League Finals. For the second straight game the Saints scored early and often en route to a 5-1 victory over Trinity Western Spartans to sweep the best-of-three series 2-0 Saturday night at the Castlegar Rec Complex and […]