Chakrabarti, Edwards and Shebansky named Instat KIJHL 3 Stars of the Week

  Luke Chakrabarti (Creston Valley Thunder Cats), Ben Edwards (Grand Forks Border Bruins) and Ethan Shebansky (Grand Forks Border Bruins) have been selected as the Instat Kootenay International Junior Hockey League 3 Stars of the Week, for the period ending Oct. 23, 2022. Chakrabarti – Top Forward – For the second straight week, the Whiterock, […]

KIJHL Notebook

There have been many impressive team and player performances this season and this week’s KIJHL Notebook touches on what players from the respective teams did over the weekend, including some of the games during this week. Bill Ohlhausen Division The Princeton Posse improved to 6-2 on the season with a pair of wins against the […]

Top Shelf Podcast for Oct. 14

Episode 7 of Top Shelf – The KIJHL Podcast features Golden Rockets captain Jordan Lario, the voice of the Grand Forks Border Bruins Kevin McKinnon and Emanuel Sequeira, the Director of Communications for the KIJHL, talking about The KIJHL Notebook.   Top Shelf: The KIJHL Podcast – E7 – October 14 – Lario – Sequeira […]

The KIJHL Notebook

  With two weekends of Kootenay International Junior Hockey League action in the books, only one team remains undefeated in regulation – the back-to-back Teck Cup champion Revelstoke Grizzlies, while the Summerland Steam, are also undefeated in regulation time, but have dropped two games in a shootout. This week’s edition of The KIJHL Notebook delves […]

KIJHL, PJHL announce creation of BCHC

The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League and the Pacific Junior Hockey League are pleased to announce the creation of the British Columbia Hockey Conference. This new organization represents a partnership between two of Western Canada’s premier junior hockey leagues to advance their level of competitive hockey in British Columbia. The British Columbia Hockey Conference’s inaugural […]

Facility upgrades key to new Border Bruins era

  Last June, a new era of Grand Forks Border Bruins hockey began. It started under the leadership of local physician Dr. Mark Szynkaruk, who assumed ownership of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League organization from the community-owned Grand Forks Border Bruins Association. It was a tough year on the ice in the win column, […]

New Wave: Grand Forks Border Bruins

  The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League has an exciting new wave of rookie talent entering the 2022-23 season, which begins on Sept. 23. Leading up to the start of the season, we will highlight those players from each team. Next in the New Wave series are the Grand Forks Border Bruins. The Border Bruins […]

Border Bruins’ Bell joins SJHL Ice Wolves

  Brydon Bell is grateful for everything he gained during his lone season playing for the Grand Forks Border Bruins in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League last season. The Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan product put up 17 points in 36 games as a rookie defenceman and is now joining the La Ronge Ice Wolves in […]

Border Bruins’ Warrack joins MJHL’s Stampeders

  Grand Forks Border Bruin Ray Warrack has signed to play in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League with the Swan Valley Stampeders for the 2022-23 season. Warrack, 19, played one season in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League with the Border Bruins to begin his junior hockey career, and had nine goals and 28 points […]