Sports News
by Nelson Daily Sports on Thursday Jun 11 2020
The BC Intercollegiate Hockey League announced Thursday that the 2020-21 regular season won't start any sooner than January 15, 2021 due to safety concerns relating to the COVID-19 pandemic.
"We are working closely with BC Hockey, our member institutions, our home arenas and our travel partners to ensure we return to action safely when the current restrictions are...
by Province of British Columbia on Thursday Jun 11 2020
British Columbians will be able to get back to playing sports sooner with the Province’s action to protect amateur sport organizations from COVID-19 liabilities, provided they are complying with public health orders and provincial sport guidelines.
Government has created a ministerial order that protects amateur sport organizations, their employees and volunteers from liability.
... by Contributor on Thursday Jun 04 2020
The following is a statement on behalf of Hockey Canada from Tom Renney, chief executive officer, and Scott Smith, president and chief operating officer, on the return-to-hockey process in Canada.
“On March 12, the decision was made to cancel all Hockey Canada-sanctioned activities across the...
by Contributor on Friday May 29 2020
By Emanuel Sequeira, KIJHL Communications Manager
The dream to play professional hockey in Europe was planted in Shawn Campbell’s mind while he watched his father Scott in Germany.
Scott spent 13 years with six professional hockey teams in Germany after a four-year career with Colorado College in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. It was while...
by Bob Hall on Wednesday May 20 2020
Even in these highly unusual times, Selkirk College Saints head coach Dave Hnatiuk has managed to bolster the program’s roster with talented recruits who are eager to start their post-secondary journey.
The former assistant coach with the University of Regina Cougars, Hnatiuk took the reins of the Selkirk College program last June. Though not optimum timing to sculpt a roster through...
by Interior Health Authority on Friday May 15 2020
An order by Interior Health’s Chief Medical Health Officer (MHO) closing all fitness centres, gyms, yoga studios or similar personal training facilities will be lifted on May 19.
The order, issued April 2, is being rescinded in accordance with ...
by Bob Hall on Monday May 11 2020
The Selkirk College Saints have added a pair of players to its recruitment class that are expected to make an immediate impact on the team’s success.
Brad Marshall and Bekkam Willis have committed to the Saints program for the 2020-2021 British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League (BCIHL) season, packing solid resumes of Junior A experience at both ends of the ice.
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by Contributor on Thursday May 07 2020
KIJHL Communications
As Angus Amadio moves forward with his education, he hopes to carry on in Grant Sheridan’s footsteps and encourage others the way Sheridan did and hopefully inspire and lead by his example.
It’s a reason why Amadio of the Beaver Valley Nitehawks is the first recipient of the Remembering Grant Sheridan Scholarship.
The Calgary...
