Summerland, BC – For the first time this season, the Summerland Steam came away from a set of weekend games with no points. After two big wins last weekend and the resulting suspensions that followed Saturday night’s 4-3 win in Revelstoke, one would have assumed a shorthanded Steam squad would be in tough against a […]

The Summerland Steam have to play their game to have success.   “Players need to play their game, no matter who we’re playing against.”   That’s the message head coach John DePourcq gave his players following a disappointing 3-2 loss to the North Okanagan Knights on Jan. 19.   “They have proved they can compete […]

The Summerland Steam dropped a 3-2 decision to the North Okanagan Knights Saturday at Summerland Arena.   Mitchell Gove (17th) and Lane French (12th) scored for the Steam, while Jared Breitkreuz turned aside 31 of 34 shots. The Steam’s record is now 20 wins, 15 losses, two ties and two overtime losses in the Kootenay International […]

Opportunity knocks. When the Summerland Steam begin their weekend of Kootenay International Junior Hockey League action Friday in Kamloops, they do so without Morey Babakaiff, Bevis Chou, Cairo Rogers and captain Everett Scherger who are out due to suspensions. Head coach John DePourcq will also serve a one-game suspension. Steam assistant coach Carter Rigby says he isn’t […]

A few good men came up big for the Summerland Steam en route to collecting four points over the weekend.   Those few good men will be mentioned briefly.   The weekend road trip began by defeating the Kelowna Chiefs 4-3 on Friday, then Steam defeated the Revelstoke Grizzlies by the same score in Kootenay […]

The Summerland Steam are hitting the road on Highway 97 Friday to take on the Kelowna Chiefs in Kootenay International Junior Hockey League play (KIJHL).   With 18 wins in 35 games, the Steam face their Okanagan Division leaders with 31 wins in 35 games. The Chiefs’ lone regulation time loss this season came against […]

Bevis Chou’s first career Kootenay International Junior Hockey League goal, and an 18-save performance by Jared Breitkreuz, helped the Summerland Steam earn a point in a 3-3 final against the Sicamous Eagles. Chou earned the firefighter’s hat for the Steam’s best player Saturday night at Summerland Arena, but Breitkreuz was also important making some difficult […]