Congratulations Players Trainers and Coaches, we know how hard you worked and practiced all season long to get here. The Ghostriders ended their regular season with a home and home against Kimberley and when it was all over they finished first in the Eddie Mountain Division and will have home ice in the first round against Creston […]
Who doesn’t like goals? This week’s KIJHL Notebook highlights each team’s top snipers. Before getting into that, on Tuesday night, the Creston Valley Thunder Cats gave the goal judge plenty of work in a 14-3 victory over the Spokane Braves. Austin McLean was credited with the eventual winning goal as he scored to give […]
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League completed its 21st 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: 32-8-0-2 The Nitehawks’ 16-game winning streak was snapped by the […]
After a couple of games that went from bad to worse in Beaver Valley and Nelson the Ghostriders rebounded with a 5-3 road win in Creston and a hard fought 4-3 win at home against the Grand Forks Border Bruins. Notes From Under the Bleachers… where they keep the suds With 1080 fans at the game […]
Spokane Braves goalie Andrew Tworkowski has played the most minutes of any KIJHL goalie at 1,766 and has faced the most rubber – 1,482 shots. The next closest to Tworkowski is Osoyoos Coyote Hunter Arntsen who has faced 1,699 shots. What’s even more impressive about Tworkowski’s play is his save percentage – .911, while […]
Fernie Ghostriders alumnus Ethan MacDuff was named the New England Hockey Conference Rookie of the Week in NCAA Division III. MacDuff, a freshman with the University of Southern Maine Huskies, opened the scoring in their win over Castleton on Friday night and added another goal and an assist. He also scored the game-winning goal […]
Notes From Under the Bleachers… where they keep the suds The Ghostriders had a great run and battled their way into first place over the last couple of months but lost their last two games. 4-1 in Beaver Valley and 9-1 in Nelson… it’s not the dinosaur extinction or anything, the Riders are still in […]
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), […]
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 […]
Photo is of the best dressed KIJHL’er Jack Lambert. Jack was in town to watch the games this weekend. He is still in rehab with a shoulder injury and as you can see is not wearing a sling anymore. For those who don’t remember Lambert was a big part of the offence before he got […]
