The Kamloops Blazers coaching staff and GM Matt Bardsley wrapped up training camp Monday by trimming the roster down to 38. Kamloops will bring four goaltenders, 11 defensemen, and 23 forwards into their five game pre-season which finds the team at home for the first three and on the road […]
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Rockets blank Blazers; inch closer to division title
The Kamloops Blazers may have been the prescription the Kelowna Rockets needed this past weekend. The Rockets limped into a home-and-home set with the Blazers in a tail spin; a five-game losing streak that allowed the Victoria Royals a glimmer of hope in the race for first place in the […]
Portland avoids weekend sweep with gutsy effort
The Portland Winterhawks were sick of the Don Hay celebration weekend. They were on the losing end twice at the Sandman Centre this weekend as Hay grabbed wins 742 and 743 and became the winningest coach in WHL history. Sunday evening, after both teams made the nine-hour trip down, the […]
WHL recap: Hay nearing record with Kamloops win; ‘Tips keep rolling
Kamloops 4 @Edmonton 2 With that win… Don Hay is now at career total 741. One win shy of tying all-time win mark in the WHL. #Kamloops — Jon Keen (@JonKeenNLSports) January 22, 2018 Quinn Benjafield and Joe Gatenby have their head coach one win away from history. The former […]
Loewen with the dagger again as Kamloops edges Seattle 2-1
The Seattle Thunderbirds have to hate seeing number 32 from the Kamloops Blazers skate with speed and the puck late in the third period in a tie game. Jermaine Loewen scored with 8:03 left to break a one-all tie. A week ago, up in Kamloops, Loewen scored the game-winner against […]
WHL recap: Giants finally slay Royals; Broncos, Blazers and Silvertips emerge with wins
Swift Current 6 Lethbridge 0 The Lethbridge Hurricanes (7-10-1-0) can surely wait until February second. That is when they next take on the Swift Current Broncos (13-3-1-0), who have proven to have their number. Saturday night the Broncos scored six goals against the Hurricanes yet again and are now 3-0 […]
WHL recap: Tigers tame Thunderbirds in OT; Wheat Kings, Warriors, Giants and Royals emerge victorious
Brandon 2 Kootenay 0 Logan Thompson and the Brandon Wheat Kings (10-6-0-1) had some excuses for dropping a 4-2 game to the Kootenay ICE (8-9-1-0) on Friday night. They were missing four defenseman and saw many penalties put their d-men present away in the penalty box. Instead of letting this […]
WHL recap: ICE double up Wheat Kings; Raiders, Blazers, Rockets and Silvertips emerge victorious as well
Kootenay 4 @Brandon 2 The Brandon Wheat Kings (9-6-0-1) were a very short-handed team on the back end coming into Friday night’s tilt with the visiting Kootenay ICE (8-8-1-0). With blue liners Daniel Bukac, Garrett Sambrook and James Shearer all out due to lower body injuries and 16-year-old Braden Schneider […]
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 […]