Before Martin Lang’s crafty redirection with 2:40 left in the first period, you may have chalked up the opening frame’s sloppy play to a case of the turkey legs. Perhaps the Blazers’ only Tuesday game of the year had little to do with its post-Thanksgiving timing and more an issue […]
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Daily Dose of the Dub: Goalie shuffling in WHL, released overagers find new teams, Weekly report and more
The Prince Albert Raiders have acquired goaltender Duncan McGovern from the Winnipeg ICE for an eighth-round pick in the 2022 WHL Bantam Draft.
Blazers win back-to-back games on the road
Kamloops performed an exorcism of sorts on Friday evening by snapping a 10-game losing streak to the Everett Silvertips. The Silvertips, who hadn’t lost to the Blazers since January 31st, 2017, outscored the Blazers by a margin of 44-13 during that stretch. Everett jumped out to an early lead with […]
WHL Gameday Preview: Saturday, October 5th, 2019
DUBNetwork Feature Game of the Night: October 5, 2019 Everett Silvertips 1-2-0-0 @ Kamloops Blazers 3-3-0-0 7:00PM (PDT) Looking to continue the recent dominance, the Everett Silvertips pay a visit to Kamloops to battle the Blazers. Over their last eight meetings, Everett has won six out of those eight meetings. […]
Blazers get revenge on Ross and the Thunderbirds
The message was clear for the Blazers in their second meeting with goaltender Roddy Ross and the Thunderbirds — get in the blue paint. After stymieing the Blazers with 50 saves on 51 shots in the first head-to-head match up, the Blazers knew they had to make life difficult for […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Olson returns to Tri-City, Thunderbirds acquire Gottfried and more
The U.S. division continues to get better as Kyle Olson has returned from Rochester Americans training camp to re-join the Tri-City Americans as their captain for his final season of junior hockey eligibility.
Blazers weekly preview
After back-to-back wins on home ice, the Blazers are gearing up for two games against U.S Division opponents to complete a four-game homestand at the Sandman Centre. Not only did the Blazers return closer to .500 after two consecutive wins, but they also gained ground on their B.C Division opponents […]
Blazers sweep rivals at home
After three consecutive losses to U.S Division teams to start the season, the Blazers returned home to kick off a four-game homestand against the Kelowna Rockets on Friday night. While five games were crammed into the team’s first two weekends, the Blazers made as much noise during their four days […]
Daily Dose of the Dub: Chiefs release Startsev, Seminoff and Svejovsky miss game with injury and more
With defenseman Filip Kral returning from Toronto Maple Leafs training camp, the Spokane Chiefs had to move out one of their import players to comply with CHL regulations around imports.
2019-2020 WHL Season Previews: Kamloops Blazers
Last Season: 28-32-6-2 64 points 2018-2019 was a series of ups and downs for the Kamloops Blazers. After missing the playoffs in 2017-2018, the Blazers shuffled the deck by hiring general manager Matt Bardsley from the Portland Winterhawks and head coach Serge Lajoie from the University of Alberta’s men’s hockey […]