Cougars And Storm For A Fourth Time

Matt Clark, Bryce Irwin, and Trey Anderson each had 2 goals to lift the Cougars to a 6-2 win over the Storm Friday night. Irwin and Anderson each scored once in the first period less than a minute apart. The first was intense from both teams, you could feel the tension the ice. And as…

Captain Cam LeSergent had a hat-trick and 2 assists for his second 5 point game of the season en route to a 6-3 Cougars win over the visiting Kerry Park Islanders. This coming after the Cougars officially clinched the best record in the VIJHL for the regular season. The Panthers lost to the Wolves on…

Junior Hockey is an odd beast. Junior B more so. With a very strict age range, and a major drive for most players to move up to A or School, teams end up looking very different every year. So why has an intense rivalry lasted so long with the Panthers? It’s hard to tell. They…

Chase Heslop and AP James Joyce each had 3 point nights as the Buccaneers dropped the #1 Cougars 7-5 in Nanaimo last night. Joyce, a Ladysmith native, was in his 5th Junior game when he ripped 2 goals against the best team in the VIJHL. The Cougars didn’t roll over and die though. Trailing 4-0…

Six Cougars collected points and Evan Easton scored at 12:02 of the 2nd period to give the Cougars a 2-1 lead. That goal would be the game winner in their 4th game in 5 days, and 6 total points out of a possible 8. The Panthers jumped out to a 1-0 lead 6 minutes into…

Johnathon Esposito collected the hat-trick and player-of-the-game honours for the Cougars in what would be their first loss to the Braves all year. Ryan Strange, Evan, Abgrall, and Jake Wilhelm would each get 1 goal and 2 assists in a 7-4 upset of the league leading Cougars who were playing their third game in three…