It’s not often in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League two teams play to a 1-1 tie. However, that’s what happened Saturday as the Nelson Leafs and Castlegar Rebels battled to the overtime draw in the Sunflower City. “Last night was a game where we really dominated the play . . . from the get-go to the end but we ...

The signing of Aidan Geiger paid off in spades for the Nelson Leafs. The former Fernie Ghostrider scored the winning goal midway through the third period to spark the Nelson Leafs to a 4-3 victory over the Chase Heat in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League action Friday at the NDCC Arena. Geiger, who signed with the ...

Every team in every league enters a new season with dreams of success. The Nelson Leafs hockey club falls into that same category. However, a month into the season and the Leafs believe they are a little closer to enjoying that success at the other end of the rainbow. Nelson holds down top spot in the Murdoch Division with ...

"Record-breaking year on Nelson Streets." It's just one of the ways to sum up the 2014 Nelson Road Kings Queen City Cruise held during September in the Heritage City. With Mother Nature providing a picture-postcard-like day, and more than 300 cars from the southern BC Interior, Washington, Idaho and southern Alberta arriving...

Now that the politics are out of the way, let the games begin. The L.V. Rogers Bombers looked to be in mid-season form during the Oliver Fall Festival Field hockey tournament Saturday in the South Okanagan City. The Bombers finished the tournament with a 3-1 record, losing its only contest to provincially ranked Kelowna...

The finalists are set in the Nelson City Soccer League following semi final weekend at the Lakeside Pitch. In the Leo’s Men’s Open, regular season champ Innkeepers had little trouble with the U18 Nelson Selects, posting a 4-0 victory. The Innkeepers scored two quick goals midway through the first half en route to the win....

Kootenay Ice opened the BC Hockey Major Midget League season on a sour note falling twice during Showcase Weekend to Greater Vancouver Canadians in Richmond. Showcase Weekend, the first of two during the season, has all teams playing at one location, giving junior and college scouts a chance to view prospects. Kyle Uy scored...

High School volleyball teams from throughout the Kootenays got a taste of competitive action at the Kootenay Volleyball Classic Saturday at Castlegar Selkirk College Gymnasium. Of course players got a late start to the season due to the B.C. Teachers Federation strike/lockout that allowed school to start Monday (September...

Nelson received scoring from an unlikely source as defenceman Patrick Croome had three helpers to lead the short-staffed Leafs to a 6-3 victory over Sicamous Eagles in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League action Sunday afternoon at the NDCC Arena. Croome led a Nelson team that was missing two key defenceman and team ...

Former Kootenay Ice forward Coy Prevost scored twice in the third period to spark the Kimberley Dynamiters to a 4-2 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League victory over the Nelson Leafs Friday at the NDCC Arena. Prevost, who led the BC Major Midget Hockey League Ice last season with 11 goals and 25 assists for 36 points,...