4Vengeance Media Top Stories of 2025
2025. What a year it was, 365 days of excitement for the Junior Prospects Hockey League and the Female Super League. From exciting events to player accomplishments and plenty of growth. Here are the 4Vengeance Media top stories of 2025.
10-JPHL Expansion – New Hubs
The Junior Prospects Hockey League added three new hubs for this season. Surrey Eagles Hockey Academy, Wolves HC and Northstars Hockey Academy. As well, the Victoria Jr. Grizzlies became Victoria Hockey Academy, and several existing hubs added divisions.
The league now sits at 15 hubs and more than 45 teams from Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, to Vancouver Island, B.C. and Cranbrook, B.C., to Fort McMurray, Alberta.
9-FSL Expansion – Divisions
The FSL, in its second season, has grown, and not just with hubs and teams. The league added a 16U division this year, which brought with it new hubs in Aurora HC based out of the Silent Ice Center in Nisku, AB, Tri-City Express from Coquitlam, B.C., and Purcell Hockey Academy situated in Kimberly, B.C.
The league also announced that a new 19U division will begin play next season, with college teams in Canada and the United States eagerly awaiting the division's debut.
8-New Events and Partners
Along with the addition of teams and players, the JPHL has also grown in the eyes of partners. The Bauer Winter Championships saw a team from Salt Lake City join the tournament. The Jaxon Joseph Memorial Tournament will honour the life of the former Humboldt Broncos forward. The annual April draft series will now be known as the Elite Prospects Draft Series and will expand to include the 15U division this year.
The 14U AAA division is now the Bouchier 14U AAA division, while Subsurface Construction Corp sponsors all the games in the Bouchier 14U AAA division and the 15U AAA division.
7-Levelling Up – JPHL in Junior
Each year, the number of JPHL alumni skating at the next level increases. From the top leagues like the WHL and BCHL to junior loops in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
While Liam Pue - more on him below - is making his mark in Regina with the WHL’s Pats, his brother Landon (Langley Hockey Academy) is one of the top rookie scorers in the MJHL with the Selkirk Steelers, with 24 points in 24 games.
Callum Creig (Island HC) is in the top five in wins with 11 and goals against average at 2.93 in the SJHL with the Yorkton Terriers.
Ryder Reidel (Coquitlam HC) has the third most points among first-year players in the AJHL, as the Olds Grizzlies forward has 18 points in 17 games.
Slade Firkus (Lloydminster Athletics) has 18 points with the Cowichan Capitals of the BCHL, and of his 7 goals, two have been game winners, and two came on the power play. Firkus is in the top 20 in rookie league scoring.
Antonio Martorana (Titans Hockey Union) is having his best WHL season with a better-than-point-per-game pace for the Seattle Thunderbirds. His 36 points are just three off his career high, and his 5 power-play goals are already the most he’s scored.
6-Alpine Cup presented by Pro Hockey Life
The FSL took a giant step forward in December with their own mid-season tournament. The Alpine Cup, presented by Pro Hockey Life, blended tradition and innovation for an exciting four-day tournament featuring six divisions over three age groups.
The Hockey was exceptional, and the recognition from the Ultimate Hockey Megastore was massive in the second year of the FSL.
The Alpine Cup presented by Pro Hockey Life was more than a tournament, with seminars, vendors and a teddy bear toss game; it was a destination tournament, held at a world-class facility, the Silent Ice Center.
5-Jr. Ooks December Dominance
Losing just two games between three teams in the Alpine Cup, the Jr. Ooks didn’t want 2025 to end.
The 12U AAA squad roared their way to a title with a 5-0 mark, defeating Vancouver in the final.
The 14U AAA team lost its first two games but rallied with three straight triumphs – including an overtime win in the championship game - to take the title.
The 16U Jr. Ooks went undefeated and shut out Calgary 2-0 in the championship game.
4-Langley Quad - 17U Champions
The 2025 Prospects Cup featured four Langley Hockey Academy teams in each of the 14U, 15U, 17U and 18U divisions.
While the 18U squad fell in overtime to join the 14U and 15U clubs as runner-ups, the 17U club coached by Kurt Astle swept HC Edmonton in two games to earn Langley its first JPHL championship in any division.
Logan McAloney was sensational in goal, keeping Edmonton at bay until the Langley offence came through.
3-Titans Triumph – 14U/18U Titles
Titans Hockey Union placed two teams in the Prospects Cup championship series, and both skated away with victories.
The 14U Titans knocked off South Sask HC – who lost just once in the regular season – in the Prairie division series and kept it rolling with a sweep over Langley Hockey Academy in the championship. Max Wishloff led the way with 10 points in six playoff games.
Goaltender Landon Strausse played every minute, posting a .940 save percentage and a goals - against -average of 1.81 in six games.
In the 18U division, Titans Hockey Union closed it out in dramatic fashion with an overtime victory in game two for the championship sweep.
Gavyn Schaufele ended things two on 0 in extra time, the 43rd shot of the game for THU.
It was the Titans' first time in the 18U championship game since the inaugural year, when they lost to HC Edmonton.
2-Bow Valley Nats Dream Season
The 14U Nationals were the pacesetters of the division in the regular season, losing just twice in regulation and once in a shootout. Their goal differential was plus 195, and they won 24 straight games to start the season.
The postseason wasn’t very different. Bow Valley lost just once, while averaging nearly six goals per game en route to the league title, beating Vancouver 2-1 in the championship three-game series.
Sawyer Gillings capped a terrific season with 39 goals and 60 points.
1-Liam Pue 3rd Overall WHL Pick
After a legendary JPHL career where he tore it up with 252 points in just 105 games, the Regina Pats of the WHL traded up to draft Liam Pue (Langley Hockey Academy) with the 3rd overall pick – after they selected Maddox Schultz first overall – and Pue has delivered.
The Langley, B.C. product who wore Langley Hockey Academy blue and white in the JPHL has always played an age group above his and is doing the same thing in the WHL as a 15-year-old with 9 points in 17 games.
Pue was also electric at the World 17 Challenge for Team Canada White with four goals and four assists in five games.
