The Victoria Royals defeated the Kamloops Blazers 3-2 Friday night in a contest that had a playoff feel. The close game had a little bit of everything, much to the delight of over 6,000 fans in Victoria. “It was awesome,” said Victoria goaltender Adam Evanoff after the game. “That was […]
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Garand, Pillar lead Blazers to sixth straight victory on home ice
In a game that included five of the league’s top-12 point leaders, special teams, depth and goaltending stole the show in a 4-2 win for the Blazers. Max Martin put the home team on the board first after receiving a nifty pass from Connor Zary on the man-advantage. Spokane’s Filip […]
Overreaction Monday: Adam Beckman and Dylan Cozens will be Conference MVPs
Overreaction of the week: Spokane’s Adam Beckman and Lethbridge’s Dylan Cozens will be the MVP’s for their respective conferences. I know it’s still early, but Beckman and Cozens have been far and away the two players in this league that have impressed me the most on a nightly basis. Not […]
Blazers rack up awards; streak halted at nine.
The Blazers’ season-best nine-game winning streak came to a grinding halt on Saturday night in Prince George. After shutting out the Cougars 24 hours earlier, the Blazers were once again stymied by netminder Taylor Gauthier. The 18-year old stopped all but one of the 38 shots he faced, earning his […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Americans sign Andregg, Pats and Warriors make roster moves + weekly report
The Tri-City Americans have signed Bryson Andregg to a WHL Education Contract.
Blazers torch Americans on historic evening
No Connor Zary, no Dylan Garand, no problem. With the Blazers’ star centre and number one goalie watching from the stands, Kamloops received goals from 11 different players in a 12-3 rout over the Tri-City Americans. Tri City’s captain Krystof Hrabik opened the scoring just 35 seconds into the game […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: McAndrews gets one-game suspension, Oil Kings recall Latimer and more
Tri-City’s Bryan McAndrews received a one-game suspension for this knee-on-knee hit on Victoria’s Brayden Tracey.
Veterans push Silvertips to 7-5 victory over Blazers
The Kamloops Blazers made their long-awaited return to the Sandman Centre on Saturday evening to host the Everett Silvertips. Fresh off a 4-0 victory over the Kelowna Rockets, the Blazers entered Saturday’s game three points back of Everett and Portland in the Western Conference standings. For two teams taking part […]
Blazers riding high entering the holiday break
The Kamloops Blazers completed their road trip through the WHL’s Eastern Conference, compiling a 4-0-2 record after playing six games in nine nights. Kamloops brass learned early on that they would be missing two forwards and one defenceman after their games in Manitoba. Martin Lang, Inaki Baragano and Connor Zary […]
Blazers search for rhythm on the road
Back on June 29th, DUBNetwork took a glance at the Blazers’ 2019-2020 schedule and highlighted a few of the most notable storylines, one of which included a six-game Eastern road swing beginning in Brandon on December 6th and ending in Prince Albert on the 14th. If there is one area […]