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By Earl Seitz

Bob Brown

Twenty-five years ago today, June 5, 1995 —- the unthinkable —- sending shock waves through the hockey world.

Jun 5, 2020 | 6:30 PM

KAMLOOPS — Twenty-five years ago last month the Kamloops Blazers won their third Memorial Cup in four years.

Two weeks later, on this day 25 years ago, the unthinkable happened, sending shock waves through the hockey world.

Bob Brown, the architect of the Memorial Cup dynasty and one of the most successful general managers in Canadian Junior Hockey history, was unceremoniously fired.

Under his watch players like Sydor, Niedermayer, Tucker, Doan and Iginla were recruited.

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The late Colin Day was the president of the Blazers at the time, and spoke on behalf of the five member board of directors.

This is the story we aire on Brown’s firing on June 5, 1995.