Sports News
by Nelson Daily Sports on Saturday Nov 25 2017
Jackson Zimmermann snapped a 2-2 tie with a goal at the 17-minute mark of the third period to lift the Nelson Leafs to a 3-2 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League victory over the Border Bruins Friday night at the Jack Goddard Arena in Grand Forks.
The win, the seventh consecutive win for the Leafs, increases the margin for the Green and White to 11 points in Murdoch Division...
by Bob Hall on Tuesday Nov 21 2017
The Selkirk College Saints had a ten-game winning streak come to a sudden end in Langley after the Trinity Western University Spartans handed the British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League’s (BCIHL) top team its first loss of the season, 3-2, on Friday night.
The Saints traveled west for a weekend roadtrip that started at the Langley Events Centre, home of the second-place Spartans...
by Nelson Daily Sports on Friday Nov 17 2017
Teams from throught the southern interior of the province have set Nelson for the next stop on the curling calendar as the Heritage City club plays host to the Doug Bothamley Memorial Open Cash Spiel November 24-26.
The cashspiel is names in honour of longtime curler Doug Bothamley.
The avid curler spent countless hours in the rinks around the Kootenays coaching competitive...
by Trail Champion on Thursday Nov 16 2017
The Trail Smoke Eaters would like to announce the commitment of Bryce Anderson for the 2018-2019 season.
Anderson, a forward, currently plays for the Yale Hockey Academy Prep team after spending last season with the Valley West Hawks of the BC Major Midget Hockey League. In 15 games this season, Anderson has registered 27 points for the Yale Prep team and has also tallied two goals in...
by Bob Hall on Tuesday Nov 14 2017
The Selkirk College Saints are still a long way from the ultimate British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) destination, but the ride so far has been packed with success.
The Saints brought an eight-game regular season winning streak into the long weekend. After defeating the Trinity Western University Spartans 5-2 at home on Friday night and the Eastern Washington...
by Contributor on Monday Nov 13 2017
How fortunate we are to have so much snow so early in the season. Rosslanders, being the avid out doors people that we are, were out in droves, cross-country skiing, touring, and snow shoeing.
On Friday we headed up to Strawberry Pass, to the Rossland Range Recreation Site, for our first turns on Lepsoe and we were delighted to see a large new parking lot...
by Nelson Daily Sports on Saturday Nov 11 2017
There were a couple of firsts Friday night in Buffalo.
Panthers goalie Roberto Luongo moved into fourth spot overall in wins after backstopping Florida to a 4-1 NHL victory over the Sabres.
And Nelson Minor Hockey product Dryden Hunt played his first NHL game.
The 6-foot forward did not figure in the scoring, but Hunt had a birds-eye view of greatness in action as Bobby...
by Nelson Daily Sports on Saturday Nov 11 2017
The Nelson Leafs reeled off its third consecutive Kootenay International Junior Hockey League win Friday night in Grand Forks, edging the home town Border Bruins 2-1.
The 15-3-1-0-1 Leafs maintain its five-point lead in the Murdoch Division over Beaver Valley Nitehawks.
The Hawks posted a 6-2 win Friday in Golden.
Justin Podgorenko, finishing the game with two points to...
