The Summerland Steam are excited to announce that Head Coach and GM, Mark MacMillan, is officially back for another year with the team. After taking over as Head Coach and GM in late October last year MacMillan lead the team to a 22-16-2-2 record and had the team playing their best hockey of the year […]
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 […]
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 […]
Jack Lynes of the Summerland Steam has signed to play with the Niverville Nighthawks of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League for the 2022-23 season. In his lone season with the Steam in the KIJHL, Lynes, 19, had 11 goals and 26 points in 38 regular season games. The Spruce Grove, Alberta native added four […]
Summerland Steam defenceman Nate McIsaac captained the Team B.C. Under-18 male squad to a bronze medal at the 2022 National Aboriginal Hockey Championships in Membertou, Nova Scotia, May 7-14. The third-place finish meant back-to-back bronze medals for the squad, who last won bronze at the 2019 NAHC in Whitehorse, Yukon (a tournament was not […]
Nate McIsaac of the Summerland Steam is playing for Team B.C. in the 2022 National Aboriginal Hockey Championships (NAHC). The 2022 NAHC takes place in Membertou First Nation, Nova Scotia, from May 7 to May 14, 2022. The Indigenous Sport, Physical Activity & Recreation Council (I∙SPARC) hosted its Team BC Player Selection Camp from […]
Fresh off helping the Summerland Steam earn a 6-5 overtime win over the Osoyoos Coyotes in the KIJHL’s second round of the playoffs, Grayson Chell got a call that made him very happy. The call came from the Virden Oil Capitals of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League saying they wanted to sign him to […]
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The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League is proud to announce a group of four new league awards that will recognize off-ice accomplishments and contributions. The inaugural class of award winners has been selected for the 2021-22 season in the following categories: Community Player of the Year, Volunteer of the Year, Broadcaster of the Year and […]
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League has announced its Overall Award winners for the 2021/22 season. Honours have been handed out in seven categories: Most Valuable Player, Top Scorer, Top Defenceman, Top Goaltender, Rookie of the Year, Most Sportsmanlike Player and Coach of the Year. The overall KIJHL winners were selected from the four […]
