https://soundcloud.com/user-180735882/this-week-in-the-vi-week-1-sep-1019 Week One – September 5-7 Cougars 4 Wolves 2 The answer to the trivia question, who scored the first goal of the 2019-2020 VIJHL season, is Matthew Clark of the Victoria Cougars. In the league opener, Thursday, he turned the light on at 13:35 of the first from Jude Wessel and Ethan Roworth. Just […]
The Saanich Braves Jr Hockey Club have announced that Brent Polischuk has accepted the position of Head Coach and General Manager for the 2019-20 season. According to a Braves press release from owners Edward Geric and Norm Kelly on July 18, “Brent has extensive experience in coaching, player development, player evaluation and scouting.” Coach Polischuk […]
The Nanaimo Buccaneers were out in the community on Sunday supporting the 35th annual Silly Boat Regatta event in Nanaimo. This event is held annually and all the money collected goes to support Nanaimo Child Development Centre. This year the Buccaneers were asked to run the dunk tank. It was a lot of fun; below […]
At the May VIJHL meetings, the Board of Governors made some decisions that will have an impact on the 2019-2020 season. Here are some of the highlights: Shoot-Out and Overtime The ‘Shoot-out’ to resolve games that are deadlocked will remain for the 2019-2020 season but there will be changes to ‘Overtime’. Overtime will be limited […]
VIJHL Championship Finals – Game 4 – March 31 Victoria 5 Campbell River 0 A three goal performance from Mateo Albinati capped off a perfect performance from the Victoria Cougars as they dominated the Campbell River Storm 5-0 and took a 3-1 Championship Final series stranglehold Sunday night at the Arch in Esquimalt. The Cougars […]
VIJHL Championship Finals – Game 3 – March 29 Victoria 4 Campbell River 0 The Victoria Cougars played a physical, skilled game punctuated by stellar goaltending enroute to a 4-0 victory and a 2-1 series lead on Friday night in Campbell River. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zFRq6kBSO8&feature=emb_logo Similar to Game 2, it was the Cougars that seemed to win […]
VIJHL Championship Finals – Game 2 – March 28 Victoria 5 Campbell River 2 Generally speaking, when one speaks of a bounce back game one is suggesting that a team wasn’t playing well in the first game. That wouldn’t be the case for the Victoria Cougars as they responded to a 4-0 loss with a […]
VIJHL Championship Finals – Game 1 – March 26 Campbell River 4 Victoria 0 Three goals in the second led the Campbell River Storm to a 4-0 victory over the Victoria Cougars Tuesday night at the Brindy. The Storm take Game 1 of the Championship finals. Pearce Messer opened the scoring in the first after […]
VIJHL Playoff Summary – March 22 Victoria 4 Nanaimo 3 Mateo Albinati scored a late third period goal to give the Victoria Cougars their first lead of the night, one that not only put them in the VIJHL Championship Finals but ensured that they were heading to the Cyclone Taylor Cup in April. It was […]
VIJHL Playoff Summary – March 21 Victoria 8 Nanaimo 1 The Victoria Cougars have grabbed a 3-2 series lead. They are one win away from playing for the league title. The Cougars defeated the Nanaimo Buccaneers 8-1 on Thursday night at the Arch in Esquimalt. Veteran Defenceman and Captain, Carl Ewert opened the Cougars account […]
