Category Archives: Blazers Today
Dallas Stars owner says "underdog hat looks good on us" going into Stanley Cup final
KAMLOOPS --- It will be the Dallas Stars versus the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Stanley Cup final beginning tomorrow in Edmonton.Tampa Bay's last time in the final was in 2015 in a six game loss to Chi...
Sep 18, 2020
Devils hire Recchi as assistant coach
KAMLOOPS --- Mark Recchi has a new job.The Hockey Hall of Fame'er from Kamloops has been hired by the New Jersey Devils as an assistant coach to new head coach Lindy Ruff.Recchi was part of the purge ...
Sep 08, 2020
Former Blazer Kneen signs in ECHL
KAMLOOPS --- Last week Zane Franklin signed with the Allen Americans in the ECHL. Franklin will see a familiar face when he arrives to play with the Texas based team. His former Kamloops Blazers teamm...
Aug 25, 2020
Training camp would have started today, if not for COVID-19
KAMLOOPS --- If this had been a normal year, Blazers training camp would be getting underway today at the Sandman Centre --with the first pre-season games next weekend, and the start of the season the...
Aug 20, 2020
Zane Franklin signs in ECHL
KAMLOOPS --- Zane Franklin knows where he'll be playing hockey next season.The Blazers team captain last season has signed with the Allen, Texas Americans in the ECHL --- a farm team of the Minnesota ...
Aug 18, 2020
Former Blazers JC Lipon signs in KHL
KAMLOOPS --- JC Lipon is going to Russia.Drafted off the Kamloops Blazers by the Winnipeg Jets in 2013 Lipon has signed with a team in the Kontinental Hockey League.He played in 9 NHL games, all in th...
Aug 17, 2020
Western Hockey League delays start of season to December 4
KAMLOOPS --- The Western Hockey League made it official today ----- the season won't begin until December 4.That's just over two month's later than the originally scheduled start date of October2. The...
Aug 06, 2020
Former Blazers team captain turns to coaching
KAMLOOPS --- Many hockey players, when they're finished playing, aren't finished with the game.An obvious choice to take it to the next level is as a coach.It's a route a former Blazers team captain h...
Jul 29, 2020
Zary doesn't believe WHL season will start on time — but is training as if it will
KAMLOOPS - It's been a typical summer for Connor Zary. The 18-year-old forward is acting as if training camp will begin Sept. 15 and the season will commence Oct. 2. But even he is skeptical about tho...
Jul 24, 2020
Rizzo determined to commit to another NCAA program, not Kamloops: Blazers GM
KAMLOOPS - When Blazers GM Matt Bardsley learned one of his prospects, Massimo Rizzo, had de-committed from the University of North Dakota last week, he texted the family right away. But with a quick ...
Jul 13, 2020
