The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) is pleased to announce its Power Rankings for Week 8. The Princeton Posse had a perfect road trip in the East Kootenays winning their three games. In a 10-5 win over the Creston Valley Thunder Cats, Justice Loewen netted a hat-trick, including the winner, and had four […]
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) is pleased to announce its Power Rankings for Week 7. The Princeton Posse have taken the top spot following a 6-2 win over the Sicamous Eagles. Justice Loewen’s ninth goal of the season won the game for the Posse. Gibson Horne made 27 saves. The […]
(KIMBERLEY) – The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) is pleased to announce its Power Rankings for Week 6. The Kelowna Chiefs are not ready to give up their top spot in the Power Rankings. The Chiefs outlasted the Sicamous Eagles in an offensive marathon 9-7 on Oct. 24. Trailing 4-3 after 40 minutes, […]
This week’s KIJHL Notebook pays tribute to Beaver Valley Nitehawks head coach-general manager Terry Jones. Terry Jones jokes that reaching 1,200 career wins—920 in the regular season and 280 in the playoffs — just means he’s been coaching in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League “a long, long time.” He’s quick to credit the […]
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) is pleased to announce its first Power Rankings for the 2025-26 season. The Kelowna Chiefs are off to an excellent start under new head coach-general manager Rylan Ferster. They remain the lone KIJHL team that is undefeated in regulation time. Over the weekend, they swept a three-game road […]
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) has announced its Team of the Week selections for the period ending Oct.12/25. Forwards: Toren Fron exploded offensively for the Quesnel River Rush with five goals and three assists in two games. Against the Columbia Valley Rockies, he turned on the lamp five times, including the winner […]
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) has announced Preston Shumate of the Beaver Valley Nitehawks as its Rookie of the Week, for the period ending Oct.5/25. The Edmonton, Alta., product stopped 39 of 41 shots in their 3-2 shootout win over the Fernie Ghostriders on Oct. 4. He saved all five shootout shots faced. […]
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) has announced its Team of the Week selections for the period ending Oct.5/25. Forwards: Lynden Gorman – Quesnel River Rush Gorman averaged .90 points per game last season for the River Rush in 20 games. The Edmonton product was a standout in their 12-2 win over the […]
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) is pleased to announce its Stars of the Month for September. Forward – Luke Davies – Kimberley Dynamiters Davies, a Calgary product, led the Dynamiters in points last season as a rookie with 56. In September, Davies had four goals and six assists in four games and was […]
As a rookie last season, Brady Magarrell led all Beaver Valley Nitehawks first-year players with 34 points in 37 games. Those totals also ranked third on the team. He returns to a Nitehawks lineup with many familiar faces, giving him the confidence to perform at his best. The 6-1, 170-pound forward from Coaldale, Alberta is […]
