Mallard's Team of the Week — NMHA Atom A Team
The Nelson Minor Hockey Atom A squad made it look easy en route to capturing the top prize at the recent tournament in Kimberley. The players combined solid team work with determination to capture the first-place trophy with wins over Blackfoot (Calgary), Indus (Calgary), host Kimberley and Cranbrook. Staff at Mallard's Source...
First Nancy Greene Race of the season at Whitewater a success
by Graham Tracey Whitewater Ski Team’s record athlete enrollment for 2015 seems to be paying dividends already, with the first stop on the Rio Tinto Alcan Nancy Greene race series at Whitewater being declared a complete success. “This was our best Nancy Greene race yet,” exclaims head coach Dylan Henderson. “We owe it to an...
KIJHL comes down hard on Leafs, suspends head coach for balance of regular season
As if the Nelson Leafs didn’t have enough bad luck with injuries this hockey campaign, now the Green and White have lost their coach and GM for the remainder of the regular season. The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League has come down hard on the Heritage City franchise, suspending coach and GM Dave McLellan for the...
LVR Jr. Bombers snap slide against Boundary Schools
The L.V. Rogers Junior Bombers snapped a four-game losing streak by winning a pair of games during a High School Junior Boy's Basketball Mini-Tournament Saturday at the Hangar in Nelson. LVR defeated Boundary Central of Midway 42-32 before outlasting Grand Forks Wolves 34-26. Earlier in the season, LVR split with the two...
New recruit Tyler Fyfe scores natural hat-trick to spark Leafs past Braves
The late-season acquisition of forward Tyler Fyfe is paying off in a big way for the Nelson Leafs. Fyfe, who Leaf coach Dave McLellan found not playing on any team after the January 10 BC Hockey roster deadline, scored a natural hat-trick to lead Nelson to a crucial 5-3 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League road victory...
News not the greatest coming out of Leafville
News from the Good Ship Leaf is not good as the Heritage City franchise continues to fight the injury bug heading into the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League stretch run. “Unfortunately, we’re not getting any healthier,” said Leaf coach Dave McLellan on the eve of Friday’s 7 p.m. home game against the Creston Valley...
Abrosimoff powers Mt. Sentinel past LVR Junior Bombers
For the second time in four days the Mount Sentinel Wildcats beat up on their district rivals from L.V. Rogers on the basketball court. Aaron Abrosimoff scored a game high 18 points, including 10 in the opening quarter, to spark the Wildcats to a 44-32 West Kootenay High School Junior Boy's Basketball victory Wednesday at the...
Mallard's Team of the Week — Myron Nichol Rink
The Myron Nichol rink of Castlegar took the longest way possible to capturing the Senior Men's Kootenay Playdowns Sunday in Kimberley. The team of Nichol, third Bill Van Yzerloo and second Gary Beaudry and lead Barry Marsh, both of Nelson, defeated the Ken McHargue rink twice — in the B final and A-B final — to claim the...
Bombers finish tough Salmon Arm tourney with 2-2 mark
The L.V. Rogers Bombers finished a tough tournament in Salmon Arm with a 2-2 record posting wins over Pleasant Valley of Armstrong and Langley Christian Lightning. The Salmon Arm Golds High School Boy’s Basketball tournament was the first test of the New Year against high caliber teams from the Okanagan. The Bombers opened ...
Rockets firepower too much for Kootenay Ice
The Kootenay Ice stayed with the front-running Okanagan Rockets, but when final horn sounded lost both ends of a home-and-home series in BC Hockey Major Midget League action Sunday in Nelson. Okanagan Rockets skated away a pair of wins — 4-0 Saturday at the NDCC Arena and 3-1 Sunday at the Civic Arena. "We had a good weekend...
