KIJHL Power Rankings – Week 20 (Feb. 4/24)

  The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League completed its 20th week of action for the 2023-24 regular season. The KIJHL Power Rankings highlights the top-five teams based on their performance over the past 10 games, including winning percentage.   Beaver Valley Nitehawks Last Week: 1 Record: 30-8-0-1 The Nitehawks are on a 16-game winning streak […]

The KIJHL Notebook: Team defence

  On Saturday, Jan. 27, Daniel Wittenberg (Revelstoke Grizzlies), Raphael Eloe (Spokane Braves), Anmol Garcha (Princeton Posse) and Nolan Kelly (North Okanagan Knights) all scored hat-tricks. It’s the third time this season that four players have scored three goals in a day.  The second time was on Jan. 5 when Kobe Mason (Columbia Valley Rockies), […]

KIJHL Power Rankings – Week 19 (Jan. 28/24)

  The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League completed its 19th week of action for the 2023-24 regular season. The KIJHL Power Rankings highlights the top-five teams based on their performance over the past 10 games, including winning percentage.   Beaver Valley Nitehawks Last Week: 1 Record: 28-8-0-1 The Nitehawks are on a 14-game winning streak […]

The KIJHL Notebook: Team play

This week’s KIJHL Notebook focuses on the recent performance of teams, coaches talking about standout players and the impact that some trade deadline pick ups have had on their respective teams.   Eddie Mountain Division The Fernie Ghostriders have won seven of their last 10 games since the Christmas break and have been led offensively […]

Shinde, Gartner & Hall selected KIJHL 3 Stars

    Kelton Shinde (100 Mile House Wranglers), Lucas Gartner (Beaver Valley Nitehawks) and Levi Hall (Fernie Ghostriders) have been selected the Hudl Instat Kootenay International Junior Hockey League 3 Stars of the Week for the period ending Jan. 21/24. Shinde – Top Forward – The Terrace product had a goal and three assists in […]

Nitehawks’ Percival commits to AHCA Jimmies

  Beaver Valley Nitehawks captain Kaleb Percival has committed to play for the University of Jamestown Jimmies in the American Collegiate Athletic Association in 2024-25. Percival has 18 points in 19 games for the Nitehawks this season and committed to the Jimmies program because he said, “they look like a great program.” He learned that […]

KIJHL Power Rankings – Week 18 (Jan. 21/24)

  The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League completed its 18th week of action for the 2023-24 regular season. The KIJHL Power Rankings highlights the top-five teams based on their performance over the past 10 games, including winning percentage.   Beaver Valley Nitehawks Last Week: 2 Record: 25-8-0-1 The Nitehawks earned a 5-1 win against the […]

Young Guns: Will Caputo

  Will Caputo of the Beaver Valley Nitehawks is this week’s Young Guns, presented by the Next Shift Network, as he scored four goals and collected an assist in two games. Caputo, who played for Team KIJHL in the BCHC Prospects Game in November, had two goals and an assist against the Spokane Braves, then […]

The KIJHL Notebook: January leaders

  It’s the final stretch drive as the KIJHL 2023-24 regular season wraps up in a month. This week’s KIJHL Notebook focuses on the top point producers and goalies for each team in January.  Eddie Mountain Division Not only has Taylor Haggerty led the Fernie Ghostriders with five goals and five assists in six games, […]

Top Shelf – The KIJHL podcast for Jan. 19

Welcome to Top Shelf – The KIJHL podcast. This Week on Top Shelf, the Hudl Instat Defenceman of the Week is Lohgan Nimmo of the Beaver Valley Nitehawks. Emanuel Sequeira talks with him and Nelson Leafs’ forward Parker White. Mark Berry talks a bit about the Trade Deadline and shares his pick for “Play-by-Play Call […]