Mallard's Team of the Week — Kootenay Masters Men's Curling Champs
Team West Kootenay, skipped by Bill vanYzerloo of Castlegar, edged Ken McHargue of Elkford 8-7 to capture the Qualifier 1 spot at the Masters Men Kootenay Curling Championships held last month in Invermere. The vanYzerloo rink scored a single in the eight end to secure the victory. The rink includes vanYzerloo, third Myron ...
Leafs overtake Nitehawks in race for Murdoch Title
The Nelson Leafs continued its drive for another Murdoch Division title, edging the Beaver Valley Nitehawks 3-1 in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League action Saturday night at the NDCC Arena. The victory, coupled with an identical 3-1 decision Friday over the visiting Creston Valley Thunder Cats, leapfrogs the Leafs...
Grand Forks Wolves sweep past LVR Bombers
Grand Forks Wolves took turns taking a bite out of the L.V. Rogers Bombers teams on the hardwood. The Wolves won three consecutive games over the Bombers during the past two days, the latest coming Thursday at the Hangar when Grand Forks rocked LVR 70-33 in West Kootenay High School Girls’ Basketball action. Wednesday, in the...
Leafs double Rebels 4-2 to sweep season series
Ryan Janowski and Brandon Costa each had two points to spark the Nelson Leafs to a 4-2 victory over the Castlegar Rebels in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League action Tuesday night at the NDCC Arena. The win, allowing Nelson to sweep the season series against Castlegar, moves the Leafs to within three points of Murdoch...
Peewee Leafs rally to capture Nelson Rep Tournament
Goalie Grady Groenhuysen’s shootout save sparked the Nelson Leafs to a 4-3 victory over Revelstoke in the final of the Nelson Minor Hockey Peewee Rep Tournament Sunday at the NDCC Arena. Groenhuysen’s save came after Dax Dewar put the Leafs, which have now won three consecutive tournaments, up in sudden-death shootout. After...
Nelson's Ian Walgren ready to compete at Special Olympics Canada Winter Games
Ian Walgren is winding down five-to-six days a week training as the Nelson speed skater prepares to head east to compete at the Special Olympics Canada Winter Games Thunder Bay 2020 later this month in Northern Ontario. Walgren joins coach, and father Bruce Walgren, as well as more than 140 other athletes from Team BC at the...
Hawks edge LVR Bombers in OT to capture Consolation Crown
Rival J. Lloyd Crowe Hawks of Trail held off the L.V. Rogers Bombers in overtime to capture the Consolation Title at the Prince Charles Comets High School Boys’ Basketball Tournament Saturday in Creston. The Hawks outscored the Bombers during the extra five minutes of play to claim the 82-76 victory. Matti Erickson paced the...
NMHA Grad Merissa Dawson helps Dinos capture 2020 Crowchild Classic
It’s a long way from the NDCC Arena to the Scotiabank Saddledome in Calgary. But that’s just where Nelson Minor Hockey grad Merissa Dawson was found last month when the University of Calgary Dinos met city rival Mount Royal Cougars at the 2020 Crowchild Classic. Dawson, who plays on the blueline for the U of C Dinos, was front...
Mallard's Team of the Week — Canadiens Alumni Kootenay Patricks
The Make A Change Canada Nelson charity hockey game on January 23rd matching the hometown Kootenay Patricks against the Montreal Canadiens Alumni did not disappoint the sellout crowd in attendance as both teams put on an amazing display of hockey. And now, organizers of Make A Change Canada Nelson have some of the figures in...
Leafs complete weekend sweep of Murdoch rival Castlegar Rebels
The Nelson Leafs used an explosive attack to pull off a weekend sweep of the Castlegar Rebels in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League action. The Leafs opened the weekend series with a 7-2 victory over the Rebels Friday in Castlegar before completing the sweep Saturday at home with a 4-2 win at the NDCC Arena. The sweep...
