Luke Chakrabarti (Creston Valley Thunder Cats), Brayden Gosselin (Summerland Steam) and Ethan Shebansky (Grand Forks Border Bruins) have been selected as the Hudl Instat Kootenay International Junior Hockey League 3 Stars of the Week, for the period ending Oct. 8. Chakrabarti – Top Forward – The Thunder Cats captain had five goals and […]
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League’s 2023-24 regular season is two weeks in and four players have recorded hat-tricks. Three of those have come from rookies – Owen Dewitt (Sicamous Eagles), Luke Nottviet (Grand Forks Border Bruins) and Tysin Mulligan (Columbia Valley Rockies). The other is by Daytn Kulynych of the Castlegar Rebels, who […]
Welcome to Top Shelf- The KIJHL Podcast. In this episode, Emanuel Sequeira talks with one of the Hudl Instat Players of the Week, Nicholas Hughes from the Kimberley Dynamiters. Teammate Tristan Weill was Forward of the Week and Nate Glenn of the Columbia Valley Rockies was Goaltender of the Week; we’ll shine a mini spotlight […]
The first weekend of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League 2023-24 season didn’t disappoint. The defending Teck Cup champion Kimberley Dynamiters won their opening game, the Eddie Mountain division regular season champs, the Columbia Valley Rockies gave Tayler Sincennes his first KIJHL win as a head coach and the Spokane Braves bounced back from […]
Welcome to Top Shelf – The KIJHL podcast. Week One of the 23/24 KIJHL season is in the books. Emanuel will talk with one of the Hudl Instat Players of the Week, Parker Fournier from the Sicamous Eagles. Andrew Tworkowski of the Spokane Braves and Mikkel Hrechka of the Chase Heat share the honours and […]
Ben Edwards of the Grand Forks Border Bruins has joined his brother Alex to play for the WHL’s Victoria Royals for the 2023-24 season. Ben had 19 points in 34 games for the Border Bruins last season and played on the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League Prospects team for the BCHC Top Prospects game. […]
Welcome to episode 3 of Top Shelf- The KIJHL podcast. In this episode, Aiden Morcom of the Kelowna Chiefs is coming off a strong rookie season; Emanuel Sequeira talks with him about his preparation. Mark Berry chats with Kimberley Dynamiters HC/GM Derek Stuart about the strong team he’s re-assembled. Kamloops Storm GM Matt Kolle describes […]
Welcome to Quick Shift, which provides previews on each of the 20 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League teams leading up to the start of the 2023-24 regular season. Next we shift over to the Grand Forks Border Bruins, who are coming off a highly successful season in which they won the Neil Murdoch regular […]
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League is proud to announce the 12 student-athletes who competed during the 2022-23 season that it has selected to receive league bursaries. Each bursary is valued at $1,000 and will be applied towards post-secondary studies. Tuesday, April 18 – Doug Birks Division recipients Wednesday, April 29 – Eddie Mountain […]
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League is proud to recognize four individuals for their off-ice accomplishments and contributions in the Off-Ice Awards. It’s the second year the league has shined a spotlight in the categories of Community Player of the Year, Volunteer of the Year, Broadcaster of the Year and Scholastic Player of the Year. […]
