KIJHL Rookie of the Year winners

  Kayde Kinaschuk of the Columbia Valley Rockies, Bryce Sookro of the Nelson Leafs, Zakery Anderson of the Kamloops Storm and Tristan Weill of the Summerland Steam are the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League divisional Rookie of the Year winners. Kinaschuk – Eddie Mountain Division –  The Calgary, Alberta product had a tremendous rookie season […]

Storm’s Benson signs with MJHL’s Nighthawks

  Kamloops Storm defenceman Devin Benson has signed to play with the expansion Niverville Nighthawks of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League for the 2022-23 season. “It’s pretty exciting obviously, taking that next step to the next level,” said Benson. “I enjoyed this year playing with the Storm and they gave me a really good opportunity […]

KIJHL alumni win ACHA national championship

  Kootenay International Junior Hockey League alumni, Caige Sterner (Kimberley Dynamiters – 2015-17) and Ethan Paulin-Hatch (Kamloops Storm – 2017-2020) helped the Lindenwood University Lions win the American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) Men’s Division I National Championship. The Lions won the national title with an 8-3 victory over No. 6 seed Central Oklahoma Tuesday night […]

KIJHL Playoffs Round 2, Game 6 recaps

March 11, 2022 Four-goal third period leads Dynamiters to victory Ty Smith’s first goal 15 seconds into the third period was the eventual winner for the Kimberley Dynamiters in a 6-2 final over the Columbia Valley Rockies. Trystan Self made 24 saves as the Dynamiters won the Eddie Mountain Division in six games. The Dynamiters […]

Storm Season Ends With 4-0 loss

The Kamloops Storm ran out of gas in game 6 of the Birks Division final as the Revelstoke Grizzlies defeated the Storm 4-0 on Friday night. Brandon Weare turned aside 22 shots for the Grizzlies while Brandon Kasdorf scored twice and Ronin Pusch had a goal and an assist. The Storm could not apply much […]

P-W, Horner Send Series to Game Six

The Kamloops Storm are having a great season and don’t want it to end. Ty Horner scored at 1:52 of the second overtime to give the Kamloops Storm a 1-0 win over the Revelstoke Grizzlies to send the series to game 6 in Kamloops Friday night. Colton Phillips-Watts was the best player on the ice […]

KIJHL Notebook

  The KIJHL Teck Cup Championship playoff action continues to be great as the second round enters its latter half with a few teams now in best-of-three battles as you can see in our playoff bracket. This edition of the KIJHL Notebook focuses on how teams are doing in their respective second-round series.   Bill […]

Grizzlies Take Game Four 2-1

The Revelstoke Grizzlies have taken control of the best of seven Doug Birks Division Final series with a 2-1 win over the Kamloops Storm. Brady Augot and Carson Reinson scored for the visitors while Kyle Sanford scored on a power play for the Storm lone goal. The game was tied at 1-1 thru two periods […]

Storm Bounce Back To Take Game Three 2-1

The Kamloops Storm bounced back in game three with a workman like 2-1 win over the Revelstoke Grizzlies. Kamloops played well limiting Revelstoke’s chances and making the most of their own in cutting Revelstoke’s series lead in half. Jameson Rende scored in the first and the goal stood up until Harrison Ewert’s empty net goal […]