Coming into this game the most important thing for the Kamloops Blazers was to get the two points but with the Victoria Royals in town, it probably wasn’t going to be easy. The Blazers were 2-5-0-0 against the Royals this season winning the last matchup 3-2 in a shootout. Both […]
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Daily Dose of the Dub: Hurricanes announce playoff plans; Rebels vs Silvertips rescheduled
Hurricanes announce plans Hurricanes announce plans to play at Nicholas Sheran during parts if the first and second rounds of the 2019 #WHL Playoffs. Potential up to 3 games to be played off-site. Full details on Hurricanes Facebook page! #YQL — Lethbridge Hurricanes (@WHLHurricanes) February 13, 2019 As first mentioned […]
Late birthday an advantage for Zary
Most junior hockey players enter their second full season in the Canadian Hockey League ready to show everything they have to National Hockey League scouts. Connor Zary is an exception, as he has a late birthday (in the scouting lexicon), meaning he is born after September 15, the NHL Entry […]
Giants stay undefeated against Blazers
The Vancouver Giants have had the Kamloops Blazers number all season. The games have, for the most part, been close but Vancouver had won all four matchups. With playoffs coming quickly, and the game tightening up, special teams were going to have to be up to snuff for Kamloops to […]
Blazers bested by Cougars in final home game
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 […]
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 […]
Don Hay hits 742 as Blazers take out Winterhawks 5-2
Blazers win 5-2 for their 4th straight victory!! Head Coach Don Hay goes for the record tomorrow night at Home vs. Portland! pic.twitter.com/HGbo4dryni — Kamloops Blazers (@blazerhockey) January 27, 2018 There have many big wins in Kamloops Blazers Head Coach Don Hay’s career over the Portland Winterhawks. A certain playoff […]
WHL recap: Flodell shuts down Giants; Pats clip Raiders and Blazers get first win
Swift Current 1 Vancouver 0 The Swift Current Broncos (8-0) traded for an overage goalie last year and had Jordan Papirny take them to within one win of the Eastern Conference final. They traded for another overage netminder in Logan Flodell again this year and so far that has been a move […]
Prince George pounces on winless Kamloops
Expectations weren’t high in Kamloops this year, but surely they weren’t this low. A Prince George team, that some had in the basement of the Western Conference, ran roughshod over a equally young and inexperienced Blazer team. (photo by Allen Douglas) It was evident early in the first period that […]