TRAIL SMOKE EATERS AND CITY OF TRAIL TO SUBMIT BID FOR 2021 RBC CUP
The Trail Smoke Eaters and the City of Trail are working collectively to submit a bid to Hockey Canada in hopes of hosting the 2021 National Junior A Championship at the Trail Memorial Centre in May 2021. Bid submissions from all eligible host teams and committees are due by April 30, 2019. Hockey Canada will then review the...
Nelson Toyota, Northport meet again in WKMBL Final
It will be a rematch of last season in the West Kootenay Men’s Basketball League. Nelson Toyota and Northport, Wash., won their respective divisions to advance to the League Final Monday at Mount Sentinel High School Gymnasium. Nelson Toyota edged Northport in 2018 in a high-scoring affair at Selkirk College in Castlegar....
Leafs force deciding game in Murdoch Semi, bounce Braves 4-1
The Murdoch Division Champs proved their 70-point regular season was no fluke. Cole Wyatt scored three times to spark the Nelson Leafs to a 4-1 victory over the Spokane Braves in a Kootenay International Junior Hockey League elimination game Tuesday in the Lilac City. The win forces a Game seven Wednesday at 7 p.m. in the...
Mallards Team of the Week — Nelson Youth Basketball League
The Nelson Youth Basketball League has been flourishing as more than 30 players, girls and boys, take it to the hoops Mondays at the L.V. Rogers High School Gymnasium. The league offers a fun, safe environment for kids ages 6 - 13 to develop basketball and teamwork skills. Mallard’s Source for sports would like to salute the...
Reece Hunt brings home Canada Winter Games Bronze Medal
The 2019 Canada Winter Games recently wrapped up in Red Deer, but not before a second Nelson athlete stepped onto the podium to receive a medal. Reece Hunt of Nelson won a bronze medal for Team BC in women’s hockey Saturday at the Servus Downtown Arena in Red Deer as Team BC shook off a heartbreaking overtime semi-final...
Leafs down to last out after Braves steal Game five in Murdoch Semi Final Series
The Spokane Braves are one win away from posting the upset over the Murdoch Division Regular Season Champs after the Lilac City squad skated to a 4-1 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League Playoff victory over the Leafs Monday night at the NDCC Arena. The Braves now leads the best-of-seven Murdoch Semi Final Series 3-2...
NSA presents cheque to KidSport Nelson
Nelson Soccer Association’s Executive Director, Sevta Tisma, recently presented a cheque for the monies raised by their indoor and outdoor programs, to KidSport Nelson, Bill McDonnell. KidSport Nelson thanks ALL the donors to the Nelson Soccer Association request via their registration forms. Monies raised each year allow...
Braves sweep weekend games to square Murdoch Semi-Final
For the second consecutive year the Murdoch Division Regular Season Champs are having a difficult time getting out of the first round of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League Playoffs. Last year the Grand Forks Border Bruins pushed the Nelson Leafs to a seventh game before the Green and White prevailed. This season...
Series shifts to Lilac City; Leafs make difference off the ice
Nelson Leafs are receiving outstanding leadership from team captain Jack Karran two games into the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League playoffs. The Grande Prairie native leads the with four points in two games, including a game-winning goal in Nelson’s 3-2 win on opening night of the post season. Karran’s teammate ...
Leafs edge Braves to grab lead in Murdoch Semi Final
Nelson Leafs took a 2-0 lead in their Kootenay International Junior Hockey League Playoff Series with the Spokane after the Green and White defeated the Braves 2-1 Wednesday night at the NDCC Arena. The best-of-seven Murdoch Division Semi-Final Series now shifts to Spokane for Games three and four, Friday and Saturday. If...
