The 2023–24 KIJHL season was the 57th in league history, beginning on Friday, September 22, 2023, and ending on April 9, 2024, with the Revelstoke Grizzlies defeating the Fernie Ghostriders 7-1 in game four of the Teck Cup Finals to win their second championship in three years, and fifth in franchise history.[1]
Season highlights
The 2024 BCHC was held at the McArthur Park Arena in Kamloops. It was the second annual showcase for scouts to observe players from both the KIJHL and the PJHL. Team PJHL won 5-3.[2]
In 2023, governing body BC Hockey announced plans to restructure its junior hockey framework.[4] The three Junior B leagues (PJHL, KIJHL and VIJHL) were summarily designated as "Junior A Tier 2", with plans to conduct an independent evaluation of those teams seeking to be promoted to "Junior A Tier 1". It was expected that those teams promoted to Tier 1 would eventually apply for membership in the CJHL.[5] The league expected the evaluations to be completed during the 2024-25 season.[6] In April 2024, the VIJHL announced that it would withdraw from the Hockey Canada framework and become an independent farm league for the BCHL beginning in the 2024-25 season.[7][8]
Regular season
Teams played a 44-game regular season schedule, including six games against each team within their division, two games against each team in the other division of the same conference, and one game against each team in the other conference.
