The Revelstoke Grizzlies will open a new era of Junior A hockey with back-to-back road games as the British Columbia Hockey Conference begins its inaugural 2026-27 season.
The BCHC has released its regular-season schedule, divisional alignment and playoff format for the league’s first season, which features 22 member clubs.
Revelstoke opens the season Friday, Sept. 18, against the Quesnel River Rush at the West Fraser Centre before returning to Quesnel for a second meeting on Saturday, Sept. 19.
The Grizzlies will compete in the five-team Interior Division alongside the Kamloops Storm, Merritt Centennials, Quesnel River Rush and Williams Lake Mustangs.
The BCHC’s inaugural regular season begins Thursday, Sept. 10, when the Delta Ice Hawks visit the Richmond Sockeyes. Each team will play a 50-game schedule, including 25 home games and 25 road games, with 550 games to be played across B.C.
The top four teams in each division will qualify for the 2027 BCHC playoffs.
Teams will remain within their divisions through the first two rounds of the postseason. The Interior Division champion will then face the Kootenay Division champion in the league semifinals, with the winners advancing to the 2027 Mowat Cup final.
The playoff schedule opens with the division semifinals on Friday, March 5, followed by the division finals on March 19, the league semifinals on April 2 and the Mowat Cup final on April 16.
Grizzlies’ first scheduled games
- Friday, Sept. 18: Revelstoke Grizzlies at Quesnel River Rush, 7 p.m., West Fraser Centre
- Saturday, Sept. 19: Revelstoke Grizzlies at Quesnel River Rush, 7 p.m., West Fraser Centre
