Saturday was a telling night in the KIJHL.
It’s wide open, several teams have a chance to win everything.
*Points are after the weekend
The 37 pointed Ghostriders lost 4-2 to the last place Golden Rockets 23 pt.
Fernie out shot the GR 40-25 but not only couldn’t score on their 6 power play chances, they allowed 2 shorthanded goals. Dante Pietrarca’s second goal and Bryce Trimmer's game winner were short handed and Ryan Baker had the win in net.
The Riders Johnny Elias and Jordon Kromm scored the goals and Alaister Standen had 2 assists. Ethan Fitzgerald was in net.
Inquiring minds were certain the large ice in the Rec Plex would favour the Riders... or was there a celebration after Friday’s 8-4 win vs North Oak.
Golden needed those two points because Columbia Valley with 28 points hammered the 38 point Nelson Leafs 6-1 in Nelson. Six different Rockies scored and Bretton Park had the W in net. That gives the Rockies a 5 point lead on Golden. The Rockies play in Fernie this week.
In Kimberley the Nitros who lost a game to Chase last weekend won 3-0 over North Oak Jed Butler scored the game winner and the shots were 47-17 . Game breaker Palmer was shutout... for the fourth time this year, it can happen, we just didn’t think it ever did.
The KD have 51 points and are first overall in the KIJHL . Fernie plays in Kimbo this Friday, they are 14 points behind the KD, if they lose Friday that lead will likely be insurmountable, Nitro fans... insurmountable means the Riders won’t catch you.
With a 28 point lead on Golden Kimberley is virtually guaranteed a PO spot and the Riders with a 14 point lead get the same Christmas present.
In other weird score news the Beaver Valley Nitehawks won 4-3 in Kelowna Friday then lost 9-3 in Osoyoos, Kelowna is a first place team and the Coyotes dead last but have won several games since changing coaches.
The BV Hawks don’t have name bars and say they never will
Well if were going back to the 1960’s... get rid of the masks and bring back the fightin... keep the stupid namebars.. but it really should be mandated, makes things a little more professional lookin
Revelstoke with 45 points defeated the Cyclone host 100 Mile Wranglers 9-0 Saturday. they went 6-7 on the PP it was their 9th win in a row.
The Wranglers have to be concerned and they have to get a lot better before hosting what could be a disastrous Cyclone in April.
Some Ghostrider Notes
The Riders have scored 125 goals, Kimberley 124 and they have played one more game. The KD are +55 and FG +33 Those are numbers know math teacher would fail you four. But an English teacher....
In their 8-4 romp over North Oak Friday Andrew Bonham scored the Teddy Bear Toss goal, it was his 6th goal and he had 3 assists
Dylan Defosse had a game winning short handed goal (his 3rd SHG) and 4 assists against North Oak but they chiselled a couple of assists off him Sunday, anyway he leads the team in scoring with 39 points... he only had 31 last season
Oak’s Lee Christensen got 5 min and 3 games for his spear on I believe Aiden Gleisner
D-man Kyle Klein scored his first of the season Friday... and was congratulated by the whole team. Now every player has at least a point and seven have over 20
D Greg Susinski had an eight game 14 point scoring streak broken by Golden in Cranbrook, he leads the D with 20 pt in 20 games and was the most dominant D Friday night with a G and 3 assists.
Gavin Lawrie missed both games last week because of an injury, he has averaged 1.3 points a game
Johnny Elias missed Friday because of a 1 game suspension for a check from behind vs Golden... a game misconduct in the last 10 minutes means you automatically miss the next game.
After a four game drought Jordon Kromm last year’s top scorer has scored a goal in both his last two games.
Seamus Keith has 11 goals 5 were game winning goals.
Former Humboldt Broncho Connor Nolan has 5 points in 4 games, an obviously good pickup.
And Finally... parents and players thinking of playing in the KIJHL- if you have not signed a Hockey Canada Card you are free to go anywhere you want. A commitment card or letter signed in some obscure possibly illegal spring or summer camp carries no weight, only HC cards count for anything.
There are lots of players traded or cut in season who were committed to in the off season... so if it doesn’t always mean something to them, it doesn’t to you either.
The Ghostriders won their home game Saturday night 6-4 over the always visiting Golden Rockets.
The Rockets were actually leading 3-2 after the first but the Riders scored 3 in the second and 1 in the third then hung on for a W.
When Golden’s newest and fairly large with a good shot D man Brayden Blink scored on the PP in the third it gave the Rockets some life and they out shot Fernie 14-7 and they put a little scare into the Rider faithful ... Taking three penalties in a row didn’t help the Riders cause much either and they almost found themselves on the proverbial slippery slope
but Ethan Fitzgerald shut them down to get his 7th win of the season.
The Riders scored three special teams goals, Dylan Defosse and Nolan Steer scored shorthanded and Seamus Keith’s second goal of the game was on the power play, his first goal turned out to the game winner. The Riders did allow 2 PP goals against though. Johnny Elias was called for a check from behind late in the game and will miss Friday’s game.
The Rockets game plan of run em through the boards made the game interesting and that was the most hitting we’ve seen in a while. If they ever get 39 goal scorer Dominic Turner back they would be a handful at home... if they had one. Golden will play out of Cranbrook until sometime in January, read that story here
The Riders play Golden again next Saturday in Cranbrook in the big Western Financial Place arena.
The Ghost lost 3-2 in Beaver Valley Friday, the newest Rider, former AAA Midget and Humboldt Broncho Connor Nolan
and another fairly new player Nolan Steer (8G in 10games) scored the goals and at 28-27 the shots were even. BV is a hard rink to win in and their usually calm HC Terry Jones was not impressed with some things.
brought these to the broadcast crew... just stop it your gonna make em soft
Owen Titus and Carson Cecconi helping out the Salvation Army
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Top KIJHL teams, (Revelstoke and Kelowna ) played Friday
Both teams won Saturday, Kelowna shut out North Oak 3-0, (Oak is in Fernie next weekend) and Revy beat Summerland 7-1.
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The 100 Mile House Wranglers have suspended Austin and Brady Daniels 30 days. They were recruited by Kimberley but traded for Ryan Piva. But 100 is is way more than 100 miles away so they said we ain’t goin... even though 100 is hosting the Cyclone. Gutless BC Hockey or Hockey Canada has to step in.... this is junior B and I even think it’s considered minor hockey by BCH. It’s not the players fault 100 didn’t do their due diligence and make sure they would report. The goal is (or at least it used to be) to keep kids playing Also this meaningless statement....
Meanwhile back in the division Kimberley won 4-2 in 100, 7-3 in Sicamous then lost 4-3 in Chase Saturday. They are mortal this year but still have a pretty good grip on first.
Columbia Valley won both games this week 6-3 vs Castlegar and 4-3 vs Nelson when Brennan Nelson scored in OT. The Rockies have a few new faces in the lineup and Golden has to play a month and a half on the road, the Rockies have the playoff odds stacked in their favour.
Former Ghostrider Head Coach Barry Wolff joined 100 Mile House Coach Dale Hladun (Duner) on the bench a week ago then left to join the Swan Valley Stampeders of the Junior A MJHL . Wolff coached the Stamps to their most successful season ever last year. Read that story here
The Ghostriders only played one game last weekend and they had a disappointing 6-1 win over Grand Forks. Disappointing only because the Forks had nothing going and a Rider win was never in doubt.
Only two things kept me interested, would Rider Levi Young goad D Matt Guimond into a fight and would Ethan Fitzgerald get a shutout.
O for 2... the Bruins scored late in the third and there was no fight.... but point a game Young did get to really hammer Guimond to the ice on his blue line before he waltzed in and scored his 7th in the third.
After the game Greg Susinski was credited with 4 assists only to have one chiseled from him the next day.
The other players leading the "Conga Lines” Saturday were, Dylan Defosse his 12th shorthanded, Johnny Elias (9), Seamus Keith (9) Gavin Lawrie (11) and Aiden Gleisner(8)
Mike Holowatuk was the victim of a head shot last weekend, he did not play again Saturday.
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Deadline Dec 1
The Riders brought in former Revelstoke Grizzly F Cody Quinton who’s rights were owned by the Comox Glacier Kings
Eric Backhouse went to North Oak and had an assist in his first game. The Knights are in Fernie next weekend.
David Bax (Calgary) was born and raised in the formally very large Fernie Minor Hockey system and his son Kyle plays for the Knights. Practically a local...
Kole Fujita went to Coledale and new goalie Jaden Little played one game then left for Swan Valley of the MJHL . Fury goalie Dylan Baker was the backup Saturday... oops sorry I’m not suppose to talk about the Academy team... GFY
The KiJHL web site says... The FG has 22 players and 3 cards... they must have 23 or less players and cards on Jan 10th.
According to the SJHL website Niki Sombrowski has survived the Dec 1 cut down date so may not end up here in Fernie
Kimberley now has Jed Butler’s rights, he was Spokane’s top scorer. Jett Saharchuk who they got a few weeks ago was North Oak’s top gun. December games vs these guys will be interesting.
Revelstoke has only lost 3 times in regulation and brought in 4 twenty year olds in the last few weeks, the FG go there January 11th it will be a showdown at the face mask corral. Ya I know but I’m still not used to the new hockey.
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Revelstoke's former head coach but still owner Ryan Parent is the new head guy with the Okanagan Rockets AAA Midget team... what a recruiting advantage Revy will have next season with the BC kids along with his and everyone else's Calgary pipeline, did they build that yet...
The Golden Rockets arena is down for the month of December, they will play out of Cranbrook some of the games are in the new rink and one of them is against Fernie on the 18th of Santa month. That will be a huge financial burden on the Rockets who are not flush with money to begin with. Careful what you say Jeremy a $2500 fine would be killer right now.
RIP Lefty Servatius a tough Fernie local who played all kinds of hockey at several different levels
And another hockey guy Earl McPeek
And finally, and this is true, with all this talk about how mean the coaches were and some still are it reminds me of being in school in the 1960’s where they routinely yelled and whacked us with yard sticks pointers straps and made us wear dunce caps. The worst was the pointer on the fingers... my ears should be as long as a donkey’s with the way they used to yank us around when they were mad. One hateful bastard even shook us so hard we staggered, we were literally concussed, lucky I got out at 15 I woulda been mad by now... oh wait a minute...
Creston is in a slump with the flu Riders running away with second
The Ghostriders won all three games this weekend, 6-4 vs Nelson, 7-4 in Castlegar and 8-3 in Spokane.
Captain Dylan Defosse had a 5 point night in Spokane and 9 points on the three game weekend.
Gavin Lawrie is on a 9 game point streak, 15 pt’s in November. Aiden Gleisner is at 6 games Johnny Elias 5
But as usual in this league those points could get changed a bit on Monday when the coaches of the league get out their chisels.
F/D man Owen Titus scored in Spokane but the Riders Twitter says he had 2 goals... you just can’t depend on the online game sheets.
Congratulations to Jordan Kromm, he has 5 goals in his last four games and has signed up along with Greg Susinski to play at a college next season.
A couple of weeks ago #8 Seamus Keith head butted a Nelson player and the Leafs scored a PP G in OT to win that game. In a rematch last Thursday Keith dug out a puck from the Nelson goalie and fed Elias for the game winning goal late in the third. Redemption...I like the wild card in the lineup, plus he’s a player.
The Riders brought in goalie Jaden Little last week, he stopped 49 of 53 shots in Castlegar for his first win. Now they have to make a decision, move the 8-3 Chance Griffith or 5-6 Ethan Fitzgerald this will be interesting for a couple of different reasons....
All teams have to get down to a total of 25 players and cards on December 1st. Most GM’s go to 21 or 22 players so they have room in case a good player shows up at their door.
According the the FG web page Fernie has 24 players... sooo
The Riders tried to move Derek Unerberger and Kole Fujita to Campbell River last week but they wouldn’t report... the River needs bodies, they have whole host of injuries including broken legs, fingers a few concussions etc ... hitting is alive and well in that league. For the record the River is a perennially very good team, are a recent Cyclone winner and have a fan base like Fernie.
If a player wants to stay closer to home, especially at this time of year when you are going to get released in a few days anyway. Don’t go ! After all BC Hockey and Hockey Canada want you to have positive experiences, that’s why, at the next level they allow CJHL teams to trade players clear across the country and if they don’t go they suspend em for 30 days.
Do the teams keep track of concussions, does the league...
Last season before the fine system we had several coaches from different leagues complain about the head hits, this year the leagues and BC Hockey have been very successful at silencing them.
Anyway in the Nelson home game last Thursday Mike Holowatuk was on the receiving end of a hit to the head from Jaden Shumulak and he left the game and didn’t play all weekend. It was clearly a 5min major but was called as 2...
Head hits are cumulative and are starting to show up on the limited KIJHL discipline page. CTH = check to the head
Anyway the Rider players had a great weekend and have now won 5 in a row and have taken over second place.
Kimberley has kept pace and are on a 6 game win streak, they won their last game 4-0 vs Creston, KI top gun Brock Palmer had 3G1A and Piva his line mate had 3A
December will be an interesting month for the Fernie Kimbo rivalries that are not nearly as hot as they used to be but the games are better than the usual ones and there’s always the possibility of fireworks.
In other news Osoyoos coach Dean Maynard and the Coyotes have parted read that here
First place Kelowna lost 6-3 to Summerland Friday then won 4-1 vs Grand Forks Saturday.... someone laid down the Law Saturday...
The Ghostriders and Rockies put on a show for the fans Friday scoring 11 goals and firing 77 shots at each other in a game the Riders won 6-5.
The Riders got up 6-3 when Greg Susinski scored what would turn out to be the game winner late in the second. Susinski, for the record, missed last weekend when he flew down and committed to the U of Jamestown where he will play with a who’s who of former KIJHLer’s . Castlegar’s Hunter Maximnuk and Creston’s Trail Thompson and Andrew Clark also committed at the same time
The Riders in their press release said they are proud when a player graduates, Creston said they were beyond proud in their release, does that go back to the Lawrie -Green trade CVT made happen in September... anyway it’s worked out well for both players. Lawrie has 9 points in his last 6 games and Green a D-man has been unleashed and has 16 in 18 games.
In the Rockies game Nolan Steer (who looks better every time I see him) scored two while Lawrie, Defosse and Standen chipped in with singles. Chance Griffith got the W in net.
The Rockies are alright to watch and could have even won that game like they did in Invermere the week before. I look forward to seeing them and their GM and HC Wade Dublielewicz, who says he’s getting a good D man back and his young team is on the way up, again in December
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On Saturday the ZZ Top coached Osoyoos Coyotes were hunted down for a 7-1 loss. Game summary is here Ethan Fitzgerald had the W in net.
Levi Young scored 3 goals in that game, his 3-4-5th goals and 8th point in 7 games. He’s solid as a rock with a Jr A shot but got caught up in the end of the game fights. Young gave a player a crosscheck in the back after he looked like he had snowed the goalie then Coyote Chance Derickson attempted to cross check Young in the face so he had to defend himself. Kole Fujita was also dragged into it but no instigator was called so all four were suspended.
Also, what the video didn’t show was one of the coaches throwing things on the ice... but it did show a linesman steer wrestling a Coyote to the ice... I thought he was gonna tie his legs together with a rope or somethin.
The next game is in town against Nelson who with 33 points are tied with Kimbo for 1st overall and they just beat Grand Forks 10-1... maybe both teams will have big heads next week and things will equal out.
Look at all the former KIJHLers playing Sr Hockey in Rossland
The Riders lost a close game on a PP goal in OT last week vs Nelson, the offending player didn’t play Friday so the coaches must agree it was a legitimate call... but you don’t just do that without provocation.
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The 100 Mile House Wranglers are getting back on track with a nice 5-3 win vs Revelstoke. Darian Long had 3G. 100 is hosting the Cyclone so it will be interesting to see who Duner can pickup in the next few weeks.
The Rockies won 4-3 vs North Oak and Kimberley won in Golden 4-3 Saturday. Even the Nitro’s aren’t running away with games this year.
Does the league track concussions
And finally... I have heard over and over again both sides of the Don Cherry saga... the one thing I totally agree with is how Rex Murphy ended his editorial
I’d rather walk down a dirt road on a cruel February night listening to Don Cherry telling hockey stories than spend a whole warm evening in a banquet hall with his preening detractors.
The Ghostriders lost both of their games this weekend, 5-2 in Invermere and 4-3 in OT at home to Nelson.
Alaister Standen scored both goals against the Rockies, his second goal with 2:11 left in the game made it 3-2. The Rockies scored 2 in the empty net after that. You have to try, I can’t count how many times, even at the NHL level, teams fail to score into the empty net.
The Riders lost 4-3 to Nelson in Fernie. This was on my Twitter after the game.
Nelson scores on the power play in OT
Questionable goals and non goals and a late penalty that both players participated in
Glad I wasn’t the ref tonight
Good road game by the Leafs
Riders were good enough to win as well
Both goalies (F-Fitzgerald N- Violette) made nice saves
Lets get this straight I am not blaming the ref for the loss
Rider goals were by Dylan Defosse, Gavin Lawrie and Andrew Bonham . Defosse was the Riders player of the game and a nice slick player named Cole Wyatt (2G inc the OT winner) was Nelson’s POG
The Riders newest player is Nolan Steer, he’s a pretty mobile skater and should add to the Riders scoring. He was playing in the SJHL in Weyburn before he came to Fernie... wondering how he ended up here ? Here is a screenshot from their stats page, recognize anyone...
The Riders were without a couple of assistant Captains on the weekend, Greg Susinski and Jordon Kromm were out of the lineup because they were visiting a school in the USA about a potential partial scholarship.
This is what the Coaches say when they are recruiting players, "we are all about moving players on”, . So some guys missing a couple of games to move on shouldn’t be a problem, at least it never was before. If they go it will be up to the team to announce it not me.
Rider D Sawan Gill was named as one of three Hot in the KIJHL stars of the week. Read that story here
The division is close so far..Golden couldn’t afford to lose two points... read on
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Nelson and Kimberley lead the league with 29 points, the Riders have 21. Fernie is very close to those teams, they were not last season the gap between the top teams and the above average teams like Fernie is small, adding the Standon’s Young’s and Steer’s of the world has made it even smaller.
Osoyoos won their first game Friday, they beat Kamloops 3-1, then on Saturday they tied 100 Mile 2-2... all without their head coach on the bench... what does that mean... I don’t know but they are here in Fernie next week.
Nelson and Kamloops had a spitting contest last weekend and a Twitter account called @KijhlS (KIJHL Sniper) reported on it and a few days later most of what he said was proven true in a story by Marty Hastings one of the best writers the league has. Read that drama here
The KiJHL Commissioner went crazy in that article and even called him a coward who was trying to destroy the league or something prompting the Sniper to post this.
If you want to learn what REAL search and destroy is type in NHL on Twitter you will find some of the nastiest personal s**t ever on teams and players.
So don’t worry about some obscure Twitter account, all you do is call attention to it... besides you have much bigger fish to fry like the whale of a disaster that hurts recruiting and everything else when your teams play ineligible players. Golden is the latest team to do that, Summerland was the recipient of the points. There is a simple answer to this, either hire a registrar or use the BC Hockey on line game sheets. This happens almost every season, you just have to make it idiot proof....
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And Finally and not a moment too soon ... I am not the Sniper, many of you think or probably hope that I am but it ain’t me
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RIP Earl McPeek, Earl was one of the founders of the Elk Valley Blazers senior hockey team of the 1980’s. Some of the players are listed here
The Blazers played in the old AAA WIHL for the Allan Cup. Fernie never won it but we saw Cup winning teams from Spokane and Cranbrook right here in town. I’ll never forget it, it really was old time hockey with several ex pro's... A former Blazer remembers Earl
The Ghostriders lost 4-3 to Creston and 8-3 Beaver Valley last weekend then redeemed their points with a 5-4 OT win in Creston and a 4-2 win against BV in Elkford this weekend.
Smooth Sawan Gill scored the game winning OT goal in Creston and had an assist vs BV Saturday, this is great for the Riders getting him on the right track
Alaister Standen was back in the lineup and scored in Creston, if he can stay healthy...
Andrew Bonham Gavin Lawrie and Dylan Defosse also scored in Creston and Chance Griffith got the chance to start in net and won
Seamus Keith did not play against BV, he got 2 games for a 5 min Check from Behind in Creston. He can play again on Saturday.
Creston was 1-10 Fernie 0-3 on the power play, but those are KIJHL on line stats so are probably #$%^’d
Creston’s Logan Berggren had 2G and an A, he’s a nice player to watch and he’s big...all star
In the BV game Aiden Gleisner scored the game winner with :42 seconds left. Lindeman scored in the EN after that. Greg Susinski and Levi Young scored the other goals and Chance Griffith got the win in net and now has a .923 save %
With Kimberley losing 2-1 in Grand Forks the standings got tighter... but they won 3-2 (OT) in Spokane when Ryan Piva scored in OT, his 2nd of the game Palmer had the first goal.
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He said she said
In Nelson the Kamloops Storm were accused of racially taunting a Nelson player read that here then we saw this on Twitter
Nelson will be here in Fernie next weekend, they are on an 11 game win streak but play two more games before they get here. This will be a premier game and it’s in Fernie, see below
Osoyoos has the worst record, they are 0-14. The Columbia Valley Rockies have passed Golden in the standings by 1 point and have a game in hand. Both Osoyoos and CVR are in Fernie for a double header in two weeks... couldn’t they have played one of those games in Elkford.
I thought November 1st was All-Saints Day
The last suspension is the Sicamous goalie, here’s what they had to say
Former Rider Josh Dalquist seems to have found a home in Creston and was named as one of the three stars of the week.
Kelowna remains one of the top teams, they just defeated 100 Mile 9-2. 100 is hosting the Cyclone Taylor Cup in the spring, they need to be good... watch the transaction page Duner won’t be happy.
December 1st is a big cut down day in junior hockey... there will be lots of competition for players this season.
IMO The best teams are not a mile ahead of the above average teams so the KI Championship is open to more teams than usual. A few junior A cuts could change some stuff.
Went out last Saturday to watch the Ghostriders play Creston and the game ended up 4-3 Creston giving them a four point lead on the Riders for second place. Kimberley who just defeated Revelstoke 6-1on the road remain in first.
Kimberley picked up Ryan Piva last week, he had 4 points in Revy as did scoring sensation Brock Palmer... like they needed anymore firepower.
The Riders were trailing 2-1 after two then 3-1 about six minutes into the third vs Creston. They made it close when Spare Player who’s real name is Levi Young scored from a bad angle... it was a rocket of a shot. It’s not that hard to enter the players name on the esports website, I think the coaches call it attention to detail whenever they’re berating their players. Fernie is not the only team to miss that
In a nutshell, Creston was the better team in the first the Riders the second and in the third Creston wanted it more.
1/Nice to see former Rider Derek Green wearing an A
2/Carson Small had 2G
3/ CVT Kyle James showed flashes of brilliance, his brother was a star in the league a couple of years ago
4/Wingenbach and CVT Small were named players of the game
5/ Shots 40-39 Creston and 7 goals scored made it interesting
6/ Alaister Standen who we talked about last week did not play
7/ Dylan Defosse had an assist but missed on a couple of clear breakaways, could have changed some things...how does he get so open
8/Owen Titus scored as a forward but got put back on D. It may have been his first goal according to the website... but you can’t always believe what you see there
9/Creston loves playing here before the time change, they get home an hour earlier. The Riders are in Creston on Bill Ohlhausen time next Friday so it starts at 8:30, it is a scheduled Drive 99.1 Radio broadcast game
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Nelson beat Beaver Valley 3-1 in BV Friday, they are a premier team and play here in Fernie next month. BV is almost here next weekend...but they are not, they play in Elkford
Fernie local Nick Mitchell was playing in Grand Forks and just got traded to the Comox Glacier Kings. Former Creston Coach Jeff Dubois is in Comox and played him Saturday.
Castlegar’s Hunter Maximnuk (3) and Nelson’s Jaden Shumilak (2) were recently suspended for harassment of officials. They don’t keep the suspensions up for more than a few days so you have to keep checking. Makes it look like the cages have sanitized the game... but they haven’t... and they aren’t the first players suspended for harassing refs, thick mouth guards so they can’t talk are next...
It’s now official North Oak has lost 8 points. Read it here
This seems to happen every year and it makes the league look really amateurish. If you can’t trust the GM’s to check the Hockey Canada registration page then you have to hire a league registrar . Make it so nobody can put a player on the game sheet who isn’t carded properly. Or use the Hockey BC game sheets, then only properly carded players and coaches can be entered. Yes we hear the esports web page won’t support the Hockey BC game sheets, why do we love esports so much...
The Jr A Calgary Mustangs were rumoured to be moving to Cranbrook last summer but never were, they are moving to Blackfaulds Alberta read that here
