This past week, our team chaplain, Pastor Don Richmond conducted chapels at a Christian hockey camp up in Williams Lake. This camp is run by Hockey Ministries International, a Christian Hockey Ministry based out of Montreal. The camp ran from Sunday evening through to Friday afternoon, with two daily on-ice sessions, dry land training, and a class room session. Some campers […]
The West Kelowna Warriors completed a 4 player swap with the Victoria Grizzlies today. Coming to the Warriors is a solid goaltender Coach Ferster is familiar with, and a blue-chip defenseman already committed to the NCAA. The Warriors receive netminder Garrett Rockafellow (’93), and defenseman Braxton Bilous (’94). While the Grizzlies get goaltender Brady Rouleau (’93), and forward […]
Hockeyville has once again taken centre stage in West Kelowna, as Hockeyville Co-Chairs Adam Less and Andrew Deans presented Westside Minor Hockey Director of Hockey Divisions, Julia Fraser, with 25 sets of youth hockey equipment at a media event earlier today. 50 sets of equipment were generously donated to West Kelowna’s Hockeyville committee by Canada […]
Former Warriors Goaltender Kevin Boyle (2010-11) recently attended the New York Islanders Rookie/Prospects Camp. Boyle is coming off his rookie season with U-Mass Amherst (NCAA Div.1) as the starting goalie, leading all backstops in wins, GAA, and sv%. The Islanders Rookie Camp wrapped up with an Orange vs. Blue game, Kevin played on the Orange. The Orange […]
Justin Schultz was able to pass the baton off to Zach Parise. After being courted by NHL teams at the Newport Sports offices in suburban Toronto for much of the week, Schultz agreed to terms with the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday afternoon. The first big free-agent decision of the summer came several hours before the floodgates were […]
The Warriors were proud to take part in, and support, the annual Westside Daze weekend. This year former Captain, and Atlantic Hockey (NCAA) Rookie of the Year, Alex Grieve made a surprise visit to take part in the parade and stay in local hotel. He joined current Captain Max French, and Dru Morrison in the […]
Warriors rookie defenseman Adam Plant (’95) has accepted a scholarship to attend Harvard University for the 2014-15 season. Plant will suit up for the Harvard Crimson of the ECAC Hockey League (Division 1 NCAA Collegiate Hockey). Plant, from Penticton, split last season between the Warriors and the Penticton Lakers of the KIJHL. He tallied 7 goals and […]
Zach Parise and Ryan Suter are the two most talked about unrestricted free agents, but the player drawing the most attention from teams is a 21-year-old college kid who has yet to play a professional game. Most fans might not know the name Justin Schultz, but you can be sure 30 NHL teams have the […]
The British Columbia Hockey League (http://www.bchl.ca) and FASTHockey (http://www.fasthockey.com) announced today a long-term partnership offering a rich digital media experience to BCHL fans across the globe. The partnership begins immediately with broadcasting set for the 2012-2013 hockey season. "Our agreement with FASTHockey not only provides us with the tools we need to raise the profile […]
Here's the link to the schedule for the 1st Annual BCHL Showcase in Chilliwack: http://www.bchl.ca/leagues/newsletter.cfm?clientID=1413&leagueID=2393&page=61993 The Showcase is intended to show off all our teams to visiting scouts/teams from across the world in one central location. Did you know that last year 301 NHL players were from NCAA Division 1 Hockey? Pretty interesting statistic! We're […]
