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Huskies to open NWJHL 2025-26 season on the road

The Fort St. John Huskies will open the NWJHL 2025-26 season with seven straight road contests before their first home date on October 11th.

By Ed Hitchins, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

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August 8, 2025

The current image has no alternative text. The file name is: HuskiesNWJHLtitle.jpg — The Fort St. John Huskies captured a fifth NWJHL title in six seasons in 2025. (Street Legal Photography, Facebook)

FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. — The Fort St. John Huskies will begin defending their Strike Group North West Junior Hockey League (NWJHL) title in just over a month.

The NWJHL released its 2025-26 schedule, with the Pups opening up the season on the road against the North Peace Navigators on Friday, September 12th.

The Navigators finished second to Fort St. John in the NWJHL’s East/West Division last season.

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It is the first of seven road contests to start the season for the Huskies, whose home opener isn’t until Saturday, October 11th against the Beaverlodge Blades.

Last season, the Huskies won their fifth title in six years by defeating the La Crete Lumber Barons in five games, finishing fourth at the Hockey Alberta Junior ‘B’ Provincials.

The entire schedule can be seen at the NWJHL’s official website.

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Ed Hitchins, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

A guy who found his calling later in life, Edward Hitchins is a professional storyteller with a colourful and extensive history.

Beginning his journey into journalism in 2012 at Seneca College, Edward also graduated from Humber College with an Advanced Diploma in Print and Broadcast Journalism in 2018. After time off from his career and venturing into other vocations, he started his career proper in 2022 in Campbell River, B.C.

Edward was attracted to the position of Indigenous Voices reporter with Energeticcity as a challenge. Having not been around First Nations for the majority of his life, he hopes to learn about their culture through meaningful conversations while properly telling their stories.

In a way, he hopes this position will allow both himself and Energeticcity to grow as a collective unit as his career moves forward and evolves into the next step.

He looks forward to growing both as a reporter and as a human being while being posted in Fort St. John.

This reporting position has been funded by the Government of Canada and the Local Journalism Initiative.