The CSSHL has announced the 2026 Playoff MVP’s of their respective East and West Championships: Eastern U17: Mario Lapenna, Lower Canada College The Montreal, QC forward led the U17 Prep Eastern Championships with 9 assists and 13 points as LCC captured their first ever CSSHL Championship. Lapenna saved his best for last, tallying 1 goal […]
Story submitted by Dylan Asmundson, RHA Kelowna After earning their first championship last season, the RINK Hockey Academy Kelowna U18 Prep group returned with a different kind of pressure-the expectation to do it again. “This was a tight-knit group that showed a strong level of support for one another and a willingness push each other […]
RINK Hockey Academy Kelowna (Kelowna, BC) have won their second straight Canadian Sport School Hockey League (CSSHL) U17 Prep Western Championship after defeating Calgary International Hockey Academy (Calgary, AB). It was a battle of the last two U17 Prep Western Champions as RHA Kelowna came in as the defending champs, with CIHA having won in […]
For the fifth straight year RINK Hockey Academy Kelowna has won the CSSHL Female U18 Prep Western Championships. RHA Kelowna (Kelowna, BC) did so Wednesday with a 2-1 win over OHA Edmonton (Edmonton, AB) in the finals. RHA Kelowna had previously beat OHA Edmonton 6-1 in round robin play, and the two teams had each […]
The 2026 Canadian Sport School Hockey League (CSSHL) Western Championships are well under way, having started Saturday, March 7 in Penticton, BC. 106 teams total will bring their talents to Penticton, bringing with them the top student-athletes in Western Canada in six different division. The U15 Prep, U17 and U18 Prep divisions have already crowned […]
RINK Hockey Academy Kelowna (Kelowna, BC) have won their second trophy of the 2026 CSSHL Western Championships with a 4-3 victory over Pilot Mound Hockey Academy (Pilot Mound, MB) in the U15 Prep Division II playoffs. It was an action packed first for RHA Kelowna as Cash Hunter opened the scoring 2:23 in. Dexter Labrecque […]
The Canadian Sport School Hockey League (CSSHL) has announced the eight division winners of the Top Defenseman Award: Eastern U17: Antonio Lombardo, Lower Canada College A defenseman from Monteal, QC, Lombardo set East U17 single season records for defensemen with 22 assists and 29 points this season. The 2009 born defender added seven goals in […]
Despite their diagnosis of Type I Diabetes, former Canadian Sport School Hockey League (CSSHL) student-athletes and current Saskatoon Blades teammates Evan Gardner and Zach Olsen continue to find success in the Western Hockey League (WHL). A netminder from Fort St. John, BC, Gardner spent five seasons in the CSSHL with RINK Hockey Academy Kelowna and […]
Five Canadian Sport School Hockey League (CSSHL) alumna have been selected to represent Team Canada at the 2025 Women’s World Championships. The tournament will take place April 9-20, 2025 in Czechia and will see Team Canada in Pool A with the U.S.A., Finland, Czechia and Switzerland. Among the 25 players selected include Emily Clark, Hannah […]
Former RINK Hockey Academy Kelowna student-athlete Evan Gardner has signed an NHL Entry Level Contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Blue Jackets drafted the Fort St. John, BC netmidner in the second round, 60th overall at the 2024 NHL Draft. Gardner spent five seasons in the Canadian Sport School Hockey League (CSSHL) with RHA […]
