Playoff hockey returns to NDCC Arena as Saints host SFU in BCIHL Final
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 […]
Bartlett sends Rebels into Kootenay Conference Final with overtime winner in Game seven of Murdoch Final against Beaver Valley
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 […]
Inaugural Rattlecat Cup shakes core Red Mountain one-plankers
The "Rattlecat Shred Posse" dug into Red Mountain last weekend for the hill's first-ever banked slalom snowboard event, sending 110 riders in timed runs down 35 steep corners carved into the gully on rider's left of the Face of Red. "It was a great time," said co-organizer Scott Reynolds who we caught up to at the Snowboard...
Mota Automotive Ltd captures Trail Men's Basketball title
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 […]
Smokies' head coach to stay in Trail
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 […]
Smokies forward honoured as Interior Conference MVP
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 […]
Another Beaver Valley/Castlegar Murdoch Final, another Game seven
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 […]
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The Rossland Figure Skaters Club is gearing up for their year-end ice show, tomorrow night on Wednesday, March 13 at 4:30pm. Skaters as young as three years of age, all the way up to our Senior skaters in their mid-teens will be showing off their skills and delighting the audience. Admission is by donation to this exciting,...
Arnie Sherwood Memorial Funspiel a good time for all
The Rossland Legion hosted the 4th annual Arnie Sherwood Memorial Funspiel on March 10th. It is a one day curling bonspiel that is designed to attract curlers that just plain enjoy the game, however, there are prizes and trophies. Particpants come from as far away as Nelson to curl in the event....
Gluck backstops Rebels back into Murdoch series lead
It’s not normal to see Jordan Gluck allow six goals in one game as he did Friday in Fruitvale during Game four. So with their top goalie back in fine form, the Castlegar Rebels regained control to the Murdoch Division Final with a stingy 2-1 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League playoff victory Sunday afternoon in […]
