Nelsonites Jenna Wheeldon and Emma Hare each score twice to lift the West Kootenay Wildcats into the win column at the B.C. Hockey Female Bantam Championships on Vancouver Island with a 5-4 victory over South Island Royals. The win improves the record of the Cats to 1-2. However, the record is not good enough for […]

The Beaver Valley Nitehawks had the power play motoring on all cylinders in Game three of the Kootenay Conference Finals. The Hawks scored three power play markers to double the Ghostriders 4-2 in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League playoff action Tuesday in Fernie. Beaver Valley takes a 2-1 lead, and regains home ice advantage, in […]

The playoff run of the Kootenay Wildcats came to an end Saturday as Fraser Valley Phantom completed a two-game sweep in B.C. Hockey Female Midget AAA Hockey semi final series. The Phantom, regular season champs, finished off the Cats with a 4-3 win at the Langley Sportsplex. Fraser Valley won the opener of the best-of-three […]

Connor McLaughlin spent a few seasons getting kicked around by the Beaver Valley Nitehawks as a member of the Nelson Leafs hockey club. Sunday night in Fruitvale McLaughlin got a little revenge. The Arizona native scored twice to lead the Fernie Ghostriders to a 6-3 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League playoff victory. The win squares […]

Columbia Power has donated $1500 in support of the 2012 West Kootenay Fly Fishing Symposium in Castlegar Saturday and Sunday. This Saturday and Sunday, March 17th and 18th, the West Kootenay Fly Fishing Symposium will take place in Castlegar at the Castlegar Complex. Hosted every year by the West Kootenay Fly Fishing Club, this is […]

There’s no way Justin Niminiken wanted his junior hockey career to end in the Murdoch Final. The 21-year-old Nelson native scored the winning goal with three minutes remaining, snapping a 3-3 tie to send the Beaver Valley Nitehawks into the Kootenay Confernece Finals with a 5-3 game seven victory over the pesky Castlegar Rebels Thursday […]

The Selkirk Saints dropped a 4-2 decision to Eastern Washington Eagles in B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League action Saturday in Cheney, Wash. The Saints finish the BCIHL season with a 5-19-0 record, but more wins than any other year. “The guys battled hard all year long and in most games were shorthanded due to serious long […]

The Castlegar Rebels served up the first volley. The Beaver Valley Nitehawks answered by sending it right back. But in the end it was the Rebels with the resounding spike, scoring four third-period goals Tuesday in the Sunflower City to pull out a 6-4 victory and send the Murdoch Division Final to a seventh game. […]

Not so fast Beaver Valley. Facing a must-win situation, the Castlegar Rebels rode the 46-save performance of Jordan Gluck to edge the Hawks 4-3 in overtime Monday in Game five of the Murdoch Division Final at the Fruitvale Arena. Game six of the best-of-seven Kootenay International Junior Hockey League’s Conference semi final goes Tuesday in […]

The Kootenay Wildcats are off to the second round of the B.C. Female Midget AAA Hockey League after polishing off the Prince George Cougars in the best-of-three quarterfinal Sunday at the NDCC Arena. The Cats staged a rally for the archieves by scoring five third-period goals en route to a 6-4 victory to advance to […]