Penticton, BC: The Penticton Vees (8-5-2) might feel like they deserved two points against the Coquitlam Express Wednesday night, but their focus is solely on the next task at hand, and that’s a showdown against the Merritt Centennials (11-7-0) on the road Friday night. Wednesday the Vees had leads of 1-0 and 2-1 against the […]
Penticton, BC: The Penticton Vees (8-5-1) took down the top team in the league, the Chilliwack Chiefs, Saturday night, and now face another stiff test in the Coquitlam Express (11-5-1) who have transformed into a formidable club after two seasons in the cellar of the BCHL. Saturday the Vees held leads of 1-0 and 2-0 […]
Penticton, BC: The Penticton Vees (7-5-1) hope to carry a similar performance from their 3-2 loss to the West Kelowna Warriors last night into their matchup against the top team in the BCHL, the Chilliwack Chiefs (13-4-0) Saturday night. Trailing 3-2 after one, the Vees controlled play for the majority of the final 40 minutes […]
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 […]
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 […]
The BCHL is pleased to announce Chris Hebb as the league’s new commissioner, effective immediately. Hebb is a former senior executive with two of the biggest sports and entertainment companies in Canada – Orca Bay Sports and Entertainment (OBSE) in Vancouver and Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE) in Toronto. From 2006 to 2013, […]
After a long travel day Thursday, the Penticton Vees got into the swing of things Friday, hitting the ice for the first time in Cobourg, Ontario. The Vees touched down at Pearson International Airport in Toronto around 6:30 pm local time Thursday. They then bussed out to Point Credit for a team meal, before finally […]
WHAT’S ON TAP It’s the final game of the Penticton Vees (28-5-0-1) pre-Christmas schedule, as they take a five-game win streak on the road as they face the Salmon Arm Silverbacks (14-18-1-2) at the Shaw Centre. It’s the back-half of the weekend home-and-home, as the Vees took a 3-2 overtime decision Friday night at the […]
The BCHL board of governors has approved a new postseason format for the 2017 BC Ford Dealers Road to the Fred Page Cup BCHL Playoffs. The BCHL’s need to carefully plan its playoff format is predicated on the fact the BCHL has three divisions – the Island, Mainland and Interior Divisions – yet must still […]
I know, a bit late but why not share some thoughts and observations on round one? The Penticton Vees advanced to round two after beating their rivals, the Vernon Vipers in five games in the opening round of the Fred Page Cup playoffs. It was an emotional series, highlighted by some colourful exchanges between the […]
