Dec. 8, 2025 – Players selected for the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League (VIJHL) North and South Division teams participating in the Jan. 16-17, 2026 All-Star & Prospect event in Spruce Grove, Alberta in conjunction with the BC Hockey League (BCHL) have been announced.
A total of 66 players will be participating from the VIJHL – 33 from each Division. South leading Peninsula Panthers will be sending 10 players, the Victoria Cougars and Westshore Wolves sending 9 each, and Saanich Predators 3 and Kerry Park Islanders 2. Oceanside Generals, which leads the North, will have 7 participants, with the Nanaimo Buccaneers and Port Alberni Bombers sending 6 each, Campbell River Storm and Comox Valley Glacier Kings 5 apiece and Lake Cowichan Kraken 4.
Besides the All-Star and Prospects games, the North and South Division players will compete in a VIJHL Skills Competition this year, featuring fastest skater, hardest shot, and other events.
Garrett Dunlop of Oceanside will coach the North team, with assistant coach Tyler Gow of the Nanaimo. Grayson Vickers of Peninsula will be behind the South bench along with Mike Nesbitt of Westshore.
Rosters:
South Division All-Stars:
Goal: Lane Maarhuis of Victoria and Matus Voluvar of Peninsula.
Defense: Jacob Eddy and Paco Hodgson of Peninsula, Jacob Bernardo of Victoria, Kaden Ryan, Linden Hoskins and Linkin Niedoba of Westshore.
Forward: Benjamin Stocks and Nate Grinevitch of Kerry Park, Carson Harris, Ethan Lingard, and Oskar Aitken-Salmons of Peninsula, Elijah Kim and Koen Gauthier of Saanich, Jordan Ramsay, Joseph Melichar and Simon Semancik of Victoria, and Kansys Seney and Parker Atkinson of Westshore.
South Division Prospects:
Goal: Caden Lentz and Matus Voluvar of Peninsula.
Defense: Ben Rowan and Jacob Eddy of Peninsula, Austin Ralph of Victoria, Linden Hoskins, Linkin Niedoba and Macguire Williamson of Westshore.
Forwards: Nate Grinevitch of Kerry Park, Logan Barnes and Luke Christensen of Peninsula, Koen Gauthier and Travis Swanson of Saanich, Ben Wetterberg, Carter Zeeben, Hayden Brooks and Jordan Ramsay of Victoria, Jasper Fellbaum, Owen Hentschel and Trace Anderson of Westshore.
North Division All-Stars:
Goal: Ethan Suhr of Oceanside and Aaron Prichette of Nanaimo.
Defense: Logan Walz of Lake Cowichan, Ethan Nordli and Nate Barclay of Nanaimo, Braeyan Newans and Levi Green of Oceanside, and McCall Nault of Port Alberni.
Forwards: Dylan Toth, Elliott Turgeon and Noah Spencer of Campbell River, Ethan Gobel, Leon Mikhalchuk and Zaya Morrow of Comox Valley, Toby Johnson of Lake Cowichan, Jaxin Karst and Madden Cruickshank of Nanaimo, Kaiden Day of Oceanside and Kash Nicklin and Malik Oliva of Port Alberni.
North Division Prospects:
Goal: Anthony Ganoung of Comox Valley and Ethan Suhr of Oceanside.
Defense: Boston Cripps, Ethan Nordli and Nate Barclay of Nanaimo, Braeyan Newans of Oceanside, Ethan Ungerand McCall Nault of Port Alberni.
Forward: Jack Smith and Ryder Tanner of Campbell River, Ethan Gobel and Westin Churchill of Comox Valley, Kieran Pritchett and Laroslav Morozov of Lake Cowichan, Madden Cruickshank of Nanaimo, Braylon Becker, Jacob Leamy and Ryder Bradford of Oceanside, and Joel Dorn and Makhi Wandler of Port Alberni.
The North and South Divisions will have seven players each who will compete in both the All-Star and Prospects games.
South Division:
Nate Grinevitch of Kerry Park, Jacob Eddy and Matus Voluvar of Peninsula; Koen Gauthier of Saanich, Jordan Ramsay of Victoria; and Linden Hoskins and Linkin Niedoba of Westshore.
North Division:
Ethan Gobel of Comox Valley; Ethan Nordli, Madden Cruikshank and Nate Barclay of Nanaimo; Braeyan Newans and Ethan Suhr of Oceanside; and McCall Nault of Port Alberni.
