It took nearly 120 minutes, but the Cranbrook Bucks have fought their way back into their first round best-of-seven series versus the Trail Smoke Eaters after winning game four Wednesday 7-6 in a triple overtime finish. After battling to a stalemate for most of the first period, the Bucks managed to strike first. Blake Cotton […]
The Cranbrook Bucks are playing catchup in their first round playoff series versus the Trail Smoke Eaters after taking a 3-1 loss in game three, giving the Smokies a 2-1 edge in the best-of-seven. Both teams had plenty of chances through the first period with the shots count at 12-12. Trail managed the lone goal […]
The Cranbrook Bucks ran out of momentum Saturday night in a 5-1 loss to the Trail Smoke Eaters, evening up their first round playoff series 1-1. Game two started well enough for the Bucks with an early first period goal from Rasmus Svartstrom at 2:12 to take a 1-0 lead. Trail managed to net a […]
It took a little extra time to get there, but the Cranbrook Bucks have the early edge in their first round playoff series versus the Trail Smoke Eaters after winning game one 3-2 in overtime. The two Kootenay rivals were somewhat tentative through the first period, with the Smokies holding a 7-5 shots edge. Cranbrook’s […]
Our time is now. That’s the mantra for the Cranbrook Bucks, who hope to finally mount a lengthy run in this year’s edition of the BCHL playoffs. The Bucks, who have just completed their fifth regular season since joining the BCHL, have yet to make it out of the first round. This includes a six […]
The Cranbrook Bucks had designs of finishing the 2024-25 BCHL regular season on the right foot after taking a 5-2 loss in Penticton Friday night, and they delivered Saturday with an 8-5 victory over the Vernon Vipers. Both clubs traded chances in the first period, with Vernon outshooting the Bucks 12-10. The Vipers managed to […]
Saturday night’s result was not the way the Cranbrook Bucks wanted to finish the home portion of their regular season schedule, taking a 4-1 loss to the Brooks Bandits. The Bandits got their motors running midway through the first period. Back-to-back goals in short order from Caden Drury and Luke Bibby gave Brooks a 2-0 […]
The final weekend of Cranbrook Bucks home games for the 2024-25 regular season didn’t get off to as good a start as the team would have hoped after falling 5-2 to the Penticton Vees Friday night. First period action was back and forth. Neither team dented the scoreless deadlock, with Cranbrook’s Jaden Cholette and Penticton’s […]
