38 current and 7 former CSSHL student-athletes will compete at the 2025 U18 Women’s National Championship November 2-8, 2025 in Newfoundland. The 45 CSSHL student-athletes represent 56% of all players on the rosters of the 4 Western Provinces. All 20 players on Team BC have ties to the CSSHL with 18 current and 2 former […]
Former Okanagan Hockey Academy student-athlete Nina Jobst-Smith has signed in the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) with her hometown PWHL Vancouver. Jobst-Smith was selected in the third round, 19th overall by PWHL Vancouver at the 2025 PWHL Draft and recently signed her first professional contract with the team. The North Vancouver, BC defenseman spent the […]
Former Canadian Sport School Hockey League (CSSHL) student-athlete and current German-International Nina Jobst-Smith is set to kick-off her Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) career with her hometown PWHL Vancouver after being selected in the third round of the 2025 PWHL Draft. After moving to Canada from England at the age of three Jobst-Smith began playing […]
Four current and one former CSSHL student-athletes have been selected to represent their country as Team Canada takes on Team USA in a Women’s U18 three-game series August 13-16 at the Lake Placid Olympic Centre. Four student-athletes with ties to the CSSHL will represent Team Canada, while one will suit-up for Team USA. Team Canada: […]
Ahead of the 2026 Winter Olympics in Italy, seven former Canadian Sport School Hockey League (CSSHL) student-athletes have earned invites to National Teams Orientation Camp in Calgary. The National Teams Orientation Camp is a three-day, off-ice event with players and staff, which will include presentations, team-building opportunities, team meetings and media opportunities in preparation for […]
12 current or former CSSHL Female student-athletes have been invited to Hockey Canada Summer Development Camps. Six former CSSHL student-athletes were named to the U22 National Women’s Development team in a three game series against the USA: Jordan Baxter – Delta Hockey Academy Tova Henderson – Delta Hockey Academy Hailey MacLeod – Delta Hockey Academy […]
The Canadian Sport School Hockey League (CSSHL) would like to congratulate the following current and former Okanagan Hockey Academy student-athletes on their advancement to the next step on their hockey journey: Name Commitment League Jaylah Bottle University of Ottawa U SPORTS Nolan Bowsher Drury University ACHA Lucas Byrne University of Victoria BCIHL Madison Deschamps Ontario […]
The Canadian Sport School Hockey League (CSSHL) is excited to announce the four winners of the Student-Athlete of the Month Award for June: Ethan Butler, Audrey Church, Matsun Adams, Ben Hakes. For the 2024/25 season the CSSHL is proud to introduce the Student-Athlete of the Month Award for the four different CSSHL divisions/age brackets: Eastern, […]
A record four former Canadian Sport School Hockey League (CSSHL) student-athletes have been selected at the 2025 Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) Draft. Three former CSSHL student-athletes were selected at both the 2023 and 2024 PWHL Drafts, giving the CSSHL a total of six women selected. 10 former CSSHL student-athletes have been drafted to the […]
Former Okanagan Hockey Academy (OHA) coach Steve O’Rourke has been named the first ever Head Coach of expansion franchise PWHL Seattle. O’Rourke spent three seasons, from 2006-09, as a Development Coach with OHA. After a few seasons as an assistant coach in the AHL with the Abbotsford Heat, he would return to OHA as Head […]
