Jungle Hockey Podcast

WE'RE BACK!!! After a 1-month break, Owen and Joe return to celebrate 1 year of the Jungle Hockey Podcast! We briefly discuss the end of the NHL Season and the Stanley Cup Champion, Florida Panthers incredible season, before digging into Junior Hockey News and Rumours. Will Swift Current of the WHL be relocating to Vernon? The PJHL Tier 1 almost got cancelled 2 weeks ago!? Who is gonna play for Si...

OUR FIRST NHL AFFILIATED INTERVIEW! Vegas Golden Knights Prospect and North Dakota University Fighting Hawks Defenseman Abram Wiebe joins the podcast for our best interview yet by far. He delves into growing up and developing in Mission, BC, and the love he has for his community and Mission Minor Hockey, before explaining how he ended up playing for the Fraser Valley Thunderbirds and eventually th...

Joe is back, and the boys dive right into the newest rumours surrounding the KIJHL before hopping into an in-depth discussion/recap of the Mowat Cup! Followed by discussing the Canucks new coaching situation and future outlook before looking back at our Pre-Season NHL Standings Predictions and how accurately we predicted the playoff picture. Recap of the 2nd Round of the NHL Playoffs, as well as P...

Was this the best first round of playoffs ever? The Cloverdale PJHL Expansion Team has officially been announced! What KIJHL city are the BCHL Penticton Vees relocating to!? Guest Co-Host Braden Chenier joins the podcast to fill in for Joe while he flies back home to Vancouver after finishing his freshman year of University. Owen and Chenier dive into recapping and discussing the NHL playoffs, rev...

KIJHL CHAMPIONS, 1st and 2nd in KIJHL Scoring AND Playoff Scoring, League MVP Levi Astill & Playoff MVP Tyler Burke join Owen and Joe for our first ever double interview. We discuss their junior careers and success this season in Grand Forks, including in-depth discussions about their playoff run and what it was like winning the KIJHL Championship. We also discussed preparing to go up against...

The Peninsula Panthers have won the VIJHL Championship in a thrilling series against the Campbell River Storm. The series went all the way to Game 7 Overtime, and we sat down with 20 bomb Mac Fletcher of the VIJHL Champion Panthers to talk about it. Mac also walks us through his hockey journey and tells us about the championship playoff run, Peninsula's amazing culture and coach, funny stories fro...

BACK TO BACK PJHL CHAMPION Tyler Blatz of the Ridge Meadows Flames joins Owen and Joe on the pod this week. Tyler walks us through his hockey journey, including his Fraser Valley Thunderbirds Career, playing BCHL Games with the Chilliwack Chiefs, and his Junior Career with the Ridge Meadows Flames, where he's fresh off of winning his 2nd Stonehouse Cup! Filled with hilarious stories from getting s...

This is one of our most loaded episodes yet. Joe returns after making the Elite 8 with Drury, dealing with Tornadoes, and hearing crazy stories from the National Championship. The boys share updates on the PJHL, KIJHL, and VIJHL Playoffs and recap the BCIHL Playoffs, which saw the University of Victoria win it all. They discuss all the officially announced Tier 1 PJHL & KIJHL Teams after not h...

Guest Co-Host Braden Chenier joins the podcast to fill in for Joe while he pursues an ACHA National Championship with Drury University. We correct and add information from our BC Junior Hockey Rumours episode (31), before digging in to recapping and discussing all the NHL Trade Deadline deals and signings! Followed up by our NHL Playoff and Stanley Cup predictions including some hot take predictio...

Caige Starr, Kerry Park Islanders defenseman, former Coastal Tsunami captain, and (FSIN) Youth Chief of Saskatchewan joins the Jungle Hockey Pod for an incredibly unique interview. Caige talks about growing up in Regina Saskatchewan and Kerry the Kettle Nakoda Nation, learning how to skate on an outdoor pond, and eventually making his way up the ranks to Jr A hockey. Filled with hilarious stories,...

It's finally time to dig into ALL of the rumours surrounding the PJHL, KIJHL, VIJHL, BCHL and more! Who are the 7 PJHL teams going tier 1, and a surprise team to make the BCHC 8 teams? Physical altercation at the PJHL Board of Governors meeting? What's happening with the KIJHL and what BCHL team has decided to no longer join the KIJHL because of it? KIJHL and VIJHL Playoff Preview and Predictions!...

Bronson Sharp, a Portland Winterhawk and Everett Silvertip alumni of the Western Hockey League (WHL), joins the podcast for our most in-depth interview yet. Bronson talks about what it meant to be from Mission and grind his way to the WHL and play games at 16 years old after going undrafted. Bronson continued to talk about his role and the ups and downs of his career ultimately leading to him join...

Owen and Joe are back with a jam-packed episode covering all the latest in junior hockey! They break down the PJHL playoff race and ongoing drama, dive into the KIJHL title battle as it comes down to the wire, and recap the latest from the VIJHL. Plus, they reveal Part 1 of the PJHL Player Poll results and discuss relocation rumors and potential Tier 1 changes. All that and much more in this week’...

Owen and Joe return to speculate on some huge rumours about the PJHL, PJHL playoff format issues and playoff predictions, and the KIJHL title (president's trophy) race. They also discuss the crazy NBA trade deadline, and recap the Canucks big trades (Miller, Chytil, M Petersson, D O'Conner) as well as the Granlund/Ceci to Dallas trade. All that and much more in this week's episode!   Hosted by: Ow...

Poco Trailblazer All-Star Bailey Ewonus joins the Jungle Hockey Pod this week to discuss his hockey journey. With stops in the AJHL, SJHL, NCDC, and now back home in Poco, Bailey had plenty of stories throughout his career. Capped off with the story of his thought process in the popular clip of his empty net slapshot to complete a hat trick against Chilliwack in a high emotions game, which led to...

Dylan Ford of the ACHA's UNLV Raiders joins the podcast for an all-timer interview. Dylan told some great stories about his career from growing up in Ridge Meadows and advancing with Yale Hockey Academy and the Northeast Chiefs programs to his time in Golden in the KIJHL. Highlighted with his transition to the ACHA with UNLV from the Hearst Lumberjacks of the NOJHL, we dive into what makes UNLV a...

EPISODE 25 OUT NOW!!! Ft. Billy Barbarich of the Edmonton Riverhawks (Baseball) and formerly or OHA Edmonton. Billy joins the podcast to talk about his hockey and baseball career, how he came to a final decision to pursue baseball after previously choosing hockey, the main differences between the sports, and much more!! We also dive into the PJHL All-Star Game, who's NHL Standings predictions look...

Levi Brewer of the ACHA's Drury Panthers joins the podcast for a fantastic interview filled with hilarious stories from various points in his career. He talks about growing up in the small town of Eston Saskatchewan, his junior career in Osoyoos, crazy superstitions, and his ACHA experience. All that and much more in this classic interview! After his interview, Owen and Joe also discuss the World...

The boys are BACK together in person as Owen and Joe sit down one-on-one to talk about hockey, sports, and life. VIJHL All-Star and prospects rosters have been announced including a few questionable choices and a strange scenario where the Vancouver Island League plays their All-Star and Prospects game in Salmon Arm. Joe talks about holiday plans, Owen makes an announcement about his future, and t...

On Episode 22 Harrison Boldt of the AJHL's Devon Xtreme, and formerly the BCHL's Chilliwack Chiefs joins the podcast (48:40) to discuss his playing career including growing up in Edmonton, moving from the BCHL to AJHL, NCAA aspirations, and more! Owen and Joe also delve into the biggest debate in junior hockey, Cage warriors fighting guys with visors, providing insight into rules and what the leag...

Jayden Attwood of the Coastal Tsunami joins the pod to talk about his crazy junior career with stops in the KIJHL, VIJHL, AND now currently the PJHL. Jayden tells some funny stories from each of the 5 teams he played for, how his career has progressed, and more. Finally, we talk about what it's like being in his final season of junior, the amazing city and fans of Gibsons BC, and being coached by...

Mission City Outlaws Legend Mike "the Boiler" Bordignon joins the show for arguably our best interview thus far! Boiler gives us a rundown of how his broadcasting career began from volunteering with the BCHL's Langley Thunder as a goal judge to eventually being the voice of the Mission City Outlaws, the Langley Rivermen, and once again back to the Outlaws! Boiler tells some all-time stor...

Former Ridge Meadows Flames Captain Matthew Tyszka hops on the podcast this week to discuss his playing career. We discuss Ridge's playoff runs, Derek Bedard's wizardry as a GM, playing against NCAA D1 Alaskan teams with SFU, and much more! Owen and Joe also recap the BCHC Prospects game which saw the PJHL take down the KIJHL 4-1. The boys also recap the Jungle, Ovi's injury, McDavid's 1,000th poi...

The Jungle is heating up and Owen and Joe are back to recap everything going on. Joining us today is Head Coach of the Kerry Park Islanders Jake Ebner. Jake discusses his playing career growing up from the SJHL to breaking Lindenwood's all time ACHA Goal record before they became an NCAA program. Jake also talks about his insane experience playing professional hockey in Australia (AIHL), and how h...

We have a very special episode this week as Owen and Joe collaborate with Jereymi Longpre, a Fitness Trainer and the host of the NorthStar Podcast. Owen sits down with Jereymi in the studio with Joe on the call, as they discuss many topics like Jereymi's sports and fitness journey to training NHL players like Gage Goncalves and Noah Juulsen and other professional and high-performance athletes! All...