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 Quick Shift, which provides a preview of each of the 20 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League teams, with insight from their respective general managers/head coach. Next up is the Beaver Valley Nitehawks in the Neil Murdoch division. The Nitehawks finished third in their division with a 24-17-1-2 record and advanced to the […]
Connor Jones starred with his twin brother Kellen for the Beaver Valley Nitehawks, their hometown team, for a season in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League in 2006-07. Connor joined the Vegas Golden Knights as an amateur scout last July after wrapping up his pro career in the ECHL with the Fort Wayne Komets. […]
Beaver Valley Nitehawks forward Nathan Dominici has signed to play for the Trail Smoke Eaters in the B.C. Hockey League next season. Dominici had 23 goals and 41 points in 39 games to lead the Nitehawks. In 75 career games, the Trail product had 36 goals and 68 points. This season Dominici played seven […]
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League is proud to announce the 12 student-athletes who competed during the 2022-23 season that it has selected to receive league bursaries. Each bursary is valued at $1,000 and will be applied towards post-secondary studies. Tuesday, April 18 – Doug Birks Division recipients Wednesday, April 29 – Eddie Mountain […]
Christian Mealey (Kimberley Dynamiters), Kaleb Percival (Beaver Valley Nitehawks) and Peyton Trzaska (Princeton Posse) have been selected the Instat KIJHL 3 Stars of the Month for March. Mealey – Top Forward – The Calgary product played a big part in helping the Dynamiters advance to the KIJHL Final and play for the Teck Cup. […]
Sean Mitchell (Princeton Posse), Spencer Dixon-Reusz (Beaver Valley Nitehawks) and Trystan Self (Kimberley Dynamiters) have been selected as the Instat KIJHL 3 Stars of the Week for the period ending March 19. Mitchell – Top Forward – The Calahoo, Alberta product had a goal and assist for the Posse, who had a split […]
LISTEN to this week’s playoff edition of Top Shelf – The KIJHL Podcast. We are down to our Final 4; Princeton, Revelstoke, Kimberley and Beaver Valley. Our guests include players Trystan Self from the Kimberley Dynamiters, Curtis Gould from the Princeton Posse and Connor Stojan from the Beaver Valley Nitehawks. Also joining us for the […]
The KIJHL Teck Cup championships are now down to the Kimberley Dynamiters, Beaver Valley Nitehawks, defending champion Revelstoke Grizzlies and the President’s Cup winning Princeton Posse. The Dynamiters are playing in their seventh straight Kootenay Conference Final and have faced the Nitehawks six times in KIJHL history, with each time winning three. The last […]
Christian Mealey (Kimberley Dynamiters), Kaleb Percival (Beaver Valley Nitehawks) and Connor Stojan (Beaver Valley Nitehawks) have been selected as the Instat 3 Stars of the Week for the period ending March 12, 2023. Mealey – Top Forward – The Calgary, Alberta product had four goals and five assists for nine points in four […]
