KIJHL Notebook: BCHC Prospects Game experience

  When Ryan Larsen was added to the KIJHL Top Prospects team late due to an injury/illness to another player, that gave the Kamloops Storm three players in the B.C. Hockey Conference Prospects Game, which started with Owen Aura and Jake Phillips-Watts. Larsen ended up with a goal and two assists, including helping set up […]

KIJHL Notebook

  From Nov.6-13, six goalies recorded shutouts including both Princeton Posse netminders. Jozef Kuchaslo of the Revelstoke Grizzlies leads with three shutouts, which is one away from matching what he recorded last season in 16 games. Right behind Kuchaslo with two shutouts is his teammate Owen Albers, Ethan Rau of the Posse and Trystan Self […]

Top Shelf Podcast for Nov. 11

Welcome to episode 11 of Top Shelf – The KIJHL Podcast. This week’s podcast features co-host Mark Berry speaking with Dave Hnatiuk, Head Coach & GM of the Grand Forks Border Bruins, who is the bench boss of the KIJHL Prospects team for the British Columbia Hockey Conference Prospects Game. He talks to Mark about […]

KIJHL Notebook: BCHC player spotlights

  On Tuesday, the British Columbia Hockey Conference announced the rosters for the KIJHL and PJHL teams that will compete in the first annual BCHC Prospects Game on Tuesday, November 22nd at the Sardis Sports Complex in Chilliwack, BC. The team, featuring players born mainly in 2005 and 2006 with a maximum of six from […]

KIJHL Power Rankings Week 7 – (Nov. 6)

  The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League completed its seventh week of regular season action for the 2022-23 season. The KIJHL Power Rankings highlights the top-five teams based on winning percentage, with various tie-breakers to help decide after. Princeton Posse Last week: 2 Record: 11-3-0-1 The Posse picked up a pair of wins over the […]

KIJHL Notebook

  Before getting into the KIJHL Notebook, we want to give you a couple of facts about player and team performances. Three players in the KIJHL have earned a first star three times this season – they are Reed McLennan of the Fernie Ghostriders, Jordan Lario of the Golden Rockets and Ethan Shebansky of the […]

KIJHL Notebook

  Twelve hat-tricks have been scored in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League regular season play as of Oct. 26, with the last being scored on Oct. 22. Coletyn Boyarski of the Osoyoos Coyotes and Luke Chakrabarti of the Creston Valley Thunder Cats have each recorded two. Both of them recorded four goals recently.Β  Last season […]

KIJHL Power Rankings – Week 5 (Oct.23)

  The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League completed its fifth week of regular season action for the 2022-23 season. The KIJHL Power Rankings highlights the top-five teams based on winning percentage, with various tie-breakers to help decide after. The Revelstoke Grizzlies keep their top spot in the Power Rankings. They lost their first game in […]

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 […]