Smithers own weekly newspaper, The Interior News has printed front page stories about Smithers Hockeyville. Read Hockeyville stories from the Interior News
March 25, 1954
Smithers Juniors retained possession of the Mutual Life hockey Cup in a two-game, total-goal series played here against Vanderhoof challengers last Wednesday and Thursday. SMITHERS JUNIORS – Goal, Don McFarland; defense, Tom Robinson, Bill Kilpatrick, Garry Stacey; forwards, D. Huntington, Bob Irving, Jack Bovill, Art Buchanan, Art Delage, Don Herman, Dave Oulton; spares, Norm McFarland, Ian MacDonald, Ray Banta.
Paul Roumieu refereed for many years in the Smithers Arena before he left Smithers to become an RCMP officer in 1968, and then again for many years after he returned to the community. Kate Roumieu sent in this photo of her Dad (Paul) in action. The photo was likely taken in about 1968, when Paul was about eighteen years old or so.
2006 marks the 27th year that the Smithers Oldtimers Hockey League has come to be in existence. The League is currently made up form men, Aged 35 or older that have a passion to play the game of hockey…instead of just sitting on the couch and watching it on television!
Did you know Smithers is home to Canada’s greatest backyard rink? At least according to the judges of Hockey Night in Canada’s latest contest.
Read the Hockeyville story of Canada's greatest outdoor rink
This all-Native team from Moricetown went to Belgium in 1979 and Finland in 1981 to play a series of European teams.
Read the Hockeyville story of the Moricetown Canyon Creek Bears
Smithers six-year-old Adam Kingsmill has been skating since he was two, and even after losing his right leg nothing stops him from playing his favourite sport.