March 29: Cougars Beat Bucs, Square VIJHL Final

Nanaimo 1 Victoria 5 A pair of goals in each of the first two periods enabled the Victoria Cougars to triumph over the Nanaimo Buccaneers 5-1 Sunday at Archie Browning Arena to even their best-of-seven VIJHL Playoff Championship Series at a game apiece. First star Haydyn Brooks, second star Simon Semancik, third star Ethan Davey, […]

March 26: Buccaneers Nip Cougars In VIJHL Final Opener

Nanaimo 2 Victoria 1 Kane Law scored the winning goal at 7:02 of the third period to give the Nanaimo Buccaneers a 2-1 win over the Victoria Cougars in the opening game of the VIJHL Championship Final series Thursday night at Archie Browning Arena. First star Nate Barclay had Nanaimo’s first goal and assisted on […]

March 24: Cougars Win South Series, Advance to VIJHL Final

Victoria 3 Peninsula 2 First star Kelton Shinde scored the winning goal at 6:45 of the third period to give the Victoria Cougars a 3-2 victory over the defending champion Peninsula Panthers to take their best of seven VIJHL South Division playoff final 4-3 in front of an overflow crowd of 630 at the Panorama […]

March 22: Cougars Edge Panthers, Force Game Seven

Peninsula 3 Victoria 4 Three third period goals in less than five minutes propelled the Victoria Cougars to a 4-3 win over the Peninsula Panthers Sunday to even their best-of-seven VIJHL South Division final series at 3-3 in front of 405 fans at Archie Browning Arena. First star Grady Sluggett opened the scoring in the […]

March 21: Buccaneers Down Glacier Kings, Earn VIJHL Final Berth

Nanaimo 4 Comox Valley 2 First star Aaron Pichette made 41 saves to backstop the Nanaimo Buccaneers to their first ever VIJHL Championship Final with a 4-2 win over the Comox Valley Glacier Kings Saturday night at the Comox Valley Sports Centre, winning their North Division series 4-2. Following a scoreless first period, Nanaimo led […]

March 20: Bucs, Cougars Win, Set Table for Game Sixes Saturday

Comox 3 Nanaimo 4 Four points from first star Nate Barclay and three from second star Dylan Lazaroff led the Nanaimo Buccaneers to an exciting 4-3 win over the Comox Valley Glacier Kings in Friday night VIJHL North Division final series action in front of 455 fans at Nanaimo Ice Centre. Nanaimo now leads the […]