The Castlegar Rebels exploded for four first-period goals en route to a 7-1 trashing of the Golden Rockets in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League playoff action Saturday night in the Sunflower City. The Rebels now lead the best-of-seven Kootenay Conference Final 2-0. Castlegar won the opener in the series 4-0 Friday. Games three and four […]

Cinderella, please step aside. There’s a new rags to riches story and it’s staring the Selkirk Saints. Speedster Cody Fidgett scored minutes into the overtime to power the Selkirk Saints to the 2013 BC Intercollegiate Hockey League title with a 3-2 victory over Simon Fraser University Clan Saturday night at the NDCC Arena in Nelson. […]

Many experts have said the Murdoch Division is the toughest in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League to win. The Golden Rockets realized the toughness first hand after the Castlegar Rebels didn’t skip a beat despite ending a seven-game slugfest against Beaver Valley Wednesday and bounced the Eddie Mountain Champs 4-0 in Game one of […]

Kootenay champion Myron Nichol is off to a sluggish start at the Williams Moving & Storage B.C. Mixed Curling Championships in Vancouver. Nichol, third Heather Nichol, both of Castlegar and Nelson’s Jamie (third) and Marlo (lead) Tedesco lost 8-4 to Keith Switzer and 9-4 to Fizz McKie during the first two draws Thursday. Switzer scored […]

Playoff hockey is returning to the NDCC Arena. Only the home team will not be wearing Green and White. The Selkirk Saints will be the new home team as the squad opens the BCIHL best-of-three championship Friday in the NDCC Arena against Simon Fraser University. The venue move was necessary after Castlegar Rebels defeated the […]

This time is was Castlegar’s turn to win a Game seven playoff series against the Beaver Valley Nitehawks. Still stinging from a crushing Game seven loss to the Hawks a year ago, the Rebels got to taste from the victory cup when Diego Bartlett put the puck past Beaver Valley netminder Jarrod Schamerhorn 15 minutes […]

Mota Automotive Ltd completed a Cinderella season by topping Adrenaline Adventures 82-76 to captured the Trail Men’s Basketball League title recently in the Silver City. Steve Mota led the charge for the third-place regular season finishers with a game-high 26 points. Minko Mulic and Dylan Fitzpatrick each scored 18 points for Mota Automotive Ltd. Keelan […]

The Trail Smoke Eaters announced today that head coach and general manager Bill Birks has accepted a contract extension. Birks joined the Smoke Eaters as an assistant coach for the 2010-11 season and was named head coach and general manager in May of 2011. This past season, Birks led the Smoke Eaters to a 26-28-0-2 […]

The Trail Smoke Eaters didn’t advance into the B.C. Hockey League playoffs, but that didn’t stop forward Brent Baltus from being named the 2012-13 Interior Conference Most Valuable Player. Baltus, 20, led the Smoke Eaters in scoring this season with 24 goals and 52 points, including two shorthanded markers and three game-winning goals. In 116 […]

For the second time in as many seasons the Beaver Valley Nitehawks and Castlegar Rebels will need a Game seven to determine the Murdoch Division Champion. The Hawks, paced by Kootenay International Junior Hockey League scoring leader Ryan Edwards, forced a deciding game by stopping the Rebels 5-0 in Fruitvale. Edwards scored twice to lead […]