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Vees launch Community Heroes program

Penticton, BC: The Penticton Vees Junior ‘A’ Hockey Club is pleased to officially launch a new community initiative, the Community Heroes program. The initiative will see a different local charity honoured at each Penticton Vees home game during the 2018-19 regular season. Each charity will be presented with a cheque for $1,000 for a total of […]

Vees comeback falls short in Victoria

Victoria, BC: The Penticton Vees (1-2-0) comeback fell one goal short against the Victoria Grizzlies (2-1-0) Saturday night. Two power-play goals by the Vees wasn’t enough in the 4-3 loss. Cam Thompson opened the scoring for Victoria nearly eight minutes into the game. He took a rink-wide feed from Alex Newhook and fired a shot […]

Preview: Vees visit Grizzlies looking for weekend sweep

Victoria, BC: The Penticton Vees (1-1-0) picked up their first win of 2018-19 Friday night against Cowichan, now they look to head home with two wins tonight against the Victoria Grizzlies (1-1-0). The first goal of Friday’s game came just 26 seconds into the second period as Drew Elser found the back of the net […]

Elser’s pair leads Vees over Capitals

Duncan, BC: The Penticton Vees (1-1-0) scored three times in the second period, including with just 17.5 seconds remaining, and held on for a 4-2 win over the Cowichan Valley Capitals (0-2-1) Friday night. A scoreless first period had the Vees leading 11-4 in shots as they carried the majority of the play. Two power-play […]

Preview: Vees open Island trip against Capitals

Penticton, BC: The Penticton Vees (0-1-0) look to use a strong week of practice to help them bounce back from their season-opening loss against the Langley Rivermen as they set sail to Vancouver Island for a pair of games, beginning with the Cowichan Valley Capitals (0-1-1). Last Friday the Vees were even with the Langley […]

Vees drop season opener in Langley 5-2

Langley, BC: The Penticton Vees (0-1-0) ran into penalty trouble in the third period and dropped a 5-2 game to the Langley Rivermen (1-0-0) to open the 2018-19 BCHL season. The game started off well for Penticton as James Miller let a wrist shot go from the right point that deflected off a Langley body […]

Preview: Vees open season in Langley

Penticton, BC: The Penticton Vees (0-0-0-0) look to start the 2018-19 campaign on the right foot Friday night, and they’ll have to do so against the only team they didn’t record a win against last season, the Langley Rivermen (0-0-0-0). The Vees wrapped up their exhibition schedule with a 5-1 loss to the Wenatchee Wild […]

James Miller named assistant captain

Penticton, BC: The Penticton Vees are pleased to announce they’ve appointed 1998-born defenceman James Miller as an assistant captain for the 2018-19 season. He joins Cassidy Bowes and Ryan Sandelin as assistants along with Massimo Rizzo as team captain. Miller, from Spruce Grove, Alberta, enters his third season as a member of the Penticton Vees […]

Vees drop pre-season finale 5-1 to Wenatchee

Photo Credit Cherie Morgan Photography Penticton, BC: The Penticton Vees wrapped up their pre-season schedule with a 5-1 loss to the Wenatchee Wild on home ice Saturday night. Matt Gosiewski opened the scoring with a wrist shot that beat a screened Jack LaFontaine just 10 seconds into a Wild power play. The Vees would answer […]

Preview: Pre-season schedule ends as Vees host Wild

Photo Credit: Jesi Richardson Penticton, BC: The Penticton Vees wrap up their four-game exhibition schedule tonight as they host the Wenatchee Wild in the back half of a home-and-home series at 6:00 at the South Okanagan Events Centre. Friday night the two teams clashed at the iFIBER rink in Wenatchee and the Wild took home […]