About the Vancouver Canucks, the NHL and Hockey in General.
By Andrew Phillip Chernoff | CanucksBanter April 4, 2025 The traditional, federated model of Canadian hockey—where all developmental roads lead strictly through the provincial branches up to the centralized authority of Hockey Canada and the Major Junior (CHL) draft—is permanently fracturing in its’ most Western province. It is rapidly being replaced by the division of … Read more
By Andrew Phillip Chernoff | CanucksBanter April 01, 2026 The landscape of amateur and junior hockey in Western Canada underwent a seismic and irreversible structural realignment on March 31, 2026, with the formation of the Western International Junior Hockey League (WIJHL). In a highly coordinated and unprecedented maneuver, eight historic franchises announced their immediate and … Read more
From The Junior Hockey News August 1, 2023 The BCHL thought leaving the CJHL was a good idea in 2022, and they thought leaving Hockey Canada was an even better idea in 2023. What has happened in player recruiting is not what the BCHL expected. Gone are the AAA afiliate players. Gone are the players sent … Read more