Category Archives: Blazers Today

Blazers sign both import draft picks
KAMLOOPS - The two players taken by the Blazers in last month’s CHL Import Draft have signed with the team. 2001-born forward Martin Lang and 2001-born defenseman Joonas Sillanp have ensured the...
Kayla Derkach Jul 26, 2018

Pair of Blazers taking part in U17 development camp
KAMLOOPS - Two Blazers are taking part in the national under-17 development camp that begins on Wednesday in Calgary with players from across the Canadian Hockey League getting assessed for the 2018 W...
Kayla Derkach Jul 25, 2018

Serge Lajoie begins work as new Blazers head coach
KAMLOOPS - New Blazers head coach Serge Lajoie has landed in Kamloops. Lajoie arrived in the city last night, and will be one of the presenters at this weekend’s coaches conference. Hired by the...
Kayla Derkach Jul 13, 2018

Blazers hire new assistant coach
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Blazers General Manager Matt Bardsley has announced the hiring of Dan Kordic as an Assistant Coach. Kordic spent the past two seasons as an Assistant Coach with the University of A...
Kayla Derkach Jul 09, 2018

Son of former Blazer and Hockey Hall of Fame'er commits to Penticton Vees
KAMLOOPS - A chip off the old block? Maybe. Jackson Niedermayer has committed to play for the Penticton Vees next season. The 17-year old is the son of Hockey Hall of Fame’er and former Kamloops...
Kayla Derkach Jul 04, 2018

Blazers opt for pair of 2001-born players in CHL Import Draft
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers went younger in this year’s CHL Import Draft, taking two players born in 2001 with Czech forward Martin Lang and Finnish defenseman Joonas Sillanpaa. “The f...
Kayla Derkach Jun 28, 2018

WHL releases schedule - fewer games in 2018-19
KAMLOOPS - The Western Hockey League has released its schedule for the 2018-19 season. It will see a reduction in the number of games from the 72 game season that had been the standard for more than 4...
Kayla Derkach Jun 26, 2018

Blazers Zary invited to Hlinka Gretzky U-18 camp
KAMLOOPS - Blazers forward Connor Zary is among 44 players invited to Hockey Canada’s Under-18 camp at the end of this month. From that camp a team will be selected for the Hlinka Gretzky Cup U-...
Kayla Derkach Jun 26, 2018

Blazers hire U of Alberta's Lajoie as next head coach
KAMLOOPS - Serge Lajoie has become the 15th different head coach in Blazers history — and the 18th since the franchise relocated from New Westminster to Kamloops in 1981 as the Junior Oilers. La...
Kayla Derkach Jun 25, 2018

Blazers' Loewen makes history in NHL draft
KAMLOOPS - This was a lean year for the Western Hockey League at the NHL draft. Of the 217 players called in the draft, only 20 are from the Western League. Jermaine Loewen was the only player taken f...
Kayla Derkach Jun 23, 2018

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