Each year, the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League presents seven awards for on-ice excellence: Most Valuable Player, Top Scorer, Top Defenceman, Top Goaltender, Rookie of the Year, Most Sportsmanlike Player and Coach of the Year. Winners are named from each of the league’s four divisions prior to the start of KIJHL Playoffs, with overall league […]
It’s the last week of the KIJHL regular season, and while all of the playoff spots have been solidified, there is still positioning to fight for. This will make for an exciting week of action, especially in the Neil Murdoch division. The Grand Forks Border Bruins have a two-point lead on Beaver Valley and […]
– 60 Forwards, 30 Defence, 10 Goalies maximum – Goaltenders are invitation only, and must contact coach Briar McNaney via email at nelsonleafs.coach@gmail.com or call at 250-280-4227 – Goalies fees are $300, Skaters fees are $250 – Goalies will be given a Goalie’s Session which will be ran by High Altitude Hockey Click Here To Register: https://express.ticketsnap.ca/event/nelson-leafs-coquitlam-express-joint-id-camp/54?fbclid=IwAR3e3OuEHBVRZZHlweJZtfHbmtUx2NOD2-Vxw1bprsstPD-s1gaBoG_Jsek […]
KIJHL alumni Jaden Fodchuk (Princeton Posse) and Bryce Sookro (Nelson Leafs) have both contributed to the success the BCHL’s Cranbrook Bucks are enjoying this season. Fodchuk signed with the Bucks on Jan. 10 last season after putting up 31 points in 26 games as a rookie. While still considered a rookie, Fodchuk had one […]
Kelowna native Maddix McCagherty began his junior hockey career in the WHL with the Swift Current Broncos, who selected him in the 2021 bantam draft in the second round, 25th overall. The 16-year-old played 13 games and registered four shots. The Kelowna Chiefs announced on January 7 that they added the 5-11, 160-pound forward. […]
The Nelson Leafs hockey club has partnered with the Kootenay Lake Hospital Foundation and their fund-raising activities for 13 years through donations made at the Nelson Leafs Recycling Centre. During their hockey game on January 14 the Nelson Leafs were pleased to present the KLHF with a cheque for $8,000 bringing the overall total to […]
The Nelson Leafs Hockey Society apologizes to the Beaver Valley Nighthawks, all Nelson Leafs fans, hockey fans in general and all member clubs of the KIJHL for the on-ice events of Saturday, December 31, 2022. As a proud member of the KIJHL the Nelson Leafs failed to abide by League principles to encourage participation in […]
Judah Makway and Rhett Hamilton are KIJHL alumni from the Beaver Valley Nitehawks and Nelson Leafs, respectively. Both made the step up to the BCHL with the Trail Smoke Eaters. Makway, a Trail product, has two goals and four points in 17 games. He registered his first BCHL point in his second game and […]
Led by Keenan Ingram, who is tied for the KIJHL lead in goals with 26, the Columbia Valley Rockies are the highest scoring team in the league with 132 goals. Later into this edition of the KIJHL Notebook, we’ll get into more detail about the Rockies offence as well as the other 18 teams, […]
In the second round of last season’s KIJHL Teck Cup championships, Carter Spring, who played for the Kimberley Dynamiters, had a season-ending injury against the Columbia Valley Rockies in Game 2. He sustained a fracture just above his ankle, which was also dislocated after a scoring opportunity on the penalty-kill when he was kind […]
