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Hockey Heat wave going to hit Chase

Hockey in August? The answer is yes as a number of camps and a Minor Hockey School wrap up.

Chase Heat player #13 Tommy Brown redirects the puck in an effort to get something past goaltender Kristian Stead and put Chase, down 6-0, on the scoreboard late in the third period of game 5 Thursday Feb. 26. Goaltender for the 100 Mile House Wranglers, Stead would take the puck off his face mask, sending it up and over the net to keep Chase of the scoreboard. The Heat tried everything to score but not even their top snipers could find an answer to get one past the netminder. Stead would stop all 44 shots he faced to record a shutout, giving the Wranglers the win with a final score of 7-0. With that, the Wranglers took a 3-2 series lead over the Chase Heat in the best of seven.

Heat fan support appreciated

The entire Chase Heat Hockey Club organization raises their sticks and salutes with tremendous thanks the supportive fans…

Chase Heat player #13 Tommy Brown redirects the puck in an effort to get something past goaltender Kristian Stead and put Chase, down 6-0, on the scoreboard late in the third period of game 5 Thursday Feb. 26. Goaltender for the 100 Mile House Wranglers, Stead would take the puck off his face mask, sending it up and over the net to keep Chase of the scoreboard. The Heat tried everything to score but not even their top snipers could find an answer to get one past the netminder. Stead would stop all 44 shots he faced to record a shutout, giving the Wranglers the win with a final score of 7-0. With that, the Wranglers took a 3-2 series lead over the Chase Heat in the best of seven.
Chase Heat goaltender Michael Byer gets ready to make a save versus the 100 Mile House Wranglers during Game 1 of the Heat’s playoff run in Saturday’s KIJHL playoff game to take a 3-0 lead.

Heat fans treated to exciting playoff

The first round of the playoffs are well underway between your Chase Heat and the 100 Mile House Wranglers

Chase Heat goaltender Michael Byer gets ready to make a save versus the 100 Mile House Wranglers during Game 1 of the Heat’s playoff run in Saturday’s KIJHL playoff game to take a 3-0 lead.
Chase Heat’s Tyler Mork races through traffic, avoiding the check by the 100 Mile House Wranglers. Chase would break a 1-1 tie late in the third period, beating the Wranglers 3-1. Chase will now face the 100 Mile House squad in a rematch from last year’s first round of the playoffs.

Heat head for playoffs

The Heat wrapped up the regular season this past weekend, finishing second in the Doug Birk’s Division to claim home-ice advantage

Chase Heat’s Tyler Mork races through traffic, avoiding the check by the 100 Mile House Wranglers. Chase would break a 1-1 tie late in the third period, beating the Wranglers 3-1. Chase will now face the 100 Mile House squad in a rematch from last year’s first round of the playoffs.
Chase Heat’s Wesley Matsuda is triple-teamed as he crosses the blue line into the Nelson Leafs zone with the puck, looking to add to a 1-0 lead in the second period. Nelson Leafs player #21 Austin Seaman slows up Matsuda from behind as #12 Aaron Dunlap and #24 Robson Cramer help out by knocking the puck away. The Leafs would tie the game 1-1 with less then 10 seconds left in the second period. Chase Heat would add three goals in the third period to beat the Nelson Leafs by a final score of 4-1.

Heat still in second after faltering on road

So the Chase Heat Hockey Team played a trio of contests on the Family Day long weekend.

Chase Heat’s Wesley Matsuda is triple-teamed as he crosses the blue line into the Nelson Leafs zone with the puck, looking to add to a 1-0 lead in the second period. Nelson Leafs player #21 Austin Seaman slows up Matsuda from behind as #12 Aaron Dunlap and #24 Robson Cramer help out by knocking the puck away. The Leafs would tie the game 1-1 with less then 10 seconds left in the second period. Chase Heat would add three goals in the third period to beat the Nelson Leafs by a final score of 4-1.
Chase Heat #16 Kaleb Boyle celebrates with teammates #7 Trevor Okino and #19 Cody Hodges after adding another power-play goal to his growing record. The Chase Heat beat the Sicamous Eagles by a final score of 4-3.

Playoffs on horizon for second-place Heat

With the month of January behind us, the Chase Heat have five games left in their KIJHL regular season schedule

Chase Heat #16 Kaleb Boyle celebrates with teammates #7 Trevor Okino and #19 Cody Hodges after adding another power-play goal to his growing record. The Chase Heat beat the Sicamous Eagles by a final score of 4-3.
Sicamous Eagle Owen Rowsell and Chase Heat D-man Cole Perison collide during Junior B action at the Sicamous and District Recreation Centre last Wednesday. The Heat smoked their Sicamous hosts 6-1.

Hot Heat set to host three

Local 16-year-old Daniel Toews stopped 29 of 30 shots, some of them of the spectacular variety.

Sicamous Eagle Owen Rowsell and Chase Heat D-man Cole Perison collide during Junior B action at the Sicamous and District Recreation Centre last Wednesday. The Heat smoked their Sicamous hosts 6-1.
Lathan McKinney of the Summerland Steam battles for the puck behind the Summerland net with Chase Heat player Hayden Orton during Saturday night’s game. Chase couldn’t get much going during the game until late in the third period, getting two goals with less then 10 minutes left, sending it into overtime. The game went into double overtime before the Summerland Steam was able to score to beat the Heat by a final of 3-2.

Heat tied for second

Barn burners: Team loses one, wins one in overtime.

Lathan McKinney of the Summerland Steam battles for the puck behind the Summerland net with Chase Heat player Hayden Orton during Saturday night’s game. Chase couldn’t get much going during the game until late in the third period, getting two goals with less then 10 minutes left, sending it into overtime. The game went into double overtime before the Summerland Steam was able to score to beat the Heat by a final of 3-2.
Sicamous Eagle Korwin Shewchuk’s shot from the boards fails to get by Chase Heat netminder Michael Byer during Wednesday night’s game in Sicamous. It was one of those, ‘what could go wrong, did go wrong’ games, resulting in a 4-0 win for Sicamous.

Heat victorious in two of three

Renowned ’70s rocker Meatloaf had a huge hit with “Two out of Three ain’t Bad” and that’s the way the puck bounced for the Heat

Sicamous Eagle Korwin Shewchuk’s shot from the boards fails to get by Chase Heat netminder Michael Byer during Wednesday night’s game in Sicamous. It was one of those, ‘what could go wrong, did go wrong’ games, resulting in a 4-0 win for Sicamous.
The Revelstoke Grizzlies Josh Pilon tries to knock in a rebound past Chase Heat goalie Micheal Byers Friday night

Heat roll from loss to 3-3 split

The local junior hockey Heat played two games that went from lackadaisical effort to redemption in 24 hours

The Revelstoke Grizzlies Josh Pilon tries to knock in a rebound past Chase Heat goalie Micheal Byers Friday night
Chase Heat earned a point in each of their games over the past weekend, as both matches went into overtime. Here Konnor Madsen of the Castlegar Rebels tries putting the puck past Chase Heat goalie Michael Byer. Byer flips the puck up with his stick to make the glove save. Chase Heat lost 6-5 to the 100 Mile House Wranglers Friday night and fell 5-4 to the Castlegar Rebels Saturday night.

Losing it in overtime

On Wednesday, Nov. 5 the Heat travelled to Armstrong to take on the North Okanagan Knights

Chase Heat earned a point in each of their games over the past weekend, as both matches went into overtime. Here Konnor Madsen of the Castlegar Rebels tries putting the puck past Chase Heat goalie Michael Byer. Byer flips the puck up with his stick to make the glove save. Chase Heat lost 6-5 to the 100 Mile House Wranglers Friday night and fell 5-4 to the Castlegar Rebels Saturday night.
Marking the end of Breast Cancer Awareness month, Chase Royalty (left) Breanna Nickerson – Miss Chase Princess, Joanna Carlin – Miss Chase and Alicia Zeiger – Miss Congeniality drops the ceremonial puck for Nathan Grieve of the Sicamous Eagles and Connor Venne of the Chase Heat.

Heat raise big bucks for breast cancer

The Chase Heat Junior hockey team continues to battle the injury bug with nine regulars out of the lineup

Marking the end of Breast Cancer Awareness month, Chase Royalty (left) Breanna Nickerson – Miss Chase Princess, Joanna Carlin – Miss Chase and Alicia Zeiger – Miss Congeniality drops the ceremonial puck for Nathan Grieve of the Sicamous Eagles and Connor Venne of the Chase Heat.
Spokane Braves #25 Kurtis Redding redirects the puck, trying to tip it past Chase Heat goalie Michael Byer. The Braves’ Tanner Stolz screens and then jumps out of the way as the Heat’s #7 Trevor Okino pushes him, giving Byer a chance to make the save. With only a few seconds left in the second period, Stolz would again screen Byer, jumping and landing on his right leg and cutting it, sending Byer to hospital from the injury.

Heat shelve nine to injury

For those readers who remember the hit TV show MASH, the Chase junior hockey team was all that this past weekend

Spokane Braves #25 Kurtis Redding redirects the puck, trying to tip it past Chase Heat goalie Michael Byer. The Braves’ Tanner Stolz screens and then jumps out of the way as the Heat’s #7 Trevor Okino pushes him, giving Byer a chance to make the save. With only a few seconds left in the second period, Stolz would again screen Byer, jumping and landing on his right leg and cutting it, sending Byer to hospital from the injury.
More than 250 fans attended the Heat’s first home game of the season.Reid Robertson of the Grand Forks Border Bruins tries to catch up with local Chase player Cody Hoghes, as he goes in on a break-away, scoring the eighth goal of the evening for an 8-4 win. The Heat donated their share of the 50/50 draw to Dennon Leibel and his family. Leibel, who is from Vernon, plays for the North Okanagan Knights and, in April, he was diagnosed with Ewings Sarcoma, a rare form of cancer. For the past several months, and for several more months to come, he will be undergoing chemotherapy, surgery and radiation at BC Children’s Hospital.

Heat split weekend contests

The Chase Heat entertained the Grand Forks Border Bruins on Friday, Sept. 19 in their season home opener

More than 250 fans attended the Heat’s first home game of the season.Reid Robertson of the Grand Forks Border Bruins tries to catch up with local Chase player Cody Hoghes, as he goes in on a break-away, scoring the eighth goal of the evening for an 8-4 win. The Heat donated their share of the 50/50 draw to Dennon Leibel and his family. Leibel, who is from Vernon, plays for the North Okanagan Knights and, in April, he was diagnosed with Ewings Sarcoma, a rare form of cancer. For the past several months, and for several more months to come, he will be undergoing chemotherapy, surgery and radiation at BC Children’s Hospital.
After missing the later part of last season with an injury, goalie Mike Byer returns to the Chase Heat and makes a blocker save during exhibition action against the 100 Mile House Wranglers Saturday, Sept. 6.

Hockey heats up in Chase

Pucksters from the 100 Mile House Wranglers, Kelowna Chiefs and Kamloops Storm descended on picturesque Chase

After missing the later part of last season with an injury, goalie Mike Byer returns to the Chase Heat and makes a blocker save during exhibition action against the 100 Mile House Wranglers Saturday, Sept. 6.

Awards banquet set for Sunday

It was a week with a possible six points in the standings, and the Heat picked up four of them.

Free Chase Heat on Saturday

In a pair of home-ice contests, two teams from the KIJHL Okanagan division visited Chase and each took away two hard-earned points

Exciting hockey weekend

This past weekend your Chase Heat entertained the division-leading Kamloops Storm on Friday, Dec. 6 in a tight home game

Dominick Knorr and Kaydan Pittendreigh get autographs from the Chase Heat last Saturday during Hockey Day in Chase.

Chase Heat take two out of three

Upcoming: Team to host Storm, Columbia Valley. The local team is back in second place in the division.

Dominick Knorr and Kaydan Pittendreigh get autographs from the Chase Heat last Saturday during Hockey Day in Chase.

Thermostat cranks up a notch

A week ago the Chase Heat came out of a three game eastern swing with no points but endured a great character-building weekend