Junior B Hockey

(Matthew Timmins Photography)

Kimberley Dynamiters defeat Delta Ice Hawks in opening game of Cyclone Taylor Cup

The four-day tournament is taking place in Revelstoke

 

The Cyclone Taylor Cup. (Josh Piercey/Revelstoke Review)

Three teams already confirmed for the Cyclone Taylor Cup in Revelstoke

The KIJHL team will be the last team confirmed for the tournament

 

The two teams have played each other six times this year, with Princeton winning four of the games. (Andrea DeMeer photo)

North Okanagan Knights prep for juggernaut quarterfinal bout

The Knights battle the top team in the KIJHL, the Princeton Posse

 

The BCHC represents a union between the KIJHL and the PJHL, two of the provinces Junior B hockey leagues. (BCHC)

Top junior hockey talent heading to BCHC Prospects Game

The event will showcase the top young players from the KIJHL and PJHL in a competitive game

The BCHC represents a union between the KIJHL and the PJHL, two of the provinces Junior B hockey leagues. (BCHC)
Alyssa MacMillan, assistant coach and director of marketing and advertising with the Summerland Steam, is the first and only female coach in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League. (Contributed)

Summerland Junior B hockey team has first female coach in league

Alyssa MacMillan has a long history playing and coaching hockey

Alyssa MacMillan, assistant coach and director of marketing and advertising with the Summerland Steam, is the first and only female coach in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League. (Contributed)
From 2014 to 2018, Scott Robinson, at right, played for the Sicamous Eagles and the Summerland Steam. (Black Press file photo)

Former Summerland hockey player now a mortgage broker

Scott Robinson played for Summerland Steam and Sicamous Eagles

From 2014 to 2018, Scott Robinson, at right, played for the Sicamous Eagles and the Summerland Steam. (Black Press file photo)
The North Okanagan Knights will play their KIJHL home opener Friday, Sept. 30, against the Golden Rockets at the Nor-Val Sports Centre in Armstrong. (Bill Pringle Photography)

North Okanagan Knights to open KIJHL season on road

Opening night of league play is Sept. 23 with Knights in Grand Forks; home opener Sept. 30 vs Golden

The North Okanagan Knights will play their KIJHL home opener Friday, Sept. 30, against the Golden Rockets at the Nor-Val Sports Centre in Armstrong. (Bill Pringle Photography)
Mason Ouchi, in front, a Sumnmerland Steam defence player, is the recipient of the Canucks Alumni Doug Lidster Scholarship for the Okanagan region. (Contributed)

Summerland Steam player receives scholarship

Defence player Mason Ouchi now plans to study medicine

Mason Ouchi, in front, a Sumnmerland Steam defence player, is the recipient of the Canucks Alumni Doug Lidster Scholarship for the Okanagan region. (Contributed)
North Okanagan Knights forward Ty McNaughton (9) and defenceman John Kalmakoff (55) try to get at a loose puck in front of Summerland goalie Ben Lewis and centre Jack Lynes (10) during a game in December, 2021. (Jenna Fochler Photo)

Summerland Steam player joins Manitoba hockey team

Jack Lynes has played one season with the Summerland Junior B team

North Okanagan Knights forward Ty McNaughton (9) and defenceman John Kalmakoff (55) try to get at a loose puck in front of Summerland goalie Ben Lewis and centre Jack Lynes (10) during a game in December, 2021. (Jenna Fochler Photo)
Nate McIsaac of the Summerland Steam was the captain of Team B.C. at the 2022 National Aboriginal Hockey Championships in Nova Scotia. (Contributed)

Summerland player leads Team B.C. to bronze hockey finish

Nate McIsaac was captain of team at National Aboriginal Hockey Championships

Nate McIsaac of the Summerland Steam was the captain of Team B.C. at the 2022 National Aboriginal Hockey Championships in Nova Scotia. (Contributed)
Kole Comin leaving court on the second day of a month-long trial. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)

Trial starts in Kelowna for 4 men accused of sexual assault, unlawful confinement

The four men allegedly took turns sexually assaulting a young woman in Kelowna

Kole Comin leaving court on the second day of a month-long trial. (Jacqueline Gelineau/Capital News)
The Osoyoos Coyotes defeated the Summerland Steam 2-1 in overtime at the Summerland Arena on March 11. The game was the sixth in the best-of-seven playoff series between the two teams. The Coyotes will now face the Revelstoke Grizzlies in the next round of playoff action. (John Arendt - Summerland Review)

Osoyoos Coyotes defeat Summerland Steam in six-game hockey playoff series

Final game in series was held March 11 in Summerland

The Osoyoos Coyotes defeated the Summerland Steam 2-1 in overtime at the Summerland Arena on March 11. The game was the sixth in the best-of-seven playoff series between the two teams. The Coyotes will now face the Revelstoke Grizzlies in the next round of playoff action. (John Arendt - Summerland Review)
The Osoyoos Coytes and the Summerland Steam are competing in a best-of-seven division final in the Bill Ohlhausen Division of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League. (Osoyoos Coyotes and Summerland Steam images)

Summerland Steam, Osoyoos Coyotes to meet in hockey playoffs

Junior B teams vying for division final title

The Osoyoos Coytes and the Summerland Steam are competing in a best-of-seven division final in the Bill Ohlhausen Division of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League. (Osoyoos Coyotes and Summerland Steam images)
The Summerland Steam, in white, hosted the Kelowna Chiefs in Junior B hockey playoff action on Saturday evening at the Summerland arena. (John Arendt - Summerland Review)

Summerland Steam win hockey division semi-finals

Junior B team to face Osoyoos Coyotes for division finals

The Summerland Steam, in white, hosted the Kelowna Chiefs in Junior B hockey playoff action on Saturday evening at the Summerland arena. (John Arendt - Summerland Review)
(Photo - Kelowna Rockets)

Sports weekend preview: Rockets play three, Chiefs need a win, post-secondary seasons ending

The Rockets will be play games in Kelowna, Kamloops and Seattle this weekend

(Photo - Kelowna Rockets)
The Summerland Steam and the Kelowna Chiefs are in playoff action in Junior B hockey.

Kelowna Chiefs down 2-0 in opening round series

Games three and four will be played in Summerland this weekend

The Summerland Steam and the Kelowna Chiefs are in playoff action in Junior B hockey.
Brianna Falk, Dallas Hancox and Keaton Souster; the three UBCO seniors will be honoured during this weekend’s games (Photo - Conan Shing Photography)

Massive weekend for Kelowna sports teams

22 sporting events will be played over the long weekend

Brianna Falk, Dallas Hancox and Keaton Souster; the three UBCO seniors will be honoured during this weekend’s games (Photo - Conan Shing Photography)
Rockets welcome Tri-City to town Saturday night at Prospera Centre, puck drop at 7 p.m. (Photo - John Keller/Tri-City Americans)

Sports weekend preview: Rockets and Warriors host, Chiefs on the road

It’s another big hockey weekend for Kelowna; UBCO and OC basketball in action as well

Rockets welcome Tri-City to town Saturday night at Prospera Centre, puck drop at 7 p.m. (Photo - John Keller/Tri-City Americans)
The Peninsula Panthers and the hockey community at large are mourning the death of 18-year-old Grant Gilbertson, who died in a collision Monday night near the intersection of Sooke and Humpback roads. (Courtesy Christian J. Stewart Photography)

Icy roads near Victoria claim life of 18-year-old junior hockey player

VIJHL junior B team planning special ceremony Friday to honour Grant Gilbertson, who was 18

The Peninsula Panthers and the hockey community at large are mourning the death of 18-year-old Grant Gilbertson, who died in a collision Monday night near the intersection of Sooke and Humpback roads. (Courtesy Christian J. Stewart Photography)
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Delta to host B.C. Junior ‘B’ hockey’s Cyclone Taylor Cup championship next April

The 2021 tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic

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