This Holiday Season - Give the Gift of Sport
KidSport™ has launched their 10th annual Give the Gift of Sport™ fundraising campaign, calling on Canadians to donate online at KidSport.ca/GiftofSport. More than 30 percent of Canadian youth under the age of 18 cannot afford to play organized sport. With the support of the Government of Canada, corporate partners, and the ...
Leafs Sookro joins Ryden, Weare as KIJHL Three Stars for November
First it was a weekly Kootenay International Junior Hockey League “Three Star” selection. Now, Leafs defenceman Bryce Sookro has earned the KIJHL “Three Star” selection for November 2021 as the top rearguard. Sookro earned the selection along with top forward Griffen Ryden of the Castlegar Rebels and top goalie, Brandon Weare...
Trophy Town — a look at the World Champion Trail Smoke Eaters
The highly anticipated documentary of Trail’s 1939 and 1961 World Championship teams, Trophy Town, is coming for a viewing at the Civic Theatre in Nelson. Trophy Town is the untold epic story of the Trail Smoke Eaters, a rag-tag team of amateurs who went on to defeat the world’s most daunting adversaries on the biggest stage...
Leafs defenceman earns KIJHL star honours
Nelson Leafs defenceman Bryce Sookro earned one of the three stars following play in the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League. The Nelson native had a goal and four points in two games for his hometown team. The other stars were forward Anmol Garcha of the Princeton Posse and goalie Colton Phillips-Watts of the Kamloops...
NMHA Grad Noah Quinn commits to Bemidji State University
Bemidji State University may have found a bit of a recruiting gold mine in Nelson Minor Hockey. The NCAA Division 1 university landed a second Nelson Minor Hockey player to the varsity hockey program after signing Noah Quinn to play at the Minnesota-based school. "(Noah Quinn) contributes in all situations, takes face-offs,...
Mallard's Team of the Week — Trafalgar Thunder Boy's Volleyball
High School sports are back in swing, and so are the Trafalgar Thunder Junior Boy’s Volleyball team. The Thunder recently swept through the competition during a Mount Sentinel Playday, defeating teams from J. Lloyd Crowe in Trail and the host Wildcats. The other Trafalgar squad entered in the Playday split their games. Mallard’s...
Leafs climb into top spot in Murdoch Division, Castlegar's Lawczynski earns KI First Star
The Nelson Leafs have climbed to the top of the Neil Murdoch Division of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League with nine wins, including an 8-0 victory over the Grand Forks Border Bruins on Tuesday. Rookie defenceman Bryce Sookro now leads the team with 13 points in 14 games. Sookro enjoyed a two-goal, three-point...
Ogilvie, Posnikoff big winners in Kootenay Lake Angler Incentive Program
On Friday, November 12 the West Arm Outdoors Club and B.C. Wildlife Federation announced the winners of the Grand Prize draw of the Kootenay Lake Angler Incentive Program at Main Jet Motorsports in Nelson. The grand prize winners are Gordon Ogilvie of Wynndel and Larry Posnikoff of Crescent Valley. Ogilvie has won a Fishing...
Murdoch teams reach quarter-mile mark of KIJHL season
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League recently passed the quarter-mile mark on the 2021-22 season. Emanuel Sequeira, Director of Communications for the KIJHL looks at some of the Neil Murdoch teams, including the Nelson Leafs, Castlegar Rebels, Grand Forks Border Bruins and Beaver Valley Nitehawks. The Nelson Leafs...
Nelson Minor Hockey players earn selections to Under-15 AA Zone team
Four Nelson Minor Hockey Association players earned spots on the Under-15 AA Zone team during recent tryouts held in September. Eliot Rude, Sebastien Conne-Correnti, Miller Tedesco and Kale Gehrman were selected from a tryout of 40 players. Rude and Tedesco made the team this year as 13-year-old rookies, while Gehrman and...
