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Canada, Kinrade on to Spengler Cup semi finals

Team Canada started its assault on defending Spengler Cup by stopping the Rochester Americans 6-3 Sunday in Davos, Switzerland. Team Canada, with Nelson’s Geoff Kinrade anchoring the defence, built up a 3-0 first period lead before holding off the American Hockey League reps in quarterfinal action. Byron Ritchie and Jacob Micflikier each scored twice while […]

UPDATED: Team Canada begins long road to Spengler Cup defence

Team Canada will need to take the longer road to defend its Spengler Cup after the champs dropped a 3-2 decision to the host team Saturday in Davos, Switzerland. Team Canada, a squad consisting of players from European teams including Nelson’s Geoff Kinrade, will need three wins in as many days if it hopes to […]

Leaf outlast Rebels 9-6 to sweep home-and-home Murdoch Division series

Troy Petrick scored three times to spark the Nelson Leafs to a 9-6 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League shootout victory over the Castlegar Rebels Friday night at the NDCC Arena. The win allowed Nelson to sweep the home-and-home series. Nelson has not lost to Castlegar this season. For Petrick, the game marked the first multi-goal […]

Leafs dump Castlegar Rebels 6-2 in Sunflower City

Travis Wellman continues to hold the hot hand for the Nelson Leafs. The Calgary native increased his consecutive point streak to 10 games sparking the Nelson Leafs to a 6-2 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League victory over the hometown Castlegar Rebels Thursday night in the Sunflower City. Wellman, finishing the game with four points, scored […]

Wildcats fail to take advantage of home cooking during BC Female AAA Hockey tourney weekend

The Kootenay Wildcats had the rest of the B.C. Female Midget AAA Hockey League right where they wanted them — back in the Kootenays. However, the Cats failed to take advantage of home cooking, scoring a single win in four attempts during a B.C. Female Midget AAA Hockey League playday weekend in Nelson and Castlegar. […]

Bruins struggle to conquer the Dynamiters on ice

The Grand Forks Border Bruins played head to head two days in a row against the Kimberley Dynamiters with the second game held at the Grand Forks Arena, Saturday night. The game was just like the movie … 2 Fast 2 Furious. Regardless of the great attempt to take the lead for a win, the […]

Buchy rink sweeps to Kootenay Men's Zone Curling Crown

Kimberley’s Tom Buchy won the Kootenay Men’s Curling Zone title in record time. Buchy, third Fred Thomson of Nelson, second Dave Toffolo and lead Darren Will, won three straight, the clincher a 7-2 win over Ken McHargue of the host club, to capture the Zone title Saturday at the Sparwood Curling Club. The Buchy rink […]

PHOTO: Castlegar gets taste of gold thanks to Bantam Rebels

The Castlegar Bantam Rebels went a Cranbrook tournament and came back home with the gold medal.  There were 8 teams in the tournament, mostly coming from Alberta.  The Castlegar boys went undefeated in all 5 games they played, winning the final game 5-2 against Cochrane.  The boys have now won two tournaments and came in […]

Regional swimmers of 'TRAX' program at CHRISTMAS CRACKER meet

Trail Regional Academy of EXcellence (TRAX) aquatic program is currently at the Eleventh Annual Pacific Coast Swimming CHRISTMAS CRACKER Invitational Short Course Swim Meet from Thursday to Sunday in Victoria. The TWSC competitive swimmers are registered with Swim Canada and have obtained official qualifying time standards to attend this prestigious event held at the Commonwealth […]

Rossland ready to host Norams next weekend

The Black Jack Ski Club is delighted to be hosting a Haywood NorAm/Buff Sprints Race next weekend.   It is estimated that the event will bring in about 120 athletes, with a total of 400 people in town including coaches and families.  This is the top level of Cross Country skiing in North America and attracts skiers from the...

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