Seymour Becomes Friday Night’s Hero!

Bronson Seymour’s second goal of the game with just 3:56 left in regulation time lifted the Osoyoos Coyotes to a 5-4 come-from-behind victory over the Kelowna Chiefs, Friday night at the Sun Bowl Arena. Garrett Kurtz, as well as Spencer Fleck and Jarrod Gale, both on the powerplay, also scored for Osoyoos.  The Coyotes rallied […]

The KIJHL Notebook: Team goal leaders

  Who doesn’t like goals? This week’s KIJHL Notebook highlights each team’s top snipers. Before getting into that, on Tuesday night, the Creston Valley Thunder Cats gave the goal judge plenty of work in a 14-3 victory over the Spokane Braves. Austin McLean was credited with the eventual winning goal as he scored to give […]

Parrell, Sardinha & Lee named KIJHL 3 Stars

    Gage Parrell (North Okanagan Knights), Mettao Sardinha (Sicamous Eagles) and Hayden Lee (Osoyoos Coyotes) have been selected the Hudl Instat Kootenay International Junior Hockey League 3 Stars of the Week for the period ending Feb. 11/24. Parrell – Top Forward – The Salmon Arm product had a goal and four assists to help […]

Coyotes Let One Slip Away!

The Osoyoos Coyotes were just seconds away from an exciting win on Saturday night at the Sun Bowl Arena.  However, they gave up the game tying goal at the 19:39 mark of the third period, eventually dropping a 5-4 overtime decision to the North Okanagan Knights. Osoyoos grabbed an early 2-0 first period advantage, which […]

Gale & Lee Get It Done for the Yotes!

Jarrod Gale scored 17-seconds into three-on-three overtime and Hayden Lee stopped all 41 shots he faced as the Osoyoos Coyotes blanked the Steam 1-0, Friday night in Summerland.  Gale was sent in home free with a perfect saucer pass from Rylan Konecsni.  Levi Brewer got the play started by feeding Konecsni. Despite three full period […]

The KIJHL Notebook – Goalie tandems

  Spokane Braves goalie Andrew Tworkowski has played the most minutes of any KIJHL goalie at 1,766 and has faced the most rubber – 1,482 shots. The next closest to Tworkowski is Osoyoos Coyote Hunter Arntsen who has faced 1,699 shots. What’s even more impressive about Tworkowski’s play is his save percentage – .911, while […]

Coyotes Drop a Heartbreaker to Kelowna!

The Kelowna Chiefs scored the game winner at the 1:58 mark of three-on-three overtime to defeat the Osoyoos Coyotes 4-3, Wednesday night at the Sun Bowl Arena. The Coyotes came out flat in the opening period and the Chiefs took advantage, building a 2-0 lead after 20-minutes. However, Osoyoos rallied with a much better performance […]

Disappointing Effort Results in Weekend Split!

Inconsistent play has plagued the Osoyoos Coyotes for most of the season. Following an impressive 3-0 shutout of 100 Mile House the night before, the Coyotes laid an egg on Saturday night in Chase, bowing 6-3 to the Heat. Osoyoos looked unprepared in allowing Chase to score three unanswered first period goals. The Coyotes did […]

Textbook Road Performance Leads to Victory!

It took the Osoyoos Coyotes a few minutes to shake their ‘bus legs,’ but after that they played a solid game at both ends of the ice, blanking the Wranglers 3-0, Friday night in 100 Mile House. A bouncing puck deflected in off of Parker MacDonald with exactly one minute left in the opening period […]

The KIJHL Notebook: Team defence

  On Saturday, Jan. 27, Daniel Wittenberg (Revelstoke Grizzlies), Raphael Eloe (Spokane Braves), Anmol Garcha (Princeton Posse) and Nolan Kelly (North Okanagan Knights) all scored hat-tricks. It’s the third time this season that four players have scored three goals in a day.  The second time was on Jan. 5 when Kobe Mason (Columbia Valley Rockies), […]