PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Spruce Kings have acquired defenseman Brendan Gillmore (05') from the Blackfalds Bulldogs in exchange for future considerations.Gillmore is 5'11, 170 pounds and hails from North York, Ontario. Last year he played 41 games for the Bulldogs and had three goals and three assists.This seas...

PRINCE GEORGE- The Spruce Kings return to Kopar Memorial Arena tonight for their final home meeting with the Surrey Eagles. They have a 2-2 record against them, and last met three weeks ago, but have had some major roster changes since then.Three of their top forwards and their highest scoring defenseman have since bee...

PRINCE GEORGE- A week ago, the Spruce Kings added goaltender Ben Polhill from the Estevan Bruins of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League."The welcome's been good. The guys have been great, team's been great, coaches are good and I'm settling into the billets. It's been really good," said Polhill on his first...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Spruce Kings have signed a pair of players for the rest of the 2024-2025 BCHL season. The team announced the signing of 19-year-old centre Corson Maguire and 18-year-old goaltender Benjamin Polhill Sunday (Jan. 12) afternoon. Maguire, a five-foot-10 Toronto native has 14 goals and 16 a...

PRINCE GEORGE - Nicolas Papineau scored a pair of goals, including the overtime winner, to lead the Prince George Spruce Kings to a 4-3 win over the Alberni Valley Bulldogs Friday (Jan. 10) night.Papineau's unassisted marker at 6:27 of overtime at the Kopar Memorial Arena ended a two game losing streak for the Kings, w...

PRINCE GEORGE-The Prince George Spruce Kings' defenseman Trent Ballentyne is on his way to Tennessee next season. The London, Ontario native has committed to Tennessee State University for the 2025-2026 season."I'm super excited to be part of Tennessee State University's inaugural season," says Ballentyne. &q...

CHILLIWACK - The Prince George Spruce Kings gave up four power play goals in a 5-2 defeat to the Chilliwack Chiefs Saturday (Jan. 4) night.Skogen Schrott and Will Moore had the Kings up 2-1 after 20 minutes at the Chilliwack Coliseum, with Schrott's goal coming inside the opening two minutes.The Chiefs went 4-for-4 on ...

SURREY B.C. - The Prince George Spruce Kings struck first, but then gave up four in the third period, in a 4-1 defeat to the Surrey Eagles Friday (Jan. 3) night.Will Moore opened the scoring for the Kings with the only goal of the second period as Prince George led 1-0 after 40 minutes of hockey at the South Surrey Are...

PRINCE GEORGE- The Spruce Kings opened up the second half of the BCHL season grabbing three of a possible four points this past weekend at home.In game one on Saturday (Dec. 28), the Spruce Kings jumped out to an early two-goal lead over the Nanaimo Clippers thanks to tallies by Brock Cummings and Carter Hesselgrave.Th...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Spruce Kings have signed a new goalie for the remainder of this season. Dylan Johnson is 6'1 and 202 pounds and hails from Dallas, Texas. He played six games this year in the USHL this season, putting up a 3-2 record with a 3.73 goals against average and a .853 save percentage. Prior t...

PRINCE GEORGE - A former Prince George Spruce King will play for Team Canada at this year's Spengler Cup in Davos, Switzerland. Layton Ahac, who was part of the Fred Page Cup and Doyle Cup winning team in 2018-19, was one of nine defencemen named to Canada's Spenger Cup roster Friday (Dec. 20). A third-round draft pick...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Spruce Kings have added a player to their roster.They've signed 6'1, 180 pound defenseman Ludvig Basth (05) from Brynas IF J20 for the remainder of this season.Basth hails from Gavle, Sweden and has played the past five seasons in the Brynas IF program for the J18 Region and Nationell,...

PRINCE GEORGE- The Spruce Kings are at home for their final weekend before the Christmas break, as they welcome the Langley Rivermen for a Friday, Saturday back-to-back.The Kings final home game before the Christmas break is on Saturday and it's their annual Drop the Gloves and Sock it to 'em game."It's a huge wee...

PRINCE GEORGE- The BCHL has announced their roster for the 2025 Top Prospects Game and one Prince George Spruce King has made that list. Forward Skogen Schrott will be taking to the ice on January 17 at Rogers Rink in Salmon Arm, B.C. as part of the All-Star Weekend.The game is to showcase the top NHL Draft eligible pl...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Spruce Kings have hired Taylor Harnett as the Associate Coach for the remainder of the season.In a news release from the Spruce Kings, "Harnett is an Edmonton, Alberta native who spent seven seasons as the Head Coach and General Manager with the Waywayseecappo Wolverines of the Ma...

PRINCE GEORGE- Along with making a coaching change last Monday, Mike Hawes, the Spruce Kings General Manager has been busy making additions to the roster. Last Tuesday, they signed forward Nicolas Papineau after spending three seasons in the Central Canada Hockey League, most recently as the captain of the Nepean Raide...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Spruce Kings have acquired goaltender Colin Reay from the Vernon Vipers in exchange for future considerations.Reay is 5' 11, 175 pounds and hails from Sherwood Park, Alberta. Reay has posted a 14-9-4 record with a 2.85 goals against average and a .914 save percentage this season."...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Spruce Kings have bolstered their lineup with the signing of a player from the Central Canadian Hockey League.The Kings have signed 5'10, 160 pound forward Nicolas Papineau. Papineau played for the Nepean Raiders where he scored nine goals and added 17 assists for 26 points this year.T...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Spruce Kings have announced today that they have relieved head coach Alex Evin of his coaching duties.General Manager Mike Hawes said in a statement that part of his job as the general manager is "to recognize when a change is needed, and that the organization is at that point.&qu...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Spruce Kings have announced the commitment of 2007 born defenseman Vincent Croteau for the 2025-2026 season.Croteau is 6'4, 193-pounds from Carignan, Quebec, who has spent the last three seasons playing for Shawnigan Lake School U18 Prep of the Canadian Sport School Hockey League. In 1...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Spruce Kings defeated the Cowichan Valley Capitals 6-5 in overtime in a wild, back-and-forth home game Friday (Nov. 8). The Spruce Kings started hot with three goals in the first 12 minutes before the Capitals responded with three goals - all on the power play - to make it 3-3 after th...

PRINCE GEORGE- The Spruce Kings are coming off their biggest win of the season, as they defeated the Victoria Grizzlies 8-2 on Saturday with their largest home crowd of the year.This weekend they welcome the Cowichan Valley Capitals to Kopar Memorial Arena with big implications in the Coastal Conference standings.Thank...

PRINCE GEORGE -- The Prince George Spruce Kings dismantled the Victoria Grizzlies 8-2 in B.C. Hockey League play on Saturday (Nov. 3) at Kopar Memorial Arena.Kazumo Sasaki scored a hat-trick and Skogen Schrott, Will Moore, Linden Makow, Lucas Veilleux and Cooper Williams added singles for the Kings. Carter Wishart turn...

PRINCE GEORGE -- Jacksenn Hungle scored in overtime to give his Victoria Grizzlies a 4-3 victory over the Prince George Spruce Kings in B.C. Hockey League action on Friday (Nov. 1) at Kopar Memorial Arena.Ethan Montroy, Mason Loewen and Will Moore scored in support of Prince George goaltender Carter Wishart, who made 3...

PRINCE GEORGE- The annual Spruce Kings Show Home Lottery started selling tickets last week to help support the local hockey club."If the support from the Show Home Lottery in the community wasn't there, there would be no Spruce Kings. So it's obviously a huge thing for us and we get support, not only from the comm...

PRINCE GEORGE- The Spruce Kings and UNBC basketball squads are teaming up this weekend. The Timberwolves and other UNBC students will be in attendance for game two of the Kings back-to-back against the Victoria Grizzlies, while the hockey team will be at the Northern Sport Centre to bring the energy to UNBC's home open...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Spruce Kings were defeated 5-2 on Saturday night in Powell River, leaving with a weekend split. Christian Maro earned first star honour for the Kings in the win, netting a hat trick, while keeper Elliot Pratt stopped 34 of 36 for the win. Prince George got goals from Lucas Veilleux in ...

PRINCE GEORGE- The Spruce Kings are kicking off a back-to-back tonight in Powell River. Following a tough loss last Saturday, 3-2 in shootouts to the Chilliwack Chiefs, Prince George are looking to grab their first win in nearly three weeks."We're getting better, I mean it might not show in the results yet, but I ...