Category Archives: Blazers Today
Kamloops Blazers hire new head coach; Sydor to be associate coach
KAMLOOPS - A long-time WHL coach has been hired to lead the Kamloops Blazers. In a news release, the Blazers say general manager Matt Bardsley announced today (June 17) that Shaun Clouston has been na...
Jun 17, 2019
Connor Ingram traded
KAMLOOPS --- Connor Ingram is on the move.The former Blazers goaltender has been traded by the Tampa Bay Lightning to the Nashville Predators for a 7th round draft pick. Ingram split last season betwe...
Jun 14, 2019 Image credit: Syracuse.com
Lambert leaving Spokane for Nashville
KAMLOOPS - The Spokane Chiefs are in need of new head coach.Dan Lambert is leaving after two seasons to become an assistant coach with the Nashville Predators. Lambert, a former Kelowna Rockets head c...
Jun 04, 2019 Image credit:WHL/Spokane Chiefs
Blazers get glimpse into future at weekend prospects camp
KAMLOOPS - It was a weekend of futures for Blazer Hockey, as they held their annual prospects camp this past Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The camp involved a pair of ice times at Brock Arena, which se...
Jun 03, 2019 Image Credit: CFJC Today
Garand invited to Hockey Canada camp
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Blazers goaltender Dylan Garand has been invited to a Hockey Canada goaltenders camp in Calgary this week.Garand will be one of four goaltenders in the U-18 Hockey Canada camp, and...
Jun 03, 2019 Image credit: cfjctoday
Former Blazer Shepard traded, going home
KAMLOOPS --- Jackson Shepard is going home. The former Blazers forward has been acquired by the Vancouver Giants from the Lethbridge Hurricanes for a 3rd round bantam draft pick. Shepard, who is from ...
May 24, 2019 Image credit: Lethbridge Hurricanes
35 years ago, May 9, 1984 Jr. Oilers win first WHL championship for Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - It was May 9, 1984 that the Kamloops Junior Oilers won the first Western Hockey League championship for this city.It was a dramatic finish --- a night before the Regina Pats were less than ...
May 09, 2019 Image credit: Kamloops Jr. Oilers
Stankoven leads scoring in Kamloops Ball Hockey League
KAMLOOPS - Wednesday night Kamloops Ball Hockey League scores: Blackjacks 6-2 KingsBraden Armstrong stood tall early, denying multiple Kings breakaways. Jared Anderson had 2 goals and 2 assists. Flyer...
May 09, 2019 Image credit: Kamloops Blazers
Blazers GM not concerned about choosing two first rounders already committed to Michigan
KAMLOOPS - A day after the WHL Bantam Draft in Red Deer, the Kamloops Blazers general manager is confident with his two first-round picks, despite both having committed to play at the University of Mi...
May 03, 2019 Blazers' GM Matt Bardsley got a sense that 7th overall pick Mats Lindgren (left) and 20th overall pick Connor Levis will play in Kamloops some day (Image Credit: Contributed)
Blazers 2019 bantam draft picks
The Kamloops Blazers selected nine players in the 2019 WHL Bantam held in Red Deer, AB on May 2, 2019. For the first time in franchise history, the Blazers selected two players in the first round of t...
May 02, 2019
