Spokane Braves add goaltending coach

The Spokane Braves are pleased to welcome the addition of Goalie coach Brent Seidel to our coaching staff. Brent Seidel joins the Braves coaching staff with years of experience developing goalies at all levels including NCAA and WHL. He previously served as the Goalie Coach for Colorado College’s Men’s Hockey Team, Colorado Springs Jr Tigers […]

Braves alum Tritt turns pro with ECHL’s Swamp Rabbits

On March 28, the Greenville Swamp Rabbits in the ECHL announced the signing of Spokane Braves alum Dawson Tritt (2017-18) to his first professional contract. The next day, Tritt, 24, collected an assist – his first career point for the affiliate of the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings. The 6-2, 180-pound forward completed his NCAA college […]

Spokane Braves unveil the new alternate jersey for the 25/26 season

At the end of the 2024-25 season, we auctioned off our first ever alternate jerseys that we wore to celebrate our 50th season in the KIJHL.   We are excited to unveil our replacement alternate jersey for the 2025-26 season.  We feel that this modern new look is definitely top tier. We do appreciate the support that our team […]

Weekly skate with the Braves

We are hosting a weekly skate for the 2005-2010 born Rep/Junior players led by our head coach Jason Greenwell. The sessions will be held at 3:30 – 5 PM on Thursday’s beginning April 3rd. The first 20-30 minutes of the session will focus on skill development. We will scrimmage for the remainder of the session. […]

Jason Greenwell named new head coach of the Spokane Braves

The Spokane Braves have promoted Jason Greenwell to Head Coach after the resignation this morning of Mike Bay.  Jason will continue to serve as the assistant general manager in addition to his responsibilities as the head coach. “After much reflection, I’ve decided it’s time to step down as the head coach of the Spokane Braves […]

Spokane Braves add new assistant coach

The Spokane Braves are excited to welcome Zack Maxwell as our new Assistant Coach. During his junior career, Zack played in the Northern Pacific Hockey League (NPHL) with the Coeur D’Alene Lakers and Helena Bighorns. He was a four-time NPHL champion and team captain for the Helena Bighorns. In his overage season, Zack was named […]

NCAA D3 Dutchmen get their guy in Braves’ Ames

Owen Ames of the Spokane Braves has committed to play for the Lebanon Valley College Dutchmen in National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III next fall. “I’m excited to get things going at LVC,” said Ames, who thanked his family, coaches and teammates who helped him achieve this. Ames finished third on the Braves with 24 […]

2024-2025 Team Awards

The Spokane Braves announced this season’s award winners Sunday afternoon at our annual banquet. The awards this season were voted on by the players and coaching staff.  The Gail Holden – Scholastic Player of the Year Award The Gail Holden Scholastic Player of the Year Award is awarded to the player who is best able […]

The KIJHL Notebook: Kootenay Conference – Ghostriders details and habits

The Princeton Posse lead the KIJHL with scoring the first goal in a game, having done it 30 times in 43 games. Next are the Revelstoke Grizzlies with 28 first goals in 42 games. The Merritt Centennials and Grand Forks Border Bruins are next with 26. The Fernie Ghostriders have 25. Here are the top-five […]

Register for our Spring Camp

Our Spring Main camp will be held May 2-4 at Eagles Ice Arena, Spokane, WA.  We will be signing players and inviting players from our spring tryout camp to training camp in the fall. This camp is for players born in 2005 to 2009.   This is our only open try out, the fall training camp will […]