Category Archives: Blazers Today
Blazers know execution will be key for comeback versus Seattle
KAMLOOPS - You know that old saying "familiarity breeds contempt?" Every year, playoff hockey proves that adage. As the Western Conference Championship series shifts to Kamloops, you can expect that c...
May 02, 2023
Blazers ready to build on good road effort heading into Games 3 and 4
KAMLOOPS - On Saturday night (April 29) in Kent, the Kamloops Blazers experienced a tough 5-1 loss to the Thunderbirds, the first of the 2023 Playoffs. Sunday's game proved to be a better effort from ...
May 01, 2023
Blazers' Zellweger named WHL Player of the Month for April
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Blazers' defenceman Olen Zellweger has been named the Western Hockey League Player of the Month for April.Zellweger led the Blazers to consecutive sweeps of Vancouver and Portland ...
May 01, 2023
Blazers can't hang on to lead, fall to Thunderbirds 4-3 OT in game two
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers were unable to take home ice advantage away from the Seattle Thunderbirds over the weekend.After a 5-1 loss in game one of the Western Hockey League (WHL) Western Confe...
May 01, 2023
T-Birds beat Kamloops Blazers 5 - 1 to take series opener
KENT, WA - The Seattle Thunderbirds struck for three goals in less than six minutes in the third period to blow open a tight game and skate to a 5 - 1 victory over the visiting Kamloops Blazers Saturd...
Apr 29, 2023
Laden with talent, Kamloops-Seattle series could be one of the best ever
KAMLOOPS - Nineteen NHL drafted players and nine world junior players between the two teams. This Blazers and Thunderbirds series could go down as one of the best in WHL history, given the amount of t...
Apr 28, 2023
INTERVIEW: Seattle coach Matt O'Dette talks Western Conference Final
KAMLOOPS - The Blazers and Seattle Thunderbirds clash in a much-anticipated Western Conference Final rematch starting Saturday in Seattle. CFJC Today caught up with Seattle head coach Matt O'Dette for...
Apr 27, 2023
Blazers trades paying off in playoff run, as are Seattle's
KAMLOOPS - When the Blazers pulled the trigger on the franchise's biggest trade ever, they got two great players in Olen Zellweger and Ryan Hofer. They also paid a huge price, giving up 10 draft picks...
Apr 26, 2023
Blazers out for revenge against Seattle, know limiting 'deep team' is key
KAMLOOPS - The memories of a Game 7 loss at home are still etched firmly in many of the Blazers' minds. The chance to advance to the franchise's first WHL Final in more than 20 years dashed by a surpr...
Apr 25, 2023
Blazers' Zellweger named WHL Player of the Week after 7-point Game 4
KAMLOOPS - After an impressive sweep of the Portland Winter Hawks in Round 2 of the Western Hockey League playoffs, a particularly noteworthy Kamloops Blazer is being honoured.Defenceman Olen Zellwege...
Apr 24, 2023
