Hosted by Mark Berry and Emanuel Sequeira, Top Shelf; The KIJHL Podcast features players, coaches and broadcasters from one of Canada's biggest junior hockey leagues
This Week on Top Shelf… J.P. Desabrais of the Grand Forks Border Bruins scored the GWG in Game 1 of the Neil Murdoch Division Final, Emanuel Sequeira talks with him about the goal and his first full season of Junior Hockey. Back to back Hat-tricks for Revelstoke Grizzlies’ Forward Ethan Coventry , pretty cool. He’ll join us later in the podcast.
This Week on Top Shelf… Emanuel Sequeira talks with Columbia Valley Rockies goalie Nate Glenn who’s sporting a 954 save percentage in 5 playoff games. They’ll talk about a big first round series win over the Dynamiters. Evan Douglas of the Kamloops Storm is one of those versatile players who’s comfortable up front or on the back line. He’ll chat in the back half of the podcast with Emanuel.
This Week on Top Shelf… Levi Hall of the Fernie Ghostriders earned a 51 shot shutout in Game 2 of the Playoffs. Emanuel Sequeira talks with him about the performance. He also chats with Nolan Kelly of the North Okanagan Knights.
This Week on Top Shelf ... Emanuel Sequeira talks with the Hudl Instat Forward of the Week Luke Chakrabarti of the Creston Valley Thunder Cats. He also chats with Lucas Sadownyk of the Princeton Posse. Mark Berry discusses all 8 first round Playoff series.
This Week on Top Shelf… … Emanuel Sequeira talks with the Hudl Instat Forward of the Week Gage Parrell of the North Okanagan Knights and Spokane Braves 20 year old freshman, Karsen Kendall . Leading off the episode, Emanuel talks with Alex Smith of the Sicamous Eagles about his two seasons as Captain at the Eagles Nest.
This Week on Top Shelf ... Emanuel Sequeira talks with the Hudl Instat Defenceman of the Week Ayden Baldo of the Nelson Leafs and Summerland Steam goaltender, Jasper Tait . Leading off the episode, Emanuel talks with Kimberley Dynamiter Carson Cleland about being a Captain on a team with a history of impressive captains.
Emanuel Sequeira talks with the Hudl Instat Defenceman of the Week Max Chakrabarti of the Creston Valley Thunder Cats and Revelstoke Grizzlies Captain, Brady Schwab .
This Week on Top Shelf… Three interesting guests … The Hudl Instat Forward of the Week Kelton Shinde of the 100 Mile House Wranglers, Danish Goaltender, Karl Soneff from the Nelson Leafs and philanthropic netminder, Joey Hawco of the Princeton Posse.
This Week on Top Shelf… The Hudl Instat Defenceman of the Week is Lohgan Nimmo of the Beaver Valley Nitehawks. Emanuel Sequeira talks with him and Nelson Leafs’ Forward Parker White . Mark Berry talks a bit about the Trade Deadline and shares his pick for “Play-by-Play Call of the Week”.
This Week on Top Shelf… Emanuel Sequeira is on assignment somewhere on a Mexican beach so Mark Berry has the conn. He talks with newly acquired Storm player Nathan Bohmer and chats with Chase Heat Broadcaster Steve Smyth . To close out the podcast, Princeton Head Coach and General Manager Mark Readman comes onboard to talk about the Posse.
This Week on Top Shelf… The Hudl Instat Goaltender of the Week is Josh Hager of the North Okanagan Knights. Emanuel Sequeira talks with him and Golden Rockets Forward Dominic Fiorentino . Mark Berry has a great conversation with the “Voice of the Spokane Braves”, Greg Rentz about the Braves’ recent play and their webcast.
Season's Greetings from the four corners of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League in British Columbia and Washington State.
This Week on Top Shelf… The Hudl Instat Forward of the Week is Jonathan Ward of the Princeton Posse. Emanuel Sequeira talks with him and Fernie Ghostrider Defenceman Cole Fisher . Mark Berry talks with the “Voice of the Grand Forks Border Bruins”, Kevin McKinnon about the Bruins and the Neil Murdoch Division. We’ll also share a portion of the Chase Heat Waves Podcast with HC/GM Brad Fox discussing an upcoming coaching change....
This Week on Top Shelf… Emanuel Sequeira talks with Osoyoos Coyotes Goaltender Hunter Arntsen , North Okanagan Knights Forward Devin Jameson and KIJHL on-ice official Melissa Brunn , who recently received the Golden Whistle from Hockey Canada for her work on the International stage. The Beaver Valley Nitehawks’ broadcast team has expanded; Mark Berry talks with Ben Phillips , the newest member of the team....
This Week on Top Shelf… A special post BCHC Prospects Game episode. We check in with every player on the KIJHL roster , hear some highlights from the Storm play-by-play team of Larry Read and Kris Armstrong. We also get some thoughts from KIJHL Commissioner Jeff Dubois on the two-day event in Kamloops.
This Week on Top Shelf… Emanuel Sequeira chats with Chase Heat Forward Braeden Huth . Later on, Emanuel talks with the Hudl Instat Forward of the Week Crae Dawson from the Nelson Leafs ... and Mark Berry is joined by the ‘Voice of the Kamloops Storm’ Larry Read ; they'll talk about the team and the upcoming BCHC Prospects Game.
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’ goaltender, Matteo Hueston....
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 Horiachka and we’ll talk with Draeden Bear of the Golden Rockets about their community jerseys....
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, Landon Hedges and Larry Read talks with Sicamous Head Coach Nick Deschenes about Crossfit....
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 Clement .
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 of them. Our Player Profile this week is on Scott Dyck of the Osoyoos Coyotes...
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 we’ll share some early season KIJHL stats...
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 Edwards , formerly of the Border Bruins talks about signing with the WHL Royals....
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 .
