Spokane Braves scored three times in the third period en route to a 4-2 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League victory over the Nelson Leafs Wednesday night in the Lilac City. The loss comes on the heels of the Leafs announcing earlier in the day that coach and GM Dave McLellan, along with assistant coach Greg Andrusak,...

There were a number of “issues” that led to the Nelson Leafs parting ways with coach and GM Dave McLellan and his assistant Greg Andrusak team president John Dooley told The Nelson Daily Wednesday from Spokane. Dooley joined the team for its Kootenay International Junior Hockey League road trip to the Lilac City after the...

During his first interview with The Nelson Daily in August of 2014, Leaf coach and GM Dave McLellan said he took the position with the Heritage City franchise Nelson is “run more like a Junior A franchise.” McLellan may have been right as the Leafs decided to make a decision more reserved for ownership in the BC Hockey League...

What better way to start a new season that with a win — and a tournament championship, no less. The L.V. Rogers Senior Girls Basketball team has a successful start to their season by winning its first five games, including capturing the Crowe Cage Bowl Tournament Saturday in Trail. The Bombers defeated Mount Sentinel Wildcats,...

Amit Bhabra is used to being in the middle of body checks and bluelines as the Nelson Minor Hockey product holds down a roster spot on the Castlegar/Nelson Midget Rep squad. However, this past weekend in Vancouver, Bhabra flipped the switch from hockey to weightlifting to earn a spot at the Canadian Junior Weightlifting...

You wouldn’t know the Nelson Leafs had just lost its seventh straight game after speaking with rookie defenceman Kyle Chernenkoff. The Crescent Valley native refuses to buy into any negative chatter during the post-game interview after Nelson dropped a 4-1 decision to Osoyoos Coyotes in Kootenay International Junior Hockey ...

Ever have one of those days when you wake up, get out of bed and kick the bedpost with your foot? Then bang your head into the door to the bathroom you thought was open. Walking into the kitchen you trip over the cat and drive your knee into the kitchen cabinet. When you get to work the boss gives you an ear full even before...

The L.V. Rogers ran into some tough competition on opening weekend of the BC High School Basketball season in Oliver. The Bombers finished the South Okanagan Hornets tournament outlasting Fulton Maroons of Vernon 66-35 Saturday. "We finished to claim seventh (spot) at the tough — there were four ranked 2A schools —  8-team ...

The winning woes, scoring woes . . . and every other conceivable woe continue to plague the Nelson Leafs hockey club. Columbia Valley Rockies skated into the NDCC Arena Saturday night, leaving with a 5-2 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League victory over the Leafs. The loss, Nelson's fourth straight and 11th in the past...

It was a positive sign for a team struggling to find anything positive. The Nelson Leafs stayed stride for stride with the defending Kootenay International Junior Hockey League champs for 48 minutes before the Nitros offence exploded for three goals in a 10-minute span to double the Green and White 4-2 Friday in the Bavarian...