The KIJHL Podcast

This Week on Top Shelf … Grand Forks Border Bruins Captain Ray Warrack joins Emanuel Sequeira . Later on, Emanuel talks with Hudl Instat Forward of the Week Tristan Weill from the Kimberley Dynamiters. The Kamloops Storm were well represented last week; Sam Lewis was Top Defenceman while Colton Phillips-Watts was Top Goalie. We’ll shine a mini-spotlight on both of them.

This Week on Top Shelf… Emanuel Sequeira talks with one of the Hudl Instat Players of the Week, Forward Taylor Haggerty from the Fernie Ghostriders. The Revelstoke Grizzlies’ Jozef Kuchaslo was Goaltender of the Week while Nicholas Hughes of the Kimberley Dynamiters was Defenceman of the Week; we’ll shine a mini spotlight on both of them. Our Player Profile this week is on Castlegar Rebels’ goalte...

This Week on Top Shelf… Emanuel Sequeira talks with one of the Hudl Instat Players of the Week, Defenceman Jake Kessler from the Kelowna Chiefs. The Beaver Valley Nitehawks’ Connor Stojan was Goaltender of the Week while Ryan Larsen of the Kamloops Storm was Forward of the Week; we’ll shine a mini spotlight on both of them. Our Player Profile this week is on Princeton Posse Forward, Tyson Horiachk...

This Week on Top Shelf… Emanuel Sequeira talks with one of the Hudl Instat Players of the Week, Goaltender Colton Phillips-Watts from the Kamloops Storm. The Beaver Valley Nitehawks’ Cade Reber was Defenceman of the Week while Anmol Garcha of the Princeton Posse was Forward of the Week; we’ll shine a mini spotlight on both of them. Our Player Profile this week is on Creston Valley Thunder Cat, Lan...

This Week on Top Shelf … our Emanuel Sequeira talks with one of the Hudl Instat Players of the Week, Goaltender Nate Glenn from the Columbia Valley Rockies. The Beaver Valley Nitehawks’ Kaleb Percival was Defenceman of the Week while teammate Roan Crowe was Forward of the Week; we’ll shine a mini spotlight on both of them. Our Player Profile, this week, is on another Nitehawk, veteran Ollie Clemen...

KIJHL Commissioner Jeff Dubois joins Mark to discuss the two big announcements this week. Emanuel Sequeira talks with one of the Hudl Instat Players of the Week, Ethan Shebansky from the Grand Forks Border Bruins. The Summerland Steam’s Brayden Gosselin was Defenceman of the Week and Luke Chakrabarti of the Creston Valley Thunder Cats was Forward of the Week; we’ll shine a mini spotlight on both o...

Emanuel Sequeira talks with one of the Hudl Instat Players of the Week, Nicholas Hughes from the Kimberley Dynamiters. Teammate Tristan Weill was Forward of the Week and Nate Glenn of the Columbia Valley Rockies was Goaltender of the Week; we’ll shine a mini spotlight on both of them. Kevin McKinnon of the Grand Forks Border Bruins was presented with his well-deserved honours from last season and...

Week One of the 23/24 KIJHL season is in the books. Emanuel will talk with one of the Hudl Instat Players of the Week, Parker Fournier from the Sicamous Eagles. Andrew Tworkowski of the Spokane Braves and Mikkel Hrechka of the Chase Heat share the honours and we’ll shine a mini spotlight on them. Jaiden Jakubowski of the Columbia Valley Rockies earned a shutout in his debut, he’ll join us and Ben...

Aiden Morcom of the Kelowna Chiefs is coming off a strong rookie season; Emanuel Sequeira talks with him about his preparation. Mark Berry chats with Kimberley Dynamiters HC/GM Derek Stuart about the strong team he's re-assembled. Kamloops Storm GM Matt Kolle describes the importance of Trainer Peter Friedel who passed away in June. Player Spotlights on Ray Warrack (GFB) and Alex Smith (SIC).

Creston Valley Thunder Cat Luke Chakrabarti talks with co-host Emanuel Sequeira about the upcoming season while Mark Berry chats with KIJHL Commissioner Jeff Dubois about some rule changes.

1,286 days between games for the KIJHL Spokane Braves. Emanuel Sequeira talks with current Spokane Head Coach Darin Schumacher and past coach Michael Bay .

Special Edition - This week BC Hockey designated the KIJHL as a Junior A Tier 2 hockey league. KIJHL Commissioner, Jeff Dubois joins host Mark Berry to talk about the transition to Junior A. Also Emanuel jumps onto the podcast to talk about some minor changes to Top Shelf in September.

Down to the final show of the season. Mark Berry talks with KIJHL Commissioner Jeff Dubois about the year that was. Later Emanuel Sequeira joins Mark to talk about the 5 teams they feel put together turnaround seasons.

Day 3 of the Cyclone Taylor Cup. Mark Berry , Emanuel Sequeira and Josh Piercey recap the day’s action and talk about the Medal games on Sunday. Post game interview with Kimberley Dynamiters HC/GM Derek Stuart .

Day 2 Wrap-up at the Cyclone Taylor Cup with Mark Berry , Emanuel Sequeira and Josh Piercey . Interviews with Delta Ice Hawk HC/GM Steve Robinson and Revelstoke Grizzlies Associate Coach Jiri Novak .

Day 1 Wrap-up at the 2023 Cyclone Taylor Cup with Mark Berry , Emanuel Sequeira and Revelstoke Grizzlies Broadcaster Josh Piercey . Postgame interviews with Kimberley Dynamiters Head Coach Derek Stuart and Oceanside Generals bench boss Dan Lemmon ,

A bit of a different show this week. The podcast recorded on the road in Princeton after Game 5 with different equipment and a hoarse throat. Game highlights plus post game comments from the Posse’s Jake McCulley and Head Coach Mark Readman . Our player interview this week from Emanuel Sequeira is with Jozef Kuchaslo of the Revelstoke Grizzlies.

This week we start with Posse GM Mark McNaughton and KIJHL Broadcaster Tim Hogg talking about Morton Johnston who passed away suddenly last Sunday. During the main podcast, interviews with Cash Regan from the Dynamiters, Chase Heat President Darryl Adamson , PJHL Broadcaster Andrew Cheverie and VIJHL Broadcaster Kyle Ireland .

LISTEN to this week’s Playoff edition of Top Shelf: The KIJHL Podcast. Guests include players Tristan Weill from the Kimberley Dynamiters, Sean Mitchell from the Princeton Posse, Head Coaches, Ryan Parent of the Grizzlies, Mark Readman of the Posse and Derek Stuart of the Nitros.

LISTEN to this week’s Playoff edition of Top Shelf: The KIJHL Podcast. We are down to our Final 4; Princeton, Revelstoke, Kimberley and Beaver Valley. Our guests include players Trystan Self from the Kimberley Dynamiters, Curtis Gould from the Princeton Posse and Connor Stojan from the Beaver Valley Nitehawks. Also joining us for the podcast, Mark McNaughton , General Manager of the Posse

This week on Top Shelf… guests include Carter Bettenson from the Revelstoke Grizzlies, Ollie Clement from the Beaver Valley Nitehawks, Head Coach and General Manager Brad Tobi n from the Creston Valley Thunder Cats and 2023 Cyclone Taylor Cup Chair Kevin Dorrius . All this and some great calls from around the KIJHL.

As eight KIJHL teams prepare for the Division Finals, hosts Emanuel Sequeira and Mark Berry chat with several players and coaches including Fernie Ghostriders’ goaltender Aiden Kruhlak , Kimberley Dynamiter’s netminder Matt Fleet , Sicamous Head Coach Nick Deschenes and North Okanagan Assistant Coach Josh Evans .

Host Mark Berry discusses the first round Teck Cup Playoff series and talks with Princeton Posse Head Coach Mark Readman while co-host Emanuel Sequeira catches up with Coletyn Boyarski of the Osoyoos Coyotes.

LISTEN to a Special episode of Top Shelf: The KIJHL Podcast . . . NHL/KIJHL Alumnus Aaron Volpatti joins Emanuel Sequiera in this full length interview. Aaron’s journey is incredible, unimaginable and inspiration; from his time with the Revelstoke Grizzlies to the VGH Burn Unit to eventually the NHL and a career ending injury. It’s a must-listen for players and fans.

Former National Hockey Leaguer and Revelstoke Grizzlies alumnus Aaron Volpatti joins Emanuel Sequeira to talk about his KIJHL days. It’s a preview of a special Top Shelf coming out on Sunday. Beforehand, Emanuel chats with current Grizzlie, Will McPhee , their Captain, about this season’s Revelstoke side. A busy episode for Emanuel; he joins co-host Mark Berry to discuss the first round Playoff ma...