The Port Alberni Bombers completed their 2025-26 Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League (VIJHL) season, dropping a 5-3 decision to Nanaimo Buccaneers on Thursday night in Nanaimo.Trailing 2-0 after one period and 4-1 after the second frame, the Bombers scored twice in the final twenty minutes to get close, but it wasn’t enough as the North […]
The Port Alberni Bombers, playing some of their best hockey of the season during the last two weeks, capped off their home schedule with a 5-2 win over Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League (VIJHL) overall leaders, Peninsula Panthers on Saturday night in front of 382 fans at the Alberni Valley Multiplex.Leading 3-2 going into the […]
The Port Alberni Bombers and Victoria Cougars put on a goal-scoring clinic Thursday evening at the Archie Browning Arena as the Cougars came away with a 9-7 Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League (VIJHL) win.The star of the evening was the Bombers Eduard Mishikov who scored four goals in a losing cause, all of them highlight […]
The Port Alberni Bombers ended a six-game losing skid with a convincing 7-4 win over Oceanside Generals in Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League (VIJHL) play on Monday afternoon at the Alberni Valley Multiplex.In a game they never trailed, the Bombers scored three goals in the third period to put an exclamation point on the victory.Eduard […]
The Port Alberni Bombers lost their sixth consecutive Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League game, this time to Westshore Wolves 4-2, on Friday night at the Alberni Valley Multiplex.On a positive note – it was the third game in succession in which the Bombers could have won, with Friday’s game closer than the score would indicate.Both […]
The Port Alberni Bombers dropped a close 4-3 Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League (VIJHL) decision to Comox Valley Glacier Kings on Wednesday night at the Alberni Valley Multiplex.The Bombers held leads of 1-0, 2-1 and 3-2, but two late second period tallies by the Glacier Kings was enough to gain the victory in front of […]
The Port Alberni Bombers lost 5-4 in overtime to Campbell River Storm on Saturday night at the Alberni Valley Multiplex, the loss bringing the Bombers slim playoff hopes to an end. Needing to win their final seven regular season games, and hoping the Storm would lose their final seven regular season games, the Bombers came […]
In a game marked by “goals in bunches”, Westshore Wolves defeated Port Alberni Bombers 11-4 in Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League (VIJHL) play on Wednesday night in Colwood.The Wolves got things started with three straight goals to begin proceedings, only to have the Bombers counter with three of their own to knot the score at […]
The Port Alberni Bombers, hanging on a slim thread regarding a playoff spot, fell 7-2 to Saanich Predators in Sunday night Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League action at the Alberni Valley Multiplex.Taking a short-lived 1-0 lead early in the first frame, and ending the period tied at 2-2 with their south-island visitors, the Bombers surrendered […]
The Port Alberni Bombers had their slim playoff hopes dealt a crushing blow as they lost 8-4 to Lake Cowichan Kraken in Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League (VIJHL) play on Friday night in Lake Cowichan.Trailing 2-1 and 6-2 after the first and second periods respectively, the Bombers scored twice to start the third frame, getting […]
