2025–26 KIJHL season

2025–26 KIJHL season
LeagueKIJHL
SportIce hockey
DurationSeptember – February
Number of games462
Number of teams21
Streaming partner(s)FloSports

The 2025–26 KIJHL season will be the 59th season of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL). The regular season will start on September 19, 2025 and run until February 28th 2026. The only rematch of the 2025 Teck Cup Final will occur on January 24th in Revelstoke.

League changes

Following the annual general meeting in June 2025, the league announced a change to the playoff qualification criteria affecting teams in the Okanagan-Shuswap Conference.[1] Recognizing that there are six clubs in the Bill Ohlhausen division while each of the other divisions have five clubs, the league introduced a wild card provision whereby the fifth place team in the Bill Ohlhausen division will qualify for the fourth playoff position in the Doug Birks division in the event that they have a superior record to the fourth place Doug Birks division club.[1]

Regular season

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The regular season runs from 19 September 2025 through 28 February 2026.[2] Each of the teams play a 44-game regular season schedule, including 33 or 34 against teams in the same conference, and one against each team in the other conference.[3]

Schedule Matrix

Each team's schedule can be broken down as follows:

  • Neil Murdoch Division
    • 1 game against each Doug Birks team (5 total: 5 home)
    • 1 game against each Bill Ohlhausen team (6 total: 6 away)
    • 2 games against all-but-one Eddie Mountain team (9 total: 4 away, 5 home)
    • 6 games against the other Neil Murdoch teams (24 total: 12 away, 12 home)
  • Eddie Mountain Division
    • 1 game against each Doug Birks team (5 total: 5 away)
    • 1 game against each Bill Ohlhausen team (6 total: 6 home)
    • 2 games against all-but-one Neil Murdoch team (9 total: 5 away, 4 home)
    • 6 games against the other Eddie Mountain teams (24 total: 12 away, 12 home)
  • Doug Birks Division
    • 1 game against each Neil Murdoch team (5 total: 5 away)
    • 1 game against each Eddie Mountain team (5 total: 5 home)
    • 2 games against each Bill Ohlhausen team (12 total: 6 away, 6 home)
    • 5 or 6 games against the other Doug Birks division teams (22 total: 11 away, 11 home)
  • Bill Ohlhausen Division
    • 1 game against each Neil Murdoch team (5 total: 5 home)
    • 1 game against each Eddie Mountain team (5 total: 5 away)
    • 2 games against each Doug Birks team (10 total: 5 away, 5 home)
    • 4-5 games against the other Bill Ohlhausen teams (24 total:12 away, 12 home)

Home openers

Home and Season Openers
TEAM Home Opener Season Opener
Eddie Mountain
Golden Rockets Sep 20th VS Revelstoke Sep 19th @ Columbia Valley
Columbia Valley Rockies Sep 19th VS Golden
Kimberley Dynamiters Sep 26th VS Columbia Valley Sep 19th @ Nelson
Fernie Ghostriders Sep 19th VS Creston
Creston Thundercats Sep 20th VS Columbia Valley Sep 19th @ Fernie
Neil Murdoch
Nelson Leafs Sep 19th VS Kimberley
Castlegar Rebels Oct 3rd VS Creston Sep 20th @ Grand Forks
Beaver Valley Nitehawks Sep 19th VS Spokane
Grand Forks Border Bruins Sep 20th VS Castlegar
Spokane Braves Sep 26th VS Quesnel Sep 19th @ Beaver Valley
Bill Ohlhausen
Osoyoos Coyotes Sep 19th VS 100 Mile
Princeton Posse Sep 27th VS Castlegar Sep 19th @ Kelowna
Merritt Centenials Sep 26th VS Castlegar Sep 19th @ Quesnel
Kelowna Chiefs Sep 19th VS Princeton
Revelstoke Grizzlies Oct 18th VS Beaver Valley Sep 19th @ Sicamous
Sicamous Eagles Sep 19th VS Revelstoke
Doug Birks
Chase Heat Sep 20th VS Kamloops Sep 19th @ Kamloops
Kamloops Storm Sep 19th VS Chase
100 Mile House Wranglers Oct 4th VS Merritt Sep 19th @ Osoyoos
Williams Lake Mustangs Sep 20th VS Merritt
Quesnel River Rush Sep 19th VS Merritt

Standings

2025-2026 KIJHL Regular Season Standings
Team W L OTL SOL Pts GF GA GD
Kootenay Conference-Eddie Mountain Division
Kimberley Dynamiters 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Fernie Ghostriders 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Columbia Valley Rockies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creston Valley Thundercats 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Golden Rockets 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kootenay Conference-Neil Murdoch Division
Grand Forks Border Bruins 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Beaver Valley Nitehawks 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nelson Leafs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Castlegar Rebels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spokane Braves 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan/Shuswap Conference-Bill Ohlhausen Division
Princeton Posse 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Revelstoke Grizzlies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Merritt Centennials 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Sicamous Eagles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kelowna Chiefs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Osoyoos Coyotes 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Okanagan/Shuswap Conference-Doug Birks Division
100 Mile House Wranglers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Kamloops Storm 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Quesnel River Rush 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Williams Lake Mustangs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Chase Heat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

x-Clinched Playoffs xc-Clinched the fourth seed in the Doug Birks Division xy-Clinched Division xyz-Clinched Conference xyzp-Clinched best regular season record e-Eliminated from playoff contention

References

  1. ^ a b "2025 league meetings conclude in Kamloops". kijhl.ca (Press release). Kootenay International Junior Hockey League. 8 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  2. ^ Midzain, Teryn (18 July 2025). "KIJHL announce home openers for 2025/2026 season". My Cariboo Now. Retrieved 20 July 2025.
  3. ^ "KIJHL releases 2025-26 season schedule". kijhl.ca (Press release). Kootenay International Junior Hockey League. 9 July 2025. Retrieved 20 July 2025.

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