The Prince George Cougars visited the Kamloops Blazers on Friday night in a battle of teams that will miss the playoffs. This was the final home game for Kamloops this season as they looked for their 3oth win. Jermaine Loewen would open the scoring for the second straight game for […]
Author: Mike Trafford
Rockets deal final punch to Blazers playoff hopes
The Kelowna Rockets were in Kamloops on Friday night looking to inch closer to clinching the BC Division. Meanwhile the Blazers were in need of at least a single point, and a Seattle loss, to keep what little playoff hopes they had alive. Just over five minutes into the game […]
Blazers take down Giants
For the second time in five nights the Kamloops Blazers and Vancouver Giants took to the ice against each other. After what we’ll call a 1 – 0 loss in Vancouver on Monday night, (Tyler Benson scored and empty net goal with less than a second left) Kamloops was looking […]
Blazers burn Royals
The Kamloops Blazers hosted the Victoria Royals on Wednesday night, their slim playoff hopes hanging in the balance. The Royals needed just a single point on the night to clinch a playoff spot for the seventh straight year, and every year since moving from Chilliwack. Victoria, playing without top players […]
Dechaine and Kehler cool the Blazers
For the second straight season the Kamloops Blazers played a Family Day afternoon game in front of a very packed Sandman Centre. For the second straight season the team would struggle to score in that game. The first period would see the Blazers jump out to the early lead 1:52 […]
Hateful Eight for Lethbridge
The Lethbridge Hurricanes (7-12-1-0) rolled into Kamloops looking to end a seven-game losing streak. During this streak the ‘Cane have allowed 40 goals against (5.71/game), while only scoring 18 (2.57/game). The Kamloops Blazers (9-13) have struggled at home (3-8) and the ‘Canes have struggled on the road (1-6), so something […]
Ferguson’s return sparks a Blaze
Dylan Ferguson spent 18 days with the NHL’s Vegas Golden Knights, where he backed up Maxime Legace for eight games. Ferguson would see 9:14 seconds of action on Tuesday in relief in a 8-2 loss in Edmonton against the Oilers. He would make one save on two shots, allowing a […]
Defunct Logo Champion
After just over two months and five rounds of matchups and champion has been crowned in the WHL defunct logo competition! The Billings Bighorns worked their way through all five rounds of the competition, ramming aside the Calgary Centennials, Moose Jaw Canucks, Calgary Wranglers, and Seattle Breakers.nd In the finals […]
Defunct Logo Competition Finale
From 24 different teams and 14 franchises down to the final 2. The second of five stops in the Tri-City Americans franchise will face off against the first stop of a franchise that no longer exists. Both of these franchises once represented a second coming of a WHL team and […]
Logo Competition – Final Four
The final four of the defunct logo competition is upon us. 20 logos have been eliminated, including the Tacoma Rockets, Kamloops Junior Oilers, Calgary Wranglers, and Victoria Cougars in the third round. Matchup No. 21 The Seattle Breakers have crashed through the opposition through three rounds. Eliminating the Winnipeg […]