NANAIMO - Not many BCHL players get to play in 150 regular season games but Clippers captain Brett Merner accomplished the feat recently.He led his hometown team out on Friday, March 8 against the Surrey Eagles at Frank Crane arena."It's special getting to go out there 150 times and play with the boys," Merne...

NANAIMO - The Clippers 6-4 loss to the Eagles was in many ways a tale of two games.Nanaimo was up 4-1 in the second period after playing a very strong first half.The game changed with an injury to goaltender Chazz Nixon in the Nanaimo crease.From the time Nixon left the game the Eagles started to chip away, making the ...

COLWOOD - The Clippers won their fourth place showdown with the Victoria Grizzlies.After a 5-3 win at the Q Centre, Nanaimo has 55 points in the Coastal Division standings, two points more than fifth place Victoria,The Clippers got off to a good start with an Isa Parekh goal a minute and a half into the game and a Mich...

NANAIMO - The Clippers were in a scoreless game for 54 minutes in their battle with Surrey.A goal by the Eagles Nathan Oickle woke up the offenses for the last five minutes of a Surrey 3-1 win.Just 17 seconds after the Oickle marker Jagjeevan Phangura put the Eagles up two and an Aaron Schwartz empty netter made it 3-0...

NANAIMO - For Massimo Urbani and Ben Groome this hockey season has been a steady dose of practicing and working out, but very few games.Urbani has dressed for a handful of games but hasn't played yet while Groome has suited up for seven games and recorded one point.The Clippers have used a three goalie system since day...

SURREY - The Clippers and Eagles put on a defensive duel at the South Surrey Arena.Surrey won the contest 3-1 but the game was tied 1-1 for most of the night.Remi Gelinas opened the scoring for Nanaimo three minutes into the game but Eagles goalie Jaiden Sharma shut the door the rest of the game.League leading scorer C...

COQUITLAM - Emmett McHardy had a huge night against his former team in a Clippers 5-2 win in Coquitlam.The Nanaimo veteran scored two goals and was named the game's first star.After a scoreless first period Express captain Michael Rubin opened the scoring one minute into the middle frame.McHardy equalized a couple of m...

NANAIMO - Clippers forward Cole Lonsdale had been waiting since the new year to re-discover his goal scoring touch.The 18-year-old had 14 goals through the 2023 portion of his year but had to wait until Friday, Feb. 23 to light the lamp in 2024.Lonsdale scored two goals and added an assist in a 4-2 win over Cowichan Va...

NANAIMO - The Clippers couldn't get any traction in a 3-0 loss in Chilliwack. Nanaimo was playing without leading scorer Michael Murtagh, who was serving a one game suspension, and the hole it left in the offence was undeniable in a Wednesday, Feb. 28 matchup at Chilliwack Coliseum. Chilliwack outshot Nanaimo 38 to 18 ...

NANAIMO - The Clippers erased a 3-0 and 4-1 deficit but had to settle for a single point in a 5-4 shootout loss to the Capitals.Spencer Shugrue with two goals and Luke Lavery with another, gave Cowichan a 3-0 lead before Remi Gelinas notched his first as a Clipper with 17 seconds left to play in the opening period.The ...