Leafs, Hawks all square, Rebels continue to overwhelm Braves
Ryan Edwards scored twice as the Beaver Valley Nitehawks squared its Murdoch Division Semi Final with a 5-3 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League playoff victory over the Nelson Leafs Saturday night in Fruitvale. Nelson took the opener of the best-of-seven series 6-1 Friday. The series now shifts to the NDCC Arena in Nelson Monday and […]
Captain Schell leads by example as Leafs shock Hawks to grab early lead in Murdoch playoffs, Rebels dust off Braves 6-0
The Nelson Leafs ushered in the playoffs in a big way, by snapping a late season slide with a 6-1 trashing of the Beaver Valley Nitehawks in Game one of the Murdoch Division semi finals Friday in Fruitvale. The Leafs lead the best-of-seven series 1-0 with game two back in the Hawks Nest Saturday at […]
Saints already building for next season
Icing a winner has caught the eye of another recruit as the Selkirk Saints announced defenceman Ryan Procyshyn will join the B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League team next season. Procyshyn, from Surrey, is completing his final season of junior eligibility with the Delta Ice Hawks of the Pacific Junior Hockey League. The 20-year old finished third […]
Saints clinch BCIHL title go from cellar to penthouse in one season
The Selkirk College Saints clinched its first B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League regular season title by splitting a pair of weekend games with Eastern Washington University. The title completes a worst-to-first season for the Saints, who finished dead last in 2012. The Saints opened the weekend by edging out the Eagles 3-2...
Lepine rink edges Team Shypitka to capture Senior Men's Curling Crown
So close, but yet so far away for the Cranbrook’s Tom Shypitka rink. Craig Lepine of Langley scored three in the ninth to break open a close game and defeat Shypitka 5-2 in the final of the im Horton’s BC Senior Men’s Curling Championship Saturday at the Trail Curling Club. The win avenged a loss […]
Rebels roll to 5-0 win over hapless Leafs
There’s a reason why the Castlegar Rebels are Kootenay International Junior Hockey League regular season champs. The Rebels have not one but two great goalies, the defence is solid anchored by captain Erik Alden and the forwards skate miles and hit anything that moves in the opposing jersey. All three facets were on display as […]
Shypitka rink advances to Seniors final after winning all-Kootenay semi
Cranbrook’s Team Shypitka, which includes Nelson curling guru Fred Thomson, will play for the Tim Horton’s BC Senior Men’s crown Saturday at 2 p.m. Shypitka, third Thomson, second Don Freschi of Trail and Bill King of Fruitvale, doubled Kootenay rival Myron Nichol 8-4 in nine ends Friday during the semi final at the Trail Curling […]
Kootenay rinks bounce back into the win column at Senior Men's in Trail
Cranbrook’s Tom Shypitka stopped the bleeding his Kootenay rink was experiencing during Thursday’s action at the Tim Horton’s BC Senior Men’s Curling Championships Thursday in Trail. Shypitka, third Fred Thomson of Nelson, second Don Freschi of Trail and Bill King of Fruitvale, broke open a close game with a combined five points in the fifth […]
Castlegar sweeps Nelson right out of West Kootenay Bantam Rep Playoffs
Castlegar is going to the B.C. Hockey Bantam AAA Minor Hockey Championships. The Sunflower City squad booked its ticket to the Big Show Tuesday night in Castlegar with a 2-0 win over Nelson in the West Kootenay Minor Hockey Bantam Rep playoffs at the Arena Complex. Castlegar wins the first-team-to-four-points series 4-0. Castlegar, finishing behind […]
Shypitka, Nichol roar out of starting gates at Seniors Championships
The two Kootenay rinks are making life tough on the visiting rinks at the Tim Horton’s BC Senior Men’s Curling Championships Tuesday in Trail. The Myron Nichol rink out of Castlegar and Cranbrook’s Tom Shypitka are 2-0 after two draws. Nichol, third Rick Brown, second Terry Kryzcka and lead Rob Babiarz, bounced Rick Pughe of […]
