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 […]
Sicamous Eagles rookie Owen Dewitt is the first Young Guns selection of the 2023-24 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League season. Dewitt, a Sicamous product, scored a natural hat-trick in the first period to give the Eagles a 3-1 lead, en route to a 6-2 victory over the 100 Mile House Wranglers on Sept. 24. Dewitt […]
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 […]
Parker Fournier (Sicamous Eagles), Mikkel Hrechka (Chase Heat) and Andrew Tworkowski (Spokane Braves) have been selected as the first Hudl Instat Kootenay International Junior Hockey League 3 Stars of the Week, for the period ending Sept. 24. Fournier – Top Forward- The Salmon Arm product had three goals and seven points in three […]
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 a preview of each of the 20 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League teams, with insights from their respective general manager/head coach heading into the regular season. Next is the Sicamous Eagles in the Doug Birks Division. The Eagles finished third in their division with a record of 26-15-2-1 […]
Sicamous Eagles goalie Gage Reimer has committed to play for the Waldorf University Warriors in the ACHA next season. In two full seasons with the Eagles, the Medicine Hat product had 25 wins and 25 losses to go with a 2.73 goals against average and .913 save percentage. This season for the Eagles, Reimer had […]
On Saturday, Kootenay International Junior Hockey League alumni Ty Marchant (Kelowna Chiefs) and Josh Olson (Revelstoke/Sicamous/Princeton) were among players the Western Collegiate Hockey League recognized for their regular season awards. Marchant, who plays for Arizona State University, was named to the All-League Second Team, the All-Rookie Team and Rookie of the Year. He had […]
Welcome to episode 27 of Top Shelf – The KIJHL Podcast. As eight KIJHL teams prepare for the Division Finals, hosts Emanuel Sequeira and Mark Berry chat with several players and coaches including Fernie Ghostriders’ goaltender Aiden Kruhlak, Kimberley Dynamiter’s netminder Matt Fleet, Sicamous Head Coach Nick Deschenes and North Okanagan Assistant Coach Josh Evans. […]
