Selkirk College Saints and Trail Smoke Eaters Face Off in Third Annual Columbia River Cup
Hockey fans are in for a treat this weekend when the Selkirk College Saints and the Trail Smoke Eaters tangle in a cross-league exhibition home-and-home series that will serve as a warm-up for the 2015-2016 regular season. Hopefuls looking to the crack the squads for the three-time defending British Columbia Intercollegiate...
Top flight curlers on display when Nelson hosts 2016 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men’s Curling Championships
The calendar may say August, but organizers of the 2016 Canadian Direct Insurance BC Men’s Curling Championships are already busy preparing to roll out the red carpet for the best curlers in the province. The Nelson Curling Club was awarded host club for the provincial men’s tournament during the spring. Organizers have been...
Mallard's Team of the Week — Team Gerick Cycle
The West Kootenay Glacier Challenge is an extraordinary two-day tour that travels the roads of the West Kootenays with a goal of helping to take out MS (multiple sclerosis). Team Gerick Cycle did its best to help the West Kootenay Chapter crack the $100,000 mark (actually $101,305) by raising $10,680 and capturing The Nelson...
Nelson Fat Tire Festival celebrates 20th anniversary in grand style
The Nelson Fat Tire Festival concludes Sunday at Morning Mountain in Blewett with the Morning Mountain Madness. However, it was four days of fun, excitement and tons of smiles as the 20th annual Fat Tire Festival was all over the Nelson area with jumps, cross country, parades and downhill events. I think it was an awesome...
Leafs announce Greg Andrusak has joined coaching staff
On the eve of the start of training camps for Kootenay International Junior Hockey League teams, the Nelson Leafs took care of some unfinished business by announcing that Greg Andrusak has joined head coach Dave McLellan behind the bench for the upcoming season. Andrusak, who played professionally in the NHL and Europe as...
Fat Tire Festival Kicks off 2015 campaign
Even a little smoke didn't deter competitors from flocking to the Rosemont All Wheel Skatepark for opening day in the Nelson Fat Tire Festival. Competitors took to the All-Wheel park in Rosemont for the Pump Track Races and the Open Jump Jam. Friday, the event moves to Baker Street for the Bike Parade, beginning at 5:45 p.m....
Mallards Team of the Week — Kootenay Kids Lemonade Stand
The Kootenay Kids Society has been teaming up with the local Scotiabank branch in Nelson through the summer with the Kootenay Kids Lemonade Stand at the corner of Ward and Baker Streets in the Heritage City. KKS is a charitable, community-based, multi-service, non-profit organization serving the needs of children, families ...
Fat Tire Festival celebrates 20th birthday
Nelson Fat Tire Festival turns 20 this weekend. An event, for kids from two to 72 to enjoy that salutes the memory of avid cyclist Cam Alexander, the Nelson Fat Tire Festival kicks off Thursday at the Rosemont All Wheel Bike Park. Opening night is set-aside for timed Pump Track Races and the Open Jump Jam. Must be a cycling...
Future's So Bright — NYS's Matteo Faraguna earns BCSPL spot with Thompson Okanagan Intakes
It was obvious that Matteo Faraguna has the skills to succeed in many sports. An accomplished track and field star with the Kootenay Chaos as well as a pretty good minor hockey player and skier, the 12-year-old prodigy, however, decided to follow in the footsteps of his father Al and grandfather Guido to pursue a career in ...
Ex-Saints star Cody Fidgett lands pro deal with Quad City of ECHL
Former Selkirk Saints sniper Cody Fidgett inked a deal Thursday with the Quad City Mallards of the ECHL. Fidgett, 24, played two seasons in Castlegar with the Saints, leading the Sunflower City squad to the BC Intercollegiate Hockey League Championship in 2013 and 2014. In 43 games with Selkirk, Fidgett scored 32 goals while...
