Kyle Hope and Dylan Heppier each scored twice to lead the Beaver Valley Nitehawks to a 7-5 victory over the Nelson Leafs in the opening game of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League’s Murdoch Division Semi Final Tuesday night in Fruitvale. The Hawks take a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven series with Game two Wednesday...

Following the decision to forfeit their final game of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League 2015-16 regular season Sunday against Grand Forks, the Nelson Leafs now turn to face a humungous task as the Heritage City franchise prepares to face the Beaver Valley Nitehawks in the first round of the Murdoch Division...

Bob Ursel and Company set their sights pretty high when Ursel, third Dave Stephenson, second Don Freschi and lead Fred Thomson joined forces back in October— win the BC Senior Men's Curling Championship. The Okanagan/Kootenay rink successfully achieved that goal Sunday afternoon in Richmond, stopping two-time defending champion...

Citing "player safety" as the reason, the Nelson Leafs forfeited their final game of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League season Sunday against the Border Bruins in Grand Forks. The decision costs the Leafs franchise the $1,500 forfeiture fee the league imposes on teams that fail to fulfil their franchise obligations....

It’s so close the Bob Ursel rink can taste it. However, lead Fred Thomson of Nelson and Don Freschi have experienced this taste before — 2013 as members of the Tom Shypitka rink of Cranbrook in Tim Horton's BC Senior Men's Curling at Trail. Which is why the two Kootenay curlers will focus on the task at hand after the Ursel...

The Nelson Leafs continue to limp toward the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League post season. Nelson, looking more like a MASH unit than a hockey team, dropped its second straight game — five of the last eight — falling 2-1 to visiting Spokane Braves Friday night at the NDCC Arena. This is the same Spokane squad Nelson...

A rink with a pair of Kootenay players anchoring the front end are in the driver’s seat at the Senior Men’s Curling Provincials at the Richmond Curling Club. The Bob Ursel rink from Kelowna, with lead Fred Thomson of Nelson and second Don Freschi of Trail on the team, lead the standings following Day three of the provincial...

Now’s not the time to break out the champagne, but grabbing three of the possible four points is a reason to celebrate for the Kootenay Ice Hockey Club. The Ice tied 6-6 and won 3-1 over North Island Silvertips during a BC Hockey Major Midget League series at the NDCC Arena. “It was a real good weekend for us . . . we had no...

Brianne Stefani of the Glacier Gymnastics Club will join approximately 1700 of her closets friends next week at the Penticton 2016 BC Winter Games. Stefani, 11, qualified for the BC Winter Games at the recent Zone one trials February 9 in Cranbrook. The Glacier gymnast performed near flawless routines on all four events,...

Nelson Nordic Ski grad Julien Locke is on his way to the U23 World Championships starting Monday — February 22-28 — in Rasnov, Romania. Locke, who competes for Rossland's Black Jack Ski Team, tuned up for the Worlds by capturing his second NorAm of his career on Friday (Feburary 6) at the Nakkertok South trails near Ottawa ...