KIJHL Notebook

There have been many impressive team and player performances this season and this week’s KIJHL Notebook touches on what players from the respective teams did over the weekend, including some of the games during this week. Bill Ohlhausen Division The Princeton Posse improved to 6-2 on the season with a pair of wins against the […]

KIJHL Power Rankings – Week 4 (Oct.16)

  The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League completed its four week of regular season action for the 2022-23 season. The KIJHL Power Rankings highlights the top-five teams based on winning percentage, with various tie-breakers to help decide after. The Revelstoke Grizzlies remain at the top of the Power Rankings. They have yet to lose in […]

KIJHL alum flourishing in mortgage world

  Scott Robinson loves the challenges he faces as a mortgage broker each day. “It’s super cool and it’s something different every single day, which I think is super important,” said Robinson, who played in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League from 2014-18 for the Sicamous Eagles and Summerland Steam. “The same thing every day […]

The KIJHL Notebook

  With two weekends of Kootenay International Junior Hockey League action in the books, only one team remains undefeated in regulation – the back-to-back Teck Cup champion Revelstoke Grizzlies, while the Summerland Steam, are also undefeated in regulation time, but have dropped two games in a shootout. This week’s edition of The KIJHL Notebook delves […]

KIJHL Power Rankings – Week 2 (Oct. 2)

  The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League just played its second week of regular season action for the 2022-23 season. The KIJHL Power Rankings highlights the top-five teams based on winning percentage, with various tie-breakers to help decide after. The Revelstoke Grizzlies remain the lone undefeated team in the league after their 1-0 win over […]

Sorken, Gallo and Lewis named Instat KIJHL 3 Stars of the Week

  Wyatt Sorken (Revelstoke Grizzlies), Brandon Gallo (Revelstoke Grizzlies) and Ben Lewis (Summerland Steam) have been selected as the Instat Kootenay International Junior Hockey League’s first 3 Stars of the Week, for the period ending September 25, 2022. Sorken – Top Forward – The Grizzlies rookie had an incredible start to his junior career with […]

Steam’s Konneke signs with MJHL Oil Capitals

  Parker Konneke credits the Summerland Steam in helping him move on to the Virden Oil Capitals in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League for the 2022-23 season. The West Kelowna product is the second Steam player to join the Oil Capitals, with the first being Grayson Chell earlier in the off-season. In his lone season […]

New Wave: Summerland Steam

  The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League has an exciting new wave of rookie talent entering the 2022-23 season, which begins on Sept. 23. Leading up to the start of the season, we will highlight those players from each team. Next in the New Wave series are the Summerland Steam. The Steam placed third in […]

Steam’s Weill set to fly with MJHL Flyers

  Playing for the Summerland Steam was great for Tristan Weill to grow as a player on- and off-the ice. In parts of two seasons with the Steam, the West Kelowna product put up 54 points in 45 games. During the 2021-22 season, Weill led the Steam with 53 points in 42 Kootenay International Junior […]

Steam’s Ouchi receives Doug Lidster Scholarship

  Mason Ouchi of the Summerland Steam didn’t realize he had received the Canucks Alumni Doug Lidster Scholarship for the Okanagan region until his mom told him. “I was pretty happy,” he said. Lidster, a Kamloops, B.C. native, played 897 NHL regular season games, collecting  343 points while spending most of his career with the […]