Alex Evin is excited to be back on a bench after a two-month break, that was long enough for him. The Castlegar native spent eight years with the BCHL’s Prince George Spruce Kings, where he won the BCHL’s Fred Page Cup in 2019.  Evin joked about “getting bored” and the opportunity came to join the […]

The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League completed its 20th week of regular season action for the 2024-25 season. The KIJHL Power Rankings highlight the top-five teams based on winning percentage, with various tie-breakers to help decide positioning.   The Grand Forks Border Bruins jumped a spot to No. 1. They won two of their three […]

The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League completed its 19th week of regular season action for the 2024-25 season. The KIJHL Power Rankings highlight the top-five teams based on winning percentage, with various tie-breakers to help decide positioning.   It’s a third straight week at No.1 for the Kimberley Dynamiters. The Dynamiters had one game, a […]

The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League completed its 18th week of regular season action for the 2024-25 season. The KIJHL Power Rankings highlight the top-five teams based on winning percentage, with various tie-breakers to help decide positioning.   The Kimberley Dynamiters remain in the No.1 spot. Over the weekend, they earned a 5-4 shootout win […]

The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League completed its 17th week of regular season action for the 2024-25 season. The KIJHL Power Rankings highlight the top-five teams based on winning percentage, with various tie-breakers to help decide positioning.   The Kimberley Dynamiters have taken the No.1 spot from the Revelstoke Grizzlies. The Dynamiters didn’t play on […]

We’re on part 2 of the biggest win/individual performance or moment to end 2024 in the KIJHL Notebook, this week for Kootenay Conference teams. Eddie Mountain Division The Christmas Classic against the Fernie Ghostriders was a highlight for the Kimberley Dynamiters, said head coach-general manager Derek Stuart. “Just the environment and intensity surrounded by that, […]

Steven Foster (Merritt Centennials), Trey Stephenson (Kimberley Dynamiters) and Ryder Ponto (Revelstoke Grizzlies) are the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League 3 Stars of the Month for December. Foster – Top Forward – The Abbotsford native registered five goals and 12 points in six games and was a plus six for the Centennials, while playing an […]

The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League completed its 16th week of regular season action for the 2024-25 season. The KIJHL Power Rankings highlight the top-five teams based on winning percentage, with various tie-breakers to help decide positioning.   Make it six straight weeks at No.1 for the Revelstoke Grizzlies. The Grizzlies ended 2024 with a […]

“I think anytime you’re playing your rival games around the holidays, I always find that kids and family have come home for Christmas and it feels like the hockey rink is a place to congregate. It’s a place where people go and they see lots of people, especially people they know and connect with over […]

Tyler Lindal of the Kimberley Dynamiters has committed to the University of Jamestown Jimmies in the American Collegiate Hockey Association for next fall. Lindal, 20, has 10 points in 25 games this season, his third with the Dynamiters. “I am very excited for my future at a great university while playing for an outstanding hockey […]