This Kootenay Wild team comes up empty against Fraser Valley
The Kootenay Wild offence misfired this past weekend as the local club dropped a pair of games to Fraser Valley Rush at the NDCC Arena. Fraser Valley scored two identical 3-0 BC Hockey Female AAA Hockey League wins in Nelson. Nicole Wong led the Rush offence, scoring goals in each of the two games. Also scoring were Taylor ...
Newer and Better Shelters in the Woods
Rossland has so many engaged, enthusiastic, hard-working volunteers for so many community endeavours. Here's a salute to all of them. This article is dedicated particularly to the ones who have, in years past and also more recently, helped make the Rossland Range a place where people can go to play in the hills free of...
Wild splits with Banff as squad prepares to open the Female AAA Hockey season
The new Kootenay Wild, formerly the Wildcats, tuned up for the start of the BC Hockey Female Midget AAA League Showcase with a split against Banff this past weekend at the NDCC Arena in Nelson. The Wild doubled the Alberta squad 4-2 Sunday after falling 1-0 during Saturday's opener. Hannah Nordli scored twice to lead the Wild...
Kootenay Ice drop pair of close games to open Major Midget season
The Kootenay Ice pushed the Greater Vancouver Canadians to the limit before dropping a pair of tough BC Hockey Major Midget League games this past weekend in Richmond. Kootenay opened losing 4-1 Saturday before suffering a heartbreaking 1-0 setback Sunday to the Lower Mainland power. Saturday, Kootenay trailed 2-1 entering the third period before the […]
Selkirk College Saints chasing more history
The Selkirk College Saints begin their quest for an unprecedented fourth straight British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) championship this weekend when they open the regular season against the Trinity Western University Spartans. The Saints capped a stellar 2014-2015 post-season in March when they triumphed ...
Selkirk Saints pull off weekend exhibition sweep of UVic Vikes
The Selkirk Saints tuned up for start of the BC Intercollegiate Hockey League by sweeping a pair of exhibition games against the University of Victoria Vikes this weekend at the NDCC Arena. The Saints opened with a 6-3 win Friday before closing out the two-game set by defeating the Vikes 5-3 Saturday. Dallas Calvin, of […]
Leafs get some payback to start KIJHL season; off to Okanagan for two-game road swing
The Nelson Leafs got some payback, albeit a season later, when the Green and White picked up two points in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League standings after the Kelowna Chiefs were caught using an ineligible person on opening day of the current campaign. The Chiefs were penalized two points for having an ineligible trainer on […]
Nelson's Dryden Hunt traded to Moose Jaw Warriors
During the summer, Nelson Minor Hockey grad Dryden Hunt was unsure where he’d be playing this Western Hockey League season. Wednesday, the 6-foot, 200-pound sniper found a home when the Moose Jaw Warriors of the acquired the 20-year-old Nelsonite from the Medicine Hat Tigers in exchange for a 2nd round pick in 2016 and a […]
Saints welcome former Nelson Leafs players back for two-game set against UVIC at NDCC Arena
The Selkirk College Saints will showcase British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) calibre action in Nelson at the NDCC Arena this weekend when they host the University of Victoria Vikes in a special two-game exhibition set. “Selkirk is a regional college and we are a regional team,” said Selkirk College Director of Athletics Kim Verigin. […]
Chiefs spoil opening night for Nelson Leafs
Wow, nobody saw that one coming. Brady Lenardon stopped all 22 shots to power the Kelowna Chiefs to a 3-0 shutout of the Nelson Leafs on opening night of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League Friday night in the Heritage City. Josh Kobelka, Jeffery Schiegel and Jaden McNulty, into an empty net, scored for the […]
