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If the Nelson Leafs want to make a return trip to the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League Finals, the Heritage City franchise is going to need a major comeback. Gavin Tritt scored his first goal of the playoffs at 13:10 of the first overtime to give the hometown Beaver Valley Nitehawks a 4-3 victory in Murdoch Division Semi Final action Wednesday night at the Fruitvale

The Beaver Valley Nitehawks and Grand Forks Border Bruins rebounded from opening game losses to even their respective Neil Murdoch Division series at 1-1 following Saturday Kootenay International Junior Hockey League Playoff wins. The Nitehawks scored four unanswered goals in the third period — three markers coming on special teams — to dump the Nelson Leafs 6-2 Saturday at

On the eve of the Leafs and Nitehawks rekindling their Kootenay International Junior Hockey League playoff rivalry, beginning Friday with Game one of the Murdoch Division Semi Final at the NDCC Arena, two Nelson players received special recognition. Leafs rearguard Tyson Lautard was selected the Murdoch Division Top Defenceman in year-end awards while netminder Frederick

The Nelson Leafs are proud to work other sports groups and help with their fundraising efforts. Recently, the Nelson Leafs Recycling Centre hosted a bottle drive in support of the Nelson Boxing Club. Ten young boxers showed up to sort through bottles and cans to raise money for their club. With a little help from the depot, their efforts netted them $1,020 to put towards their

There’s nothing like a six-game winning streak and a weekend sweep of Eddie Mountain teams to get the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League Power Rankings selection committee to take notice. The Nelson Leafs jumped into second spot in KIJHL Power Rankings following a three-game road sweep of Eddie Mountain teams. Nelson opened the trip with a 3-2 victory over rival

The Revelstoke Grizzlies scored three unanswered third period goals to defeat the Nelson Leafs 6-4 and capture the 2022 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League Teck Cup Championship Thursday night at the Forum. The defending Teck Cup Champions win the KIJHL best-of-seven final series 4-1. Trailing 4-3 entering the third period, Tyden McWillis got the Grizzlies rally

The Nelson Leafs and Kimberley Dynamiters each advanced to the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League Conference Final after posting divisional-series victories Friday in Frutivale and Invemere. Nelson rallied from a 3-0 deficit early in the second period to edge Beaver Valley Nitehawks 4-3 to clinch the best-of-seven Murdoch Division Final 4-2. Meanwhile, Kimberley

The Nelson Leafs live to play again. Ryan Quast scored a shorthanded goal early in the third period to power the hometown Leafs to a 3-1 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League playoff victory Wednesday at the NDCC Arena. The Leafs, after being down 3-1, win the best-of-seven Murdoch Semi-final series 4-3. Nelson which finished the regular season 29 points ahead of the

The Nelson Leafs live to play again. Ryan Quast scored a shorthanded goal early in the third period to power the hometown Leafs to a 3-1 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League playoff victory Wednesday at the NDCC Arena. The Leafs, after being down 3-1, win the best-of-seven Murdoch Semi-final series 4-3. Nelson which finished the regular season 29 points ahead of the

It’s never easy come playoff time for a top seed to kick a lower-placed club to the curb. Facing a 1-0 series deficit and trailing 2-0 midway through Game two, the Nelson Leafs rallied for three straight goals to edge Castlegar Rebels 3-2 Murdoch Division victory in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League playoff action Wednesday night at the NDCC Arena. The win, following