Eric Welsh – Chilliwack Progress The Chilliwack Chiefs have battled all the way back to even in their first round BCHL playoff series against the Langley Rivermen and will host game seven Sunday night at Prospera Centre. Down 0-3 in the best-of-seven series after a 5-0 loss Monday, things looked bleak for the regular-season champs. […]
Eric Welsh – Chilliwack Progress The Chilliwack Chiefs are halfway to completing an epic comeback in the BCHL playoffs after beating the Langley Rivermen Thursday night at Prospera Centre. Cole Donhauser and Kevin Wall each collected their first goals of the postseason in a 2-1 win that cut Chilliwack’s series deficit to 3-2. For the […]
Eric Welsh – Chilliwack Progress The Chiefs staved off elimination in their first round playoff series, beating the Langley Rivermen 2-1 Tuesday night at the George Preston Arena in Langley. Still trailing 3-1 in the best-of-seven series with zero margin for error, Chilliwack comes home for game five knowing they need three straight wins to […]
Eric Welsh – Chilliwack Progress Fifty eight regular season games over the better part of six months are in danger of being wiped out in less than a week. A 5-0 loss to Langley in a BCHL playoff game Monday night has the regular-season champion Chilliwack Chiefs trailing 0-3 in their best-of-seven first round series, […]
Eric Welsh – Chilliwack Progress The best home-ice team in the BCHL find themselves in a 2-0 hole in the opening round of the BCHL playoffs. Mark Gallant scored the winner with 4:59 remaining in double overtime Saturday night as the Langley Rivermen stunned the Chilliwack Chiefs 3-2 at Prospera Centre. The home team put […]
Eric Welsh – Chilliwack Progress Luck favoured the Langley Rivermen Friday night as they drew first blood in their first round playoff series versus the Chilliwack Chiefs. The Rivermen benefited from three lucky-bounce goals in a 5-4 win at Prospera Centre, taking the W despite being outshot 41-32. Tanner Versluis had two of them as […]
Congratulations to our Head Coach and General Manager Brian Maloney on being named a finalist for Coach of the Year in the BCHL Awards, alongside Tyler Kuntz of the Powell River Kings and Joe Martin of the Merritt Centennials. The winner will be announced next week!
An initial round of nominations has narrowed down the finalists from each division for the BCHL annual awards. In a weighted vote, each BCHL head coach was asked to submit a list ranking their top choices for each of most valuable player, rookie of the year, top defenceman, top goalie and most sportsmanlike player. The […]
With a 2-1 win over the Prince George Spruce Kings on Sunday the Chiefs won their first Ron Boileau Memorial Trophy in seventeen years and also locked themselves in as the Mainland Division Champions. Given to the team that amasses the most regular season points, the Boileau Trophy win also guaranteed the Chiefs home ice […]
