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Vees Salvage Split with Warriors

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Saturday, December 29, 2012 VEES RETURN THE FAVOUR IN WEST KELOWNA WEST KELOWNA, BC-A new look line had its fingerprints all over the score-sheet, as the Penticton Vees doubled-up the West Kelowna Warriors 4-2 Saturday, in a wildly entertaining game at Royal LePage Place. Sam Mellor, Wade Murphy and Jedd Soleway teamed up for three of […]

Vees Grab Nitsche from Langley

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Saturday, December 29, 2012 VEES BOLSTER THEIR BLUE-LINE  PENTICTON, BC–The Penticton Vees Jr. ‘A’ Hockey Club has acquired defenseman Thomas Nitsche (92) from the Langley for future considerations. To make room for Nitsche, the Vees sent rookie defenseman Nathan Deyell (95) to the Cowichan Valley Capitals for future considerations. Vees Head Coach & GM Fred […]

Warriors Get an Overdue Win

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Friday, December 28, 2012 WARRIORS SPOIL THE PARTY; SNAP LOSING SKID PENTICTON, BC– The West Kelowna Warriors got a monkey off their back on Friday night, in a 5-2 win over the Penticton Vees at the SOEC. The win is the Warriors first against the Vees since December of 2010, snapping a losing skid over […]

Game 34 Preview

Who: Vees vs. WarriorsWhere: SOECWhen: 7pm The Penticton Vees (22-8-0-3 / 12-4-0-1)step back on the ice for the first time in 13 days as they host their nearby rival, the West Kelowna Warriors (12-10-2-7 / 4-4-0-4). This is the first meeting between the two teams in over two months, the last encounter back on October 26th; […]

Lucia + Reilly Named to Team USA Roster

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Tuesday, December 25, 2012   TWO VEES ALUMNI CRACK USA ROSTER PENTICTON, BC–Mario Lucia (Notre Dame / Wild ’12) and Mike Reilly (Minnesota / Blue Jackets ’12) were named to USA Hockey’s 23-man roster Tuesday for the 2013 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship in Ufa, Russia. The two Vees alumni and USA […]

Soleway Joins the Badgers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Monday, December 17, 2012SOLEWAY IS WISCO BOUNDPENTICTON, BC– The Penticton Vees Jr. ‘A’ Hockey Club is pleased to announce, forward Jedd Soleway has committed to the University of Wisconsin Badgers for the 2014-2015 season.  Soleway becomes the 13th player of the Vees’ roster to secure an NCAA Division l scholarship. Soleway, 18, was recently […]

Christmas Rankings

The Canadian Junior Hockey League (CJHL) in conjunction with NHL Central Scouting announced today its Weekly Top 20 rankings for the week of December 17th. Last week's rankings and the leagues in which the teams belong to are in parenthesis. The CJHL Weekly Top 20 as of Monday, December 17th: 1. (1) Brooks Bandits (AJHL) […]

Vees 5 Nanaimo 2

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Saturday, December 15, 2012 VEES GET AN EARLY CHRISTMAS PRESENT; CLIP NANAIMO PENTICTON, BC– The Penticton Vees gave got an early Christmas present, scoring a 5-2 win over the Nanaimo Clippers on Saturday night at the SOEC. Sam Mellor scored twice on the power-play and four players had two-point nights, to vault the Vees to […]

Vees GM 32 Preview

When: 7pm Where: Wesbild Centre VEES: GP 31 20-8-0-3 VIPERS: GP 30 10-13-0-7 VEES AWAY: 9-4-0-2 VIPERS HOME: 6-5-0-4 SEASON SERIES September 8th: 3-2 OT Vees October 5th: 4-2 Vees November 23rd: 2-1 Vipers November 24th: 3-1 Vees January 25th: @ SOEC March 8th: @ Vernon Vees Scoring vs. Vipers:                  Vipers Scoring vs. […]

Vees Take Two Points from Vernon

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:Friday, December 14, 2012  VEES TAKE A BITE OUT OF VIPERS   VERNON, BC-The Penticton Vees continued their mastery of the Vernon Vipers Friday night as they picked up a 3-1 win in Vernon. Three different Vees scored, including Sean Flanagan getting his first in blue & black, and Chad Katunar was spot […]