KIJHL Power Rankings – Week 11

The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League completed its 11th week of regular season action for the 2024-25 season. The KIJHL Power Rankings highlight the top-five teams based on winning percentage, with various tie-breakers to help decide positioning.   The Revelstoke Grizzlies keep the top spot after another winning weekend. They defeated the Princeton Posse 3-2 […]

Top Shelf: The KIJHL Podcast for Nov. 29

Welcome to Top Shelf: The KIJHL podcast. This The ine+nutrition player spotlight with Emanuel Sequeira is with Ashton Angle of the Sicamous Eagles. Mark Berry will be joined by Quesnel River Rush HC/GM Logan Maxwell. Top Shelf: The KIJHL Podcast – S3 E10 – November 2 | RSS.com

Okanagan Conference – KIJHL team selections

On Wednesday, the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League announced its roster for the BCHC Prospects Game in Langley on Nov. 19. Team KIJHL, guided by head coach Dave Hnatiuk, is made up of primarily 2007- and 2008-born players, with a maximum of six 2006-born players with the Western Hockey League involved as a partner. The […]

Top Shelf: The KIJHL podcast for Nov. 8

Welcome to Top Shelf: The KIJHL podcast. The ine+nutrition player spotlight with Emanuel Sequeira is with Cash Anderson of the Quesnel River Rush, who has some special fans. We have part two of our interview with Creston Valley Thunder Cats HC/GM Geordie Wudrick. This week we talk about where in the world hockey has taken […]

KIJHL Notebook: Tait, Desabrais trade

  Grand Forks Border Bruins head coach-general manager David Hnatiuk never forgot the performance by Jasper Tait when he stopped 33 of 35 shots to help the Summerland Steam win its home opener 3-2 on Sept. 22, 2023. “He was the difference maker,” said Hnatiuk. “He solely won that game. Not just that game, I […]

Top Shelf: The KIJHL podcast for Oct. 18

Welcome to Top Shelf: The KIJHL podcast. The ine+nutrition player spotlight is on Haden Heide from the Castlegar Rebels … the Chase Heat are off to a great start, head coach and general manager, Kyle Evans, jumps on board to talk about his team… Also on the podcast, Quesnel River Rush broadcaster, Evin Wolf, about […]

2024 BCHC Prospects Game Announced

The British Columbia Hockey Conference is excited to announce details of its third annual Prospects Game, which will be hosted by the Pacific Junior Hockey League’s Langley Trappers on Tuesday, November 19th at the George Preston Recreation Centre in Langley, B.C. The 2024 BCHC Prospects Game will see the top young players from the Kootenay […]

KIJHL Notebook: Okanagan Conference

  Bill Ohlhausen Division Following wins over the Kimberley Dynamiters (3-1) and 100 Mile House Wranglers (7-1), Princeton Posse head coach-general manager Torrin White said one of the most impressive parts about his group is how motivated they are, making his life easier. “It’s also cool to see a group of guys with the same […]

The KIJHL Notebook: Okanagan Conference

  Seventy.  That’s how many rookies earned their first Junior A points in the opening weekend of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League season. Connor Hovelkamp (2006) of the Nelson Leafs leads the group with five points and is tied with Williams Lake Mustang Asher Lucas (2008) with three goals. Of the 70 rookies that […]

Quick Shift: Quesnel River Rush

  Quesnel hasn’t had a Junior A hockey team to cheer for since the Millionaires played their final season in the BC Hockey League in 2010-11. Fourteen years later, they have the River Rush to be proud of. Longtime Kootenay International Junior Hockey League coach Dale Hladun is their first ever head coach-general manager and […]