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NEWS: Vees Acquire Martini From Powell River; Smart Commits To UBC

PENTICTON, B.C. – The Penticton Vees Junior ‘A’ Hockey Club is pleased to announce the acquisition of defenseman Ethan Martini (‘00) from the Powell River Kings in exchange for future considerations. Martini, 19, brings plenty of experience and grit to the Vees backend, spending the last three seasons in the BCHL and amassing 143 games […]

Trevor Miller named new Vees Director of Broadcasting and Communications

Penticton, BC: The Penticton Vees announced today that Penticton native Trevor Miller has been named the new Director of Communications and Broadcasting. He will handle all play-by-play broadcasts on EZ Rock AM 800 for the 2019-20 season. Miller,  24, comes to Penticton with years of broadcasting experience to his name. Last season, Miller handled the […]

Vees announce 2019-20 regular season schedule

Penticton, BC: The Penticton Vees and the British Columbia Hockey League released the 56-game regular season schedule for the 2019-20 season today. The schedule for the BCHL Showcase Festival presented by Bauer will be announced at a later date. The Vees open their season Friday, September 7 with back to back games in Trail against […]

Vees acquire Vincent Nardone from Flin Flon

Penticton, BC: The Penticton Vees announced today they have acquired 2000-born forward Vincent Nardone from the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League’s Flin Flon Bombers in a three-team deal that sees 1999-born forward Cassidy Bowes moved to the AJHL’s Whitecourt Wolverines. Nardone, from Rosemère, Quebec, was in his first season of junior hockey with the Bombers last […]

Craig Beauchemin accepts position with Swift Current Broncos

Penticton, BC: The Penticton Vees announced today that Director of Broadcasting and Communications,  Craig Beauchemin, has accepted a position as the Broadcast and Community Relations Manager with the Swift Current Broncos of the Western Hockey League. Beauchemin, from Whitehorse, Yukon, joined the Vees in August of 2017, taking over from Fraser Rodgers who had held […]

Vees trade Massimo Rizzo to Coquitlam to complete June 1 deal

Penticton, BC: The Penticton Vees announced today that they have traded 2001-born forward Massimo Rizzo to the Coquitlam Express to complete the June 1 deal that saw the Vees acquire Alex DiPaolo. Rizzo, from Burnaby, spent the past two years with the Vees recording 24 goals and 55 assists in 87 games. He missed 21 […]

Massimo Rizzo drafted by Carolina Hurricanes

Photo: Jack Murray Penticton, BC: The Penticton Vees are proud to announce that team captain Massimo Rizzo has been drafted 216th overall by the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft. He becomes the 33rd player to be drafted into the NHL directly from the Vees franchise, and third to be drafted by the Carolina […]

Two Vees alumni invited to World Junior Summer Camps

Penticton, BC: The Penticton Vees are pleased to announce two of their alumni, defenceman Jonny Tychonick and forward Luke Loheit, have been invited to World Junior Summer Camps for Team Canada and Team USA respectively. Tychonick, from Calgary, played two seasons with the Vees from 2016-2018, playing 96 games while scoring 12 goals and adding […]

2019-20 Spotlight: Scott Gilowski

When anyone talks about Scott Gilowski, the word big comes to mind. The 16-year-old defenceman made big strides in his game this past season, has big expectations of himself and, yes, he’s very big. “I’ve been constantly growing but over the past few years it’s been getting to 6’3’’, 6’4’’,” Gilowski recalled. “I think it […]

2019-20 Spotlight: Danny Weight

Photo Credit: Rena Laverty Danny Weight never had to look far for inspiration. The son of Doug Weight, who played 1,238 games in the National Hockey League, Danny knew from a young age what he wanted to do. “Some of my earliest memories of the game are probably just due to my dad playing,” Weight […]