The Victoria Royals are awaiting their first round playoff opponents. With all 68 regular season games completed, the Kamloops Blazers and the Kelowna Rockets find themselves deadlocked at 64 points. That unique scenario has triggered a “play-in” game Tuesday night in Kamloops, with the winner facing the Royals in the […]
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2019 DUBNetwork WHL Awards: Western Conference First, Second and Third Teams
It’s that time of year again folks. The 2018-19 regular season has concluded and our team at DUBNetwork has watched a ton of games. I reached out to our beat writers and those associated with the site and had them votes on a variety of categories, just like we did […]
BREAKING: Kamloops Blazers and Kelowna Rockets to play “play-in” game Tuesday night at the Sandman Centre in Kamloops.
After all 68 games have been played both the Kamloops Blazers and the Kelowna Rockets find themselves locked at 64 points. Because they are battling for the last playoff spot to be decided the regular tie-break rules do not apply and a “play-in” game has been triggered. Through virtue of […]
Giants clinch Western Conference in win over Rockets
The Vancouver Giants (48-15-2-2) clinched the regular season Western Conference crown after getting by the Kelowna Rockets (27-32-6-2) by a score of 2-1 in the last game at the Langley Events Centre before playoffs. Kelowna came into the game playing for their season, being only one point ahead of the Kamloops Blazers for the […]
Kamloops finds a point with Zary’s late game heroics
In an absolute roller coaster of game the Kamloops Blazers found themselves down by two goals to the last place Prince George Cougars but fought back to earn a valuable point before losing in overtime 5-4. Kamloops found themselves in an unfamiliar spot as of late, trailing early. Prince George’s […]
Kamloops Blazers alum Tyler Shattock finding his way in the coaching ranks
Originally posted Mar 15, 2019. Some players know when they hang up the skates that coaching is on their horizon. For former Kamloops Blazers captain Tyler Shattock it was a case of being in the right place at the right time that allowed him to be back where it all […]
Blazers dismantle Chiefs to put playoff pressure on the Rockets.
The Kamloops Blazers dominated this game from start to finish. They outshot the Spokane Chiefs 51 – 28 en route to a 5-1 victory placing them firmly in the playoff race two points back of the Kelowna Rockets. The first period belonged to the home team from the drop of […]
Cougars flip script on Winterhawks, power play leads to 5-2 win
(Prince George, BC) The last victory for the Prince George Cougars (18-40-5-3) at home in the CN Centre came on January 21st, eight weeks ago. Friday night the Cougars sent 42 shots onto the net of the Portland Winterhawks (39-20-3-3). Prince George backed it up with another 49 shots on […]
Shorthanded Winterhawks use power play to fuel comeback over Cougars
(Prince George, BC) With only two weekends left in their regular season, the Portland Winterhawks (39-19-3-3) met the Prince George Cougars (17-40-5-3) on Friday night in the CN Centre. The Winterhawks did not have the start they were looking for falling behind 2-0. However, they used three unanswered power-play goals […]
Kamloops claws to within six points of the Rockets with shootout win
Kamloops and Kelowna, the historic rivalry and battle of the K’s proved to be a bit of stalemate to start but ended up being an entertaining affair. Kelowna pushed the game into a shootout where the Blazers scored twice to take the extra point 2-1. The first period lacked a […]