Ryder Hunt (pictured above) stopped all 43 shots to record his second shutout of the season as the Osoyoos Coyotes blanked the Merritt Centennials 3-0, Friday night at the Sun Bowl Arena. Osoyoos was actually outshot 43-26, but nothing was getting past the Fort St. John native in this one. After a scoreless first period, […]
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League is pleased to announce its Team of the Week for the period ending Feb. 15. Forwards Luke Davies – Kimberley Dynamiters The Calgary native was excellent in a pair of wins, starting with scoring two goals (power-play and short-handed) and collecting two assists in a 7-3 win over […]
Osoyoos Coyotes players were out in full force for Monday afternoon’s (Feb. 16th) Family Day Skate at the Sun Bowl Arena. Photography by Kirsten McLean
Only twice had the Osoyoos Coyotes scored a high mark of six goals in a game this season. Now make that three times as a result of Saturday night’s 6-3 doubling of the Kelowna Chiefs at the Sun Bowl Arena. Osoyoos trailed 2-0 after the first period and 2-1 following 40 minutes. However, a five […]
If the Osoyoos Coyotes could eliminate the middle period of Friday night’s game at Princeton, they may have very well left town with an upset victory. As it were, the Posse broke a 1-1 tie with three unanswered second period goals in defeating the Coyotes 5-3. Osoyoos looked good in both the first and third […]
Cale Chimera and Nicholas Vopat are Kootenay International Junior Hockey League players with NHL bloodlines. A rookie with the Princeton Posse, Chimera’s father Jason had a 16-year NHL career with five teams starting with the Edmonton Oilers (1,107 GP, 415 points). Vopat’s father Roman played 133 NHL games with four teams and 12 seasons professionally […]
Credit the Osoyoos Coyotes for skating with the Princeton Posse from beginning to end, Saturday night at the Sun Bowl Arena. The Coyotes outshot Princeton 32-19 and controlled their fair share of the play. Unfortunately, they ended up on the short end of a 3-1 decision. Josh Hanson scored on Osoyoos’s first shot of the […]
The Heat blanked the Coyotes 4-0, Friday night in Chase. The game got away from Osoyoos early in the second period when the Heat scored three goals in just under five minutes. Sam Koester was pulled after allowing all four Chase markers on 15 shots. Ryder Hunt was perfect in relief, stopping the 15 pucks […]
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League is now accepting league scholarship and bursary applications for the 2025-26 season. The application deadline is March 20, 2026. The KIJHL administers two scholarship awards: the Jaxon Joseph Memorial Scholarship and the Grant Sheridan Memorial Scholarship. The Jaxon Joseph Memorial Scholarship was created in memory of the former Beaver […]
The Osoyoos Coyotes figured they’d have their hands full this weekend, which certainly turned out to be the case. Saturday night in Princeton, the Posse rolled over the virus stricken Coyotes 9-3. It was the second straight game allowing nine goals against after being blitzed 9-2 by Beaver Valley just 24 hours earlier. A minute […]
