The upcoming season marks a milestone in Okotoks hockey history. The 2025-26 campaign will see the Carstar Okotoks Bisons celebrate their 40th anniversary — a journey that began in 1985 when the club first took the ice as the Okotoks 85ers. Four decades later, the Bisons stand among Canada’s most respected and successful Jr. B programs, […]
Article by Dan Singleton: DIDSBURY – The 2025-26 Mountainview Colts will aim to be ‘stronger and bigger’ in the upcoming season, says second-year head coach and first-year general manager Ron Doig. The Didsbury-based Heritage Junior Hockey League Colts play in the league’s north division. The team finished with a 19-17-2 record during the 2024-25 season, falling three […]
By Garrett Simmons Sunny South News The Coaldale Copperheads split two weekend exhibition contests, as the regular season looms. Saturday in Coaldale, the Copperheads fell 4-3 to the Medicine Hat Cubs. After the Hat opened the scoring, BArrett Van Nistelrooy tied things up, as Roan Crowe and Caden Still drew the assists. John Vanden Elzen […]
By John Watson Local Journalism Initiative Reporter: Agra Risk Wheatland Kings Head Coach, Doug Raycroft, says there is a lot to work on with the new team following the conclusion of the exhibition season. Squaring off against Airdrie for a home and home, followed by two games against Red Deer, the Kings closed the exhibition […]
The Cochrane Generals’ season opener will be about much more than hockey this year. When the puck drops Sept. 27 at the SLS Centre, the team will dedicate the night to the memory of Elliot VanWynsberghe, a 10-year-old superfan who lost his battle with cancer last year. “Every season opener is big for the Generals, […]
The Carstar Okotoks Bisons enter the regular season in unfamiliar territory. For the first time in four seasons, the Bisons charge into the Heritage Junior Hockey League not as the defending champions and are looking to return to their title winning form on the heels of three consecutive banners from 2022-24. Full Story Here: https://www.westernwheel.ca/local-sports/oilers-bisons-host-season-openers-friday-in-okotoks-11221555 […]
Perched atop the highest row of seats in the SLS Centre’s Totem One viewing area, Derek Bell, clipboard in hand, sits completely alone. Pucks bounce over sticks and ricochet off the end boards glass. Thirty-seven skaters and 10 goalies, all wearing either a grey, black, or red Cochrane Generals practice jersey, compete among themselves for […]
A Message from the HJHL President: The All-Star Game Returns — And Strathmore Is the Perfect Host As President of the Heritage Junior Hockey League, I’m proud to share some exciting news with our players, fans, and communities across Alberta: the HJHL All-Star Game is officially back — and it’s coming to Strathmore in 2025. […]
The Sylvan Lake Wranglers recently announced the pre-season and regular season schedule. The 2025 Heritage Junior Hockey League champions will start their pre-season with a game against the Wetaskiwin Icemen at the NexSource Centre on Sept. 5. Following the first pre-season game, the Wranglers will play one more game against the Icemen in Wetaskiwin. The team will […]
The Cannex Cochrane Generals finished the 2024-2025 regular season in fourth place among the Heritage Junior Hockey League’s (HJHL) six southern division teams. In the playoffs, after beating the Coaldale Copperheads in a best-of-three set, they fell to the eventual south division champions, the Carstars Okotoks Bisons. After a long off-season the Generals are set […]
