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The BC Lightning will be hosting a 2018 Development Team for the 2024 Spring Season. This group will build the foundation for a full 2018 Spring Team for the 2025 Spring Season. The program will focus on core skills and individual tactics to help these young hockey players develop and grow in a FUN environment. The group will be coached by BC Lightning head coaches. Wednesdays 4:00PM to 5:00PM at NHTC…

Holiday camps are a great opportunity to get some extra training as your player prepares for the 2 nd half of their season. With IHD we offer a camp combining skill and skating development along with fun scrimmages. Camp participants will learn from our highly skilled coaches while working on critical skills and can play…

Huge congratulations to Eli Barrett and Ashton Thornton on being selected to represent British Columbia at the U16 WHL Cup this fall in Red Deer, AB. Eli and Ashton have grown up playing together at the BC Lightning since they were 6 years old. Eli wore the BCL jersey for six years and Ashton for…

Six BC Lightning 2008 alumni attended the final phase of the BC Hockey U16 Pursuit of Excellence program. The Provincial camp was held in Chilliwack July 24-27, 2023. The tryout process started with over 600 players trying out across the province. Only 68 players were invited to the Provincial Camp. The final roster for the…

BC Lightning alumni Chase Harrington was one of just 4 BC born players invited to the Team Canada U17 Summer Development Camp. Chase was selected 8th overall in the 2022 WHL Prospects draft by the Spokane Chiefs. We wish Chase the best of luck in his pursuit of making the final roster for the 2023…

We are excited to open registration for our End-of-Summer Development Camps for the initiation age groups. There’s no better way to shake the summer rust off and prepare for minor hockey evaluations and the fall/winter hockey season. This year we will be hosting these camps at Langley Twin Rinks. These camps will be coached by Tim Preston along with his coaching team from Impact Hockey Development. Everyone is…

Do you want to be part of one of the best spring hockey development programs in the Lower Mainland?  We are planning for another full spring season for 2024 starting after spring break through the first week of June for 2011 – 2018 birth year teams! Please see our EVALUATIONS page for details and registration.

Looking for fall development options to supplement your minor hockey schedule? The BC Lightning has options available for the 2018 – 2014 age groups. Check our PROGRAMS page for details and registration.

Our BC Lightning Alumni have been training hard all summer long to prepare for their upcoming training camps. BCL has Alumni attending training camps in the NHL, AHL, ECHL, WHL, BCHL and various other leagues. We want to wish everyone the best of luck and can’t wait to hear about your experience. We know you…