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 Nelson Leafs in the Neil Murdoch division. The Leafs finished second in their division with a 24-15-4-1 record and lost in the opening […]
Fans of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League will notice a few key changes when they tune in to watch their favourite team’s broadcasts this season, as HockeyTV is now part of the FloSports family and has been re-branded as FloHockey. In order to enjoy KIJHL game broadcasts during the 2023/24 season, fans who already […]
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) is thrilled to announce that the league and its 20 member clubs have been reclassified as Junior A, Tier 2 beginning the 2023/24 season following a unanimous vote by BC Hockey’s Board of Directors. The decision immediately vaults the KIJHL to Junior A status and provides an avenue […]
Johnny Carmichael of the Nelson Leafs has committed to play for the Okanagan Lakers in the B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League. Carmichael finished second on the Leafs with 36 points in 41 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League games last season. Carmichael added six points in four KIJHL Teck Cup playoff games. Over two seasons with […]
Tyson Lautard of the Nelson Leafs has committed to the Vancouver Island University Mariners in the B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League for the 2023-24 season. Lautard had 29 points in 40 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League games last season for the Leafs. He added five points in six KIJHL Teck Cup playoff games. Over three […]
Nelson Leafs forward Ryan Quast has committed to play for the Arizona State University Sun Devils in the ACHA next season. Quast tied for the Leafs’ team lead in points with 36 in 44 games and added three goals in six KIJHL Teck Cup Championship games. The previous playoff season, Quast had seven points […]
By The Nelson Daily Sports There’s a Nelson connection to the 2023 Stanley Cup Champion Las Vegas Golden Knights. Nelson native Bruno Campese, who played his minor hockey in the Heritage City, was on the ice to raise Lord Stanley’s Mug over his shoulders during Tuesday’s on-ice celebrations at T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas. […]
Nelson Leafs captain Bennett Anklewich has signed to play for the King’s College Monarchs in NCAA Division III next season. Anklewich was third on the Leafs in points with 33 in 42 games and added seven in four KIJHL Teck Cup championship games. In 85 career games over three seasons with the Leafs, the […]
Nelson Leafs goalie Frederick Larochelle is returning to Kelowna next season to play for the Okanagan Lakers in the B.C. Intercollegiate Hockey League. In 23 games this season with the Leafs, Larochelle went 12-8-1 helping the team qualify for the KIJHL Teck Cup Championships. Larochelle began his KIJHL career with the Kelowna Chiefs, where he […]
