Levi Astill (Grand Forks Border Bruins), Wyatt Wurtz (Columbia Valley Rockies) and Eric Kahl (Grand Forks Border Bruins) have been selected as the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League 3 Stars of the Month for January. Astill – Top Forward – The Edmonton native scored 14 goals and added 16 assists for 30 points in 11 […]

Alex Evin is excited to be back on a bench after a two-month break, that was long enough for him. The Castlegar native spent eight years with the BCHL’s Prince George Spruce Kings, where he won the BCHL’s Fred Page Cup in 2019.  Evin joked about “getting bored” and the opportunity came to join the […]

Columbia Valley Rockies alum Kayde Kinaschuk (2021-23) is in his second season with the University of Southern Maine Huskies in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III. In his two seasons in the KIJHL, the Calgary native was an offensive force – a two-time 30-goal scorer (65 career goals) and recorded 119 points in 80 […]

The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League completed its 19th week of regular season action for the 2024-25 season. The KIJHL Power Rankings highlight the top-five teams based on winning percentage, with various tie-breakers to help decide positioning.   It’s a third straight week at No.1 for the Kimberley Dynamiters. The Dynamiters had one game, a […]

It was a four point, two hat trick, two big games kinda week for the Columbia Valley Rockies. The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) team travelled to Fernie last Tuesday, Jan. 14 to take on the fellow Eddie Mountain Division (EMD) Ghostriders and came away with a win. The ‘Riders sit in second place […]

We complete trade deadline coverage in this week’s KIJHL Notebook  with the Kootenay Conference, as respective general managers share how it was for them and what they wanted to do to improve their respective rosters.   Eddie Mountain Division Kimberley Dynamiters  Nate Tillmanns (2005, F) acquired from Kamloops Head coach-general manager Derek Stuart wasn’t very […]