Rampage return to ice battles this weekend, as 2018-19 CIHL schedule gets underway

The ice is fresh and the players raring to go as the CIHL prepares to launch the 2018-19 season, with the Prince Rupert Rampage and Kitimat Ice Demons getting the spotlight, with the two Northwest teams the only ones in action as part of  Week One play.


The Rhinos start the season on the road to Kitimat tomorrow, with a Saturday night match up with the Ice Demons at Tamitik, the season opener set for a 7PM puck drop.

Saturday night marks the first of fourteen games for the CIHL teams in 2018-19, with the five member clubs on the road for seven and hosting visitors for seven as the five member clubs look towards playoff positioning and the chance to contest for the Coy Cup.

Rampage fans who subscribe to CityWest Cable can follow the hometown squad on the road this year, with tomorrow nights game the first of six Rampage games to be aired on CityWest's HD 310 and SD 10 channels.

More background on the CityWest schedule can be reviewed here.

Next week the Rampage return to the road, helping Terrace to open up their season with a Friday night showdown at the Terrace Ice Arena.

The home opener for Prince Rupert comes one night later, with the Rampage hosting Kitimat on Saturday October 6. 

The Rhinos home ice debut is scheduled for a 7 PM start.

The full Rampage schedule for 2918-19 and our look ahead to this season can be reviewed here.

You can follow the Rampage through the year with our Results page, which features the game sheet results from each match up, when available.

For more items of interest about the Rampage and the CIHL see our archive page here.


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CIHL News 2013-14

Our archive of news from the Central Interior Hockey League for the 2013-14 season with particular note given to the Prince Rupert Rampage.

Our Schedule and Game Summaries page can be found here.

For those looking for Rampage information, the team provides notes of their developments from their facebook page and twitter feed.

North Coast Review Items

August 8-- Rampage make preparations for August Training camp
July 23-- Rampage and fans open their hearts and wallets
March 11-- Coy Cup 2014 Begins in Williams Lake Tonight
March 4-- Steelheads claim CIHL title, Coy Cup next on their schedule
February 4-- Not a fond farewell for the Ramapge from a Terrace fan
February 4-- Rampage season comes to an end, as River Kings comeback to claim playoff series
February 3-- Prince Rupert Rampage eliminated from CIHL playoffs
January 31-- Rampage look to bring River Kings season to an end this weekend
January 27-- Rampage take semi-final lead with thriller at the Jim
January 25-- Rampage ready to skate into second season
January 16-- Prince Rupert Rampage and Prince Rupert Port Authority team up again to help Salvation Army
January 13-- Rampage end regular season on winning note, prepare for playoff showdown with Terrace
January 10-- Rampage to put wrap on regular season with weekend series with Smithers
January 6-- River Kings Sweep Rampage in Home and Home series
January 2-- Rampage launch January homestretch with home and home series with the River Kings
December 30-- Ice Demons solidify playoff changes with Saturday night win over Rampage
December 28-- Rampage take to the road in return to CIHL action
December 17-- Terrace River Kings bring Rampage winning streak to an end with an exclamation point
December 13-- Drive for Five takes Prince Rupert Rampage into Terrace Saturday night
December 10-- Rampage run up streak to four
December 7-- Rampage looking for fourth win in a row tonight 
December 2-- Rampage extend winning streak to three in a row
November 29-- Rampage look to make it three in a row this Saturday
November 29-- A Sunday skate with the Rampage for a good cause
November 26-- Rampage find Overtime to their liking for second week in a row
November 22-- Rampage look to add to month of woe for visiting Smithers on Saturday night
November 18-- Rampage grab must win in OT thriller in Kitimat
November 15-- Ice Demons win appeal, regain two lost points in the standings
November 15-- Rampage return to the road for Saturday showdown in Kitimat
November 13-- A Rough weekend on the Road for the Rampage
November 8-- Rampage embark on Interior road trip
November 7-- Rampage awarded victory from Saturday night over Kitimat suspension issue
November 3-- Ice Demons complete comeback to snatch two points from Rampage
November 2-- Rampage back at home, with Kitimat in town Saturday night
October 29-- Rough road trip for Rampage
October 25-- Rampage head for Houston, looking to build on last week's road success
October 22-- Rampage claim first points of the year, with hard earned road win in Terrace
October 18-- Rampage take to the road seeking firs win of the season
October 14-- Tough loss for Rampage in tightly contested game
October 11-- Rampage ramping up for Saturday showdown with Kitimat
October 8-- Rampage drop home opener in third period setback
October 5-- Port renews commitment to Rampage and Salvation Army
October 4-- Rampage set to launch 2013-13 season with home opener on Saturday night
September 21-- Rampage to face off against Steelheads in Challenge Cup Final
September 18-- Challenge Cup puck drop set for Friday night
September 17-- The challenges of hockey in the CIHL
August 19-- Rampage open 2013 season on October 5th, with visit from Quesnel
August 15-- First sign of a Rampage return, as CIHL face further change
July 18-- Prince Rupert Rampage to feature new look for 2013-14 season

Other developments can be found below from regional sources

August 27-- Prince Rupert Rampage preparing for new season
August 20-- Prince Rupert Rampage to host Ice Demons at home opener on October 4
August 1-- Luckies fold, only four teams make CIHL playoffs in 2014-15 season
March 3-- Steelheads capture third straight CIHL championship
March 3-- Steelheads Champs again!
February 26-- Stamps fall in tight CIHL final opener
February 24-- River Kings' championship dreams dashed
February 19-- Stamps reach CIHL playoff final
February 13-- River Kings need a win on Saturday
February 4-- See you in Smithers - The Terrace River Kings are heading to the CIHL Western Conference championships
Jan 28-- Prince Rupert Rampage defeat Terrace River Kings in game one of playoff series
Jan 27-- CIHL: Rampage, Luckies score playoff upsets
Jan 23-- Terr Standard-- River Kings are hot heading into the playoffs
Jan 22-- N View-- Prince Rupert Rampage preparing for playoff push
Jan 15-- Terr Standard-- River Kings first in division
Jan 15--N View-- Prince Rupert Rampage split series with Smithers Steelheads
Jan 13-- CFTK-- Steelheads Playoffs (video)
Jan 8-- Terr Standard-- River Kings sweep Rampage to stay on top of CIHL standings
Jan 8- N View-- Prince Rupert Rampage lose to River Kings in shootout
Dec 18-- Terr Standard-- How's the view up there? River King sitting at first in the west
Dec 18-- N View-- Prince Rupert Rampage blow out by Terrace River Kings
Dec 16-- CFTK-- River Kings Grab West Division Lead
Dec 11-- N View-- Prince Rupert Rampage pick up fourth straight win against Kitimat Ice Demons
Dec 10-- Terr Standard-- River Kings split two games on the road
Dec 9-- CFTK-- Rampage Upset Ice Demons, River Kings Split in Cariboo
Dec 5-- Terrace Standard-- Is the River Kings' reign finally here?
Dec 3-- N View-- Prince Rupert Rampage make it three wins in a row
Dec 2-- CFTK-- River Kings Sweep Weekend Games, Ice Demons First in West
Nov 27-- N View--  Prince Rupert Rampage defeat Smithers Steelheads in overtime
Nov 25--CFTK--  Steelheads snap losing skid
Nov 23-- Terrace Standard-- Terrace River Kings battle Smithers and Houston this weekend
Nov 20-- N View-- Prince Rupert Rampage win in overtime
Nov 17-- CFTK-- Struggling Smithers Steelheads Continue Losing Streak
Nov 15-- CFTK-- Luckies try to Hold First Place in West
Nov 12-- CFTK-- Houston Luckies Number One in West
Nov 8-- CFTK-- Ice Demons Appeal Forfeiture
Nov 8-- N View-- Prince Rupert Rampage awarded win after Demons play suspended player
Nov 6-- N View-- Prince Rupert Rampage drop hard-fought game to Kitimat Ice Demons
Nov 3-- WL Tribune -- Stamps put together perfect weekend, recapture first in division
Nov 2-- Terrace Standard--  River Kings smash Demons
Oct 30--N View-- Prince Rupert Rampage drop two games to Houston Luckies
Oct 29-- WL Tribune-- Williams Lake to host Coy Cup
Oct 28-- WL Tribune-- Kangaroos edge Stamps to take over first in division
Oct 25-- Kitimat Ice Demons drop two in a row on the road (N Connector pg 16)
Oct 24-- WL Tribune-- Fight night
Oct 23-- N View-- Prince Rupert Rampage win in Terrace
Oct 23-- WL Tribune-- Coy Cup fundraiser meeting goes tonight
Oct 23-- WL Tribune-- Stamps take three of four points
Oct 21-- CFTK-- CIHL: Luckies, Steelheads Sweep Weekend Games, Rampage Win for First Time
Oct 19-- Terr Standard--  River Kings face off against Rampage tonight
Oct 16-- WL Tribune-- Stamps split set with River Kings
Oct 16-- N View-- Prince Rupert Rampage fall to Kitimat Ice Demons
Oct 11-- CFTK-- Steelheads, River Kings Play Home Openers This Weekend
Oct 11-- Terrace Standard-- River Kings fall to Demons in season opener
Oct 11-- HQ Bulkley V-- Smithers home-opener tonight
Oct 9-- N View-- Prince Rupert Rampage drop season opener to Quesnel Kangaroos
Oct 8-- CFTK-- Rampage First Game (video)
Oct 7-- WL Tribune-- Stamps open season with 9-6 win over Tomahawks
Oct 7-- CFTK-- Ice Demons Open with Back-to-Back Home Ice Wins
Oct 4-- CFTK --  Prince Rupert Port Authority Renews Sponsorship of the Rupert Rampage
Oct 4--  N Conn (e edition pg 19) -- CIHL season opener sees rivals face off
Oct 3-- WL Tribune-- Stamps to host Tomahawks in opener
Sept 30-- Terrace Standard-- River Kings fall flat at Challenge Cup
Sept 25-- N View-- Prince Rupert Rampage fall short in Challenge Cup Final
Sept 23-- CFTK--  Rampage Challenge (video)
Sept 23-- CFTK-- Steelheads Win Challenge Cup
Sept 18-- N View-- Prince Rupert Kings remember Dave Pickett
September 17-- CFTK-- Terrace River Kings ask for community's help
September 17-- CFTK-- Save the River Kings (video)
September 16--Terrace Standard-- Save the River Kings campaign afoot
September 5-- WL Tribune-- Stampeders tryouts underway at CMRC
September 4-- N View-- Prince Rupert Rampage continue open tryouts
August 23-- N View-- Prince Rupert Rampage look ahead to 2013-14 CIHL season
August 21-- CFTK-- PR Rampage Training (video)
August 21-- N View-- CIHL releases schedule for Prince Rupert Rampage

Items from the 2012-13 season can be found here.

Kitimat spoils home opener for Rampage

The Kitimat Ice Demons played the role of party poppers on Saturday night, as the visitors offered up an example as to how they have become a CIHL powerhouse for the over 800 always boisterous Rampage fans at the Jim Ciccone Civic Centre.

The Ice Demons were the guests for the home opener for the Prince Rupert Rampage, kicking off the home sides 2012 home season, a much anticipated return to CIHL hockey in Prince Rupert for this year.

The visitors battled back from a 2 goal deficit to score four unanswered goals in periods two and three, claiming a 5-3 victory over the Prince Rupert Rampage, who returned to the Jim Ciccone Civic Centre for the first time since last year's playoffs.

Due to ice troubles at the Civic Centre earlier this fall, the Rampage played the first five of their CIHL games on the road. Making for a long hard tour of the province before returning to their friendly confines at the Jim Ciccone.

After a scoreless first period of feeling each other out, the Rampage got on the scoreboard in the second period, scoring a flurry of three goals in response to Kitimats' opening salvo four minutes into the period.

Finding the range for the Rampage were Tom Robinson at 6:39, Kory Movald at 11:50 and Sid Spracklin at 14:40 of the middle frame, the surge of goal scoring gave the Civic Centre faithful hope for a home ice victory, however the Ice Demons turned on their offensive game, to take the lead into the final period, never looking back

Kitimat showed why they are among the top of the CIHL standings,  scoring their final four goals spread over the second and third periods, which turned the momentum of the game to their side and secured yet another win for the Western Division leaders.

Keano Wilson took the loss in the Rampage nets, facing 35 shots on the night.

The loss drops the Rampage record to 1 win, 3 losses and an OT shoot out loss, leaving them at the bottom of the standings at the moment in the CIHL West.

Prior to the game, the Rampage announced that Jared Meers would wear the "C" for the rest of the season, named the team captain prior to the puck drop on Saturday night. The team shared the news with their fans on the team's twitter feed.

While they may have lost out on the two points in the standings, the Rampage goal scoring blitz of the second period provided a bonus for the Salvation Army, as part of the Port of Prince Rupert's sponsorship of the team this year, 100 dollars for each Rampage goal was donated to the local charity.

Meaning that Saturday was a 300 dollar night for Salvation Army's social programs in the city.

The Rampage are back on the road on Saturday and Sunday with a road trip taking them to Houston and Smithers.

The next home game is set for Saturday, November 24th when the Rampage return to the Jim  when Williams Lake comes to town, followed by Quesnel on the afternoon of Sunday the 25th.

Those next home games will mark the start of a string of 8 home dates through, November, December and into January.

You can review all of our Rampage items from our Rampage archives.

November 14

Northern View-- Prince Rupert Rampage fall to Ice Demons in home opener

Rampage gain split in weekend play

The Prince Rupert Rampage picked up their first win of the 2012-13 CIHL season on Friday night as the Rampage topped the Terrace River Kings with a 5-4 shoot out decision at the Terrace Sportsplex.

The Rampage battled back from a 2-0 deficit in the Friday night game, with two regulation time goals from Kory Movald and single markers from Justin Fontaine  and Josh Kierce bringing the Rampage even after sixty minutes.

In the Overtime session, the Rampage relied on Kory Movald and Jared Meers to secure their first win of the season. Keano Wilson gained the Win for the Rampage in the nets facing 34 shots on the night and holding off the River Kings in the Shoot Out.

Saturday provided for another close game for the Rampage, but the trip into Kitimat did not work out quite as well for the visiting squad, though it did take a shoot out for the home Ice Demons to claim the  3-2 victory.

First period goals from Josh Kierce and Kory Movald gave the Rampage the lead heading into the third period, the Ice Demons however pulled even early on in the third period and from the there the two teams battled to a draw leading to the second shoot out session of the weekend for the Rampage.

The shoot out session went four deep with Kory Movald picking up the only marker for the Ramapge, Kitimat claimed victory on their fourth shot of the shoot out, puttng the winning goal behind Keano Wilson.

Wilson made 21 save on 23 shots in regulation time as the game played out, marking the end of the team's month long extended road trip.

The weekend split moves the Rampage into a second place tie with the River Kings in the Western Division.

The Rampage have the week off and next  return to action with their home ice debut on November 10th, when the Kitimat Ice Demons mark the first game of the year at the Jim Ciccone Civic Centre.

You can review all of our Rampage coverage from our Rampage Archives

Rampage lose two on road trip east

The road warriors of the Prince Rupert Rampage travelled to the far eastern reaches of the CIHL this weekend, but the trip home came without any points in the CIHL standings as the Rampage dropped both games of their two game road trip.

Saturday night the Rampage were in Lac La Hache, where they held on for the first period, but couldn't  catch the Tomahawks in periods two and three, losing to the host squad 9 to 5.

The Pointstreak home page of the CIHL outlines the game story with a summary of the Saturday action, which saw Josh Kierce pick up his first goal as a Rampage in the first period. Other Rampage markers in the first came from Korey Movold and Jared Meers.

Rupert scored again in the second period when Meers picked up his second goal of the game, the last Rampage goal came in the third when Korey Movold scored unassisted midway through the final period.

Rupert held close in shots, peppering the Lac La Hache goaltender with 30 shots on the night, Colby Hagman faced the Tomahawk onslaught turning aside 30 of the 39 shots.

Lac La Hache took the bulk of the penalties with thirty eight minutes in the box, including a 10 minute miscellaneous misconduct for 10 minutes at the end of the game.

The Rampage were penalized four times for eight minutes on the game.

Sunday's match up took the Rampage into Williams Lake, where the weary Rampage were knocked off by the host Stampeders by a score of 7-1

The Pointstreak website has not been updated from Sunday's action, we'll include the link to the summary to that game when it is available, both summaries from the weekend can be found below.


Saturday--  Prince Rupert Rampage 5 at Lac La Hache Tomahawks 9
Sunday-- Prince Rupert 1 at Williams Lake Stampeders 7

The Rampage get a week off from the rigours of CIHL travel and then will continue the quest for their first win of the season.

The Rampage are back on the bus when their extended road trip continues in Terrace on Friday night October 26th with a Saturday trip into Kitimat on the 27th for their fifth game of the season.

You can access all of our Rampage items from our Rampage anchor page

Rampage drop season opener on the road 6-1 to Kitimat

The Prince Rupert Rampage started their 2012-13 season on Saturday on a losing note with the host Kitimat Ice Demons pouring on the goals for a 6-1 victory, in front of 650 fans at  Kitimat's Tamitik Arena.

The Rampage fell behind early and couldn't pick up the gap as they fell to a 3-1 deficit after the first period, Kitimat added two goals in the second and a final marker in the third to claim victory.

The Rampage were shut out in periods two and three, but remained close in shots on goal but couldn't find the answer in their season debut.

The Ice Demons took advantage of penalties, scoring once on their seven opportunities, the Rampage however could not take advantage of their eight extra man opportunities.

The season opener marks the first of an extended five game road trip for the Rampage.

Owing to the early season difficulties with ice at the Prince Rupert Civic Centre, the Rampage will be road warriors through October and into November.

They next see action on Saturday, October 13 when they travel to Lac La Hache to face the Tomahawks, followed by a Sunday afternoon game on the 14th in Williams Lake.

The snapshot of Saturday's game from the CIHL can be found below.

CIHL Boxscore for October 6

You can access all of our Rampage coverage from our Rampage Page.

Prince Rupert Rampage and Salvation Army both big winners from Port sponsorship

The local entry in the Central Interior Hockey League has picked up a major sponsor for the 2012-13 season, as the Port of Prince Rupert signs on as the title sponsor for the Prince Rupert Rampage for this season.

The Port outlined their contribution to the Rampage for this season in a press release on Thursday, October 4th, heralding the impact that the local hockey team has had on the community since their franchise was granted in 2008, bringing Senior Men's hockey back to the Northwest after a lengthy absence.

In addition to their sponsorship of the hockey team for this season, the Port also outlined a project which will see 100 dollars contributed to the Salvation Army for every Rampage goal scored at home this season.

A bit of adde incentive for the home side, which will make the Jim Ciccone Civic Centre a very loud place we imagine should the Rampage find their range on home ice, with the Salvation Army and its programs in Prince Rupert one of the main beneficiaries.

The contributions to the Rampage and the Salvation Army are just the latest in donations to local causes that the Port of Prince Rupert have made in 2012.

Prince Rupert Rampage clinch first place in CIHL West division

It's proving to be a pretty remarkable season for the Prince Rupert Rampage, the CIHL team which will host the Coy Cup in March clinched first place in the CIHL West Division over the weekend.

The final games of the regular season provided Rupert's teams with four points as they defeated the Houston Luckies 5-3 and 4-3 in a weekend doubleheader, The Northern View provides some background on the weekend action.

The Rampage now move on to the CIHL playoffs, with a road game in Hazelton next weekend.

Rampage hold onto first place after Kitimat win

The CIHL season resumed after the holiday break this weekend, with  the Prince Rupert Rampage travelling on to Kitimat and bringing back a win from the Aluminum City, with a 6-3 final.

The Northern View provided the details of the Saturday night game, while further details on the weekend of action in the CIHL can be found at the league's website.