Cleve Dheensaw / Times Colonist MARCH 13, 2021 06:00 AM Testing for COVID-19, reportedly a key previous stumbling block, will be part of the B.C. Hockey League’s 2020-21 season set to run five weeks beginning the first week of April. The BCHL said it has hired a chief medical officer to operate its COVID-19 safety […]

Today, the BC Hockey League (BCHL) Board of Governors approved a shortened 2020-21 season after the Provincial Health Office (PHO) accepted the league’s proposal for a safe return to play under its COVID-19 Safety Plan. The league will operate in a “pod” model where three to four teams will play each other in five different […]

Massachusetts product Tim Delay will be in the Grizzlies den next season. Cleve Dheensaw / Times Colonist MARCH 10, 2021 09:57 PM When you get a recommendation from Alex Newhook, you don’t Delay. The Victoria Grizzlies didn’t. As a result, they have landed a player ranked for the 2021 NHL draft. Forward Timmy Delay from […]

Cleve Dheensaw / Times Colonist MARCH 6, 2021 06:00 AM The B.C. Hockey League is now metaphorically, if not ­effectively, into overtime. No decision was reached Friday as to whether the league, with five teams in the Island Division, will have a 2021 season. In a statement late Friday, the league said: “The BCHL board […]

Matthew Wood and Hoyt Stanley at The Q Centre. DARREN STONE, TIMES COLONIST Cleve Dheensaw / Times Colonist FEBRUARY 28, 2021 06:00 AM What path to take is the question that must be answered by every elite hockey player entering junior. Will it be major-junior or Junior A/NCAA? Two 16-year-olds blue-chippers, both drafted out of […]

Victoria Grizzlies general manager and head coach Craig Didmon says he’s hopeful the BCHL can get some games in this season. TIMES COLONIST Cleve Dheensaw / Times Colonist FEBRUARY 22, 2021 09:56 PM Victoria Grizzlies GM and head coach Craig Didmon noted this is the time of year he would normally be preparing for the […]

Jack Gorton has 17 points in 25 games for Trinity-Pawling School last year: Trinity-Pawling School Cleve Dheensaw / Times Colonist FEBRUARY 8, 2021 09:53 PM Jack Gorton said it was a family decision, made with dad Jeff and mom Cindi, to go to the other continental coast to join the Victoria Grizzlies of the B.C. […]

Justin Gibson will join the Victoria Grizzlies in September. [Photo courtesy of Justin Gibson] Cleve Dheensaw / Times Colonist JANUARY 31, 2021 06:00 AM From Penguins to Grizzlies, Justin Gibson has upped his game in terms of animal nickname ferocity. The blueliner from the Pittsburgh Penguins Elite Under-18 Triple-A team has been recruited to join […]

Victoria Grizzlies Kenny Johnson, left, and Riley Hughes get the puck on Alberni Valley Bulldogs goaltender John Hawthorne during their BCHL game at the Q Centre on Jan. 31, 2019. ADRIAN LAM, TIMES COLONIST Cleve Dheensaw / Times Colonist JANUARY 15, 2021 09:13 PM The focus has shifted to other provinces, including B.C., after the […]