Category Archives: Local Sports
Ex-Blazer Zellweger scores first NHL goal in Ducks loss to Canucks
VANCOUVER - It's another NHL first for a member of the 2022-23 Kamloops Blazers' Memorial Cup host team. OLEN ZELLWEGER FIRST NHL GOAL What a snipe! #FlyTogether | @OlenZellweger pic.twitter.com/AZPKN...
Mar 31, 2024
Merritt Centennials to withdraw from BCHL; expansion Centennials to join KIJHL
MERRITT -- The Merritt Centennials are withdrawing from the B.C. Hockey League at the end of this season, according to a club press release on Sunday (March 31). Meanwhile, the Kootenay International ...
Mar 31, 2024
Moon landing at Thompson Rivers University
KAMLOOPS -- The TRU WolfPack men's soccer team's latest addition is out of this world.Tommy Moon, a midfielder from Wellington, New Zealand, will bring NCAA Division 2 experience to the club in time f...
Mar 31, 2024
Brown curling rink makes lineup change, adds Koltun
KAMLOOPS -- Jennifer Armstrong's tenure with Team Brown is over after one season.The Kamloops Curling Club rink announced the lineup change on Twitter, noting Sarah Koltun has been added to the team.K...
Mar 30, 2024
Digging into Blazers' last-place season, plans for transactions, improvement
The Kamloops Blazers finished last in WHL standings in 2023-2024, posting record of 20-42-3-3.They did not qualify for the playoffs for the first time since 2017-2018 and recorded their lowest point t...
Mar 26, 2024
Blazers forward Finnie signs NHL entry-level deal with Red Wings
KAMLOOPS - Emmitt Finnie of the Kamloops Blazers has signed a National Hockey League entry-level contract with the Detroit Red Wings.The Red Wings made the news public on Tuesday (March 26) in a socia...
Mar 26, 2024
Kamloops Blazers look to future after losing season
KAMLOOPS -- The Kamloops Blazers finished last in WHL standings in 2023-2024, with a record of 20-42-3-3, and did not qualify for the post-season for the first time since 2017-2018.Exit meetings took ...
Mar 25, 2024
Blazers drop eighth straight, finish last in WHL standings; Cougars win West
PRINCE GEORGE -- Graduating forward Ashton Ferster tallied two goals in his final WHL game, but his Kamloops Blazers fell 5-2 to the hometown Prince George Cougars on Saturday (March 23) at CN Centre....
Mar 24, 2024
Toledo honoured in home finale, Cougars crush Blazers
KAMLOOPS -- Colin (Toledo) Robinson said an emotional goodbye to fans of the Kamloops Blazers prior to their game against the Prince George Cougars on Friday (March 22) at Sandman Centre.The pre-game ...
Mar 23, 2024
Junior hockey returns to Williams Lake: KIJHL team sold, relocated and rebranded as Mustangs
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - Hockey fans in Williams Lake get to saddle up and support a new local junior hockey team. In a news release issued Friday (March 22), the Kootenay International Junior Hockey Lea...
Mar 22, 2024
