Welcome to Top Shelf – The KIJHL Podcast. This Week on Top Shelf, Emanuel Sequeira talks with one of the Hudl Instat Players of the Week, forward Taylor Haggerty from the Fernie Ghostriders. The Revelstoke Grizzlies’ Jozef Kuchaslo was Goaltender of the Week while Nicholas Hughes of the Kimberley Dynamiters was Defenceman of the Week; […]
Revelstoke Grizzlies alumnus Kaeden Patrick (2018-19) was named the New England Hockey Conference (NEHC) Player of the Week for games played through Sunday, November 5th. Patrick, a junior for the Skidmore College Thoroughbreds, finished the weekend with four goals and two assists for six points in a Skidmore road sweep. The junior winger had […]
Taylor Haggerty (Fernie Ghostriders), Nicholas Hughes (Kimberley Dynamiters) and Jozef Kuchaslo (Revelstoke Grizzlies) have been selected as the Hudl Instat Kootenay International Junior Hockey League 3 Stars of the Week for the period ending Nov. 5. Haggerty- Top Forward- The Sherwood Park, Alberta product netted a hat-trick and added two assists to help […]
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League completed its seventh week of action for the 2023-24 regular season. The KIJHL Power Rankings highlights the top-five teams based on winning percentage and their performance over the past 10 games. Sicamous Eagles Last Week: 1 Record: 13-2-0 The Eagles begin November with three straight wins – […]
Rookies are once making an impact among the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League points leaders. On the skaters side, five of the Top 10 are first-year players – Zach Baumann and Tie Schumacher from Spokane, Owen Dewitt and Hayden Evans from Sicamous Eagles and Tysin Mulligan from the Columbia Valley Rockies. It’s impressive to […]
The Beaver Valley Nitehawks are the highest scoring team in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League with 60 goals in 10 games for an average of six a game. Their top guns are Adam Redding and Tim Josza with six goals each. The Princeton Posse are the second highest with 46 goals in 10 […]
Thirteen Kootenay International Junior Hockey League teams have scored in the first minute of a period this season, for a total of 24 goals. The Columbia Valley Rockies lead with four first-minute goals, followed by the Spokane Braves and Summerland Steam with three. The Beaver Valley Nitehawks, Fernie Ghostriders, Kelowna Chiefs and Nelson Leafs […]
Revelstoke Grizzlies goalie Jozef Kuchaslo recorded his second shutout of the season against the Columbia Valley Rockies. It’s the 11th career regular season shutout for the Mission, B.C. native in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League. As a rookie, he had four shutouts. Last season, his first as a starter, he had five. Will […]
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League’s 2023-24 regular season is two weeks in and four players have recorded hat-tricks. Three of those have come from rookies – Owen Dewitt (Sicamous Eagles), Luke Nottviet (Grand Forks Border Bruins) and Tysin Mulligan (Columbia Valley Rockies). The other is by Daytn Kulynych of the Castlegar Rebels, who […]
Jackson Desouza, a Revelstoke Grizzlies alum, recently returned to the WHL’s Kelowna Rockets after joining the Detroit Red Wings for their rookie prospects tournament and training camp. Desouza made his Rockets debut on Oct. 1, scoring a goal in a win over the Wenatchee Wild. DeSouza talked about his experience at the Red Wings […]
