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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Peninsula 2 Victoria 0 A 28 save shutout by first star Caden Lentz led the Peninsula Panthers to a 2-0 victory over the Victoria Cougars and a 3-1 lead in their VIJHL South Division final series at Archie Browning Arena. Third star Brendan Williams and Logan Barnes both scored in the second period for Peninsula, […]
Nanaimo 5 Comox Valley 2 A hat trick from first star Hunter Yanick pushed the Nanaimo Buccaneers to a 5-2 victory over the Comox Valley Glacier Kings to tie their VIJHL North Division final at two games apiece Wednesday night at the Comox Valley Sports Centre. Nanaimo never trailed, holding period leads of 2-0 and […]
Comox Valley 1 Nanaimo 2 (OT) Third star Tee Hagel scored at 12:59 of overtime to give the Comox Valley Glacier Kings a 2-1 win over the host Nanaimo Buccaneers and a 2-1 lead in their North Island final series in Tuesday night VIJHL playoff action in front of 445 fans at the Nanaimo Ice […]
The VIJHL announced its Stars of the Week following the first week of playoffs following the 2025-26 season. Ethan Davey of the Victoria Cougars was the Forward of the Week with seven goals and three assists for 10 points in five games. Nate Barclay of the Nanaimo Buccaneers was the Defenseman of the Week with […]
Victoria 1 Peninsula 3 First star Oskar Aitken-Salmons scored twice, including a second period shorthanded marker that was the eventual game winner and a third period insurance goal, leading the Peninsula Panthers to a 3-1 win over the Victoria Cougars to open up a 2-0 VIJHL South Division playoff final lead Saturday night as 268 […]
