Category Archives: Local Sports
Blazers' Brunicke named to Team Canada leadership group at World Juniors
MINNEAPOLIS - Kamloops Blazers' defenceman Harrison Brunicke will be counted on for his leadership on Team Canada's entry into the 2026 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships in Minnesota.Brunicke, 19...
Dec 25, 2025 Harrison Brunicke (right) with captain Porter Martone (centre) and assistant captain Cole Beaudoin (left). (Image Credit: Hockey Canada / X.com)
Kamloops' Hicketts to captain Team Canada at Spengler Cup
DAVOS, SUI. - One of Kamloops' hockey heroes will lead Canada's entry in the 2025 Spengler Cup tournament in Davos, Switzerland. Defenceman Joe Hicketts was named team captain by Hockey Canada Thursda...
Dec 25, 2025 Joe Hicketts (centre) with the Team Canada leadership group. (Image Credit: Hockey Canada / X.com)
Kamloops' Joe Hicketts to play for Canada at 2025 Spengler Cup
KAMLOOPS - Joe Hicketts will play for Team Canada for the first time in a decade. The Kamloops native is one of 25 players who will don the Maple Leaf at the 2025 Spengler Cup in Davos, Switzerland. H...
Dec 23, 2025 Image Credit: Ontario Reign
Former Blazer Ingram enjoys 'good day' in Oilers debut, leading team to 4-3 win over Golden Knights
EDMONTON - There were times that Connor Ingram wondered if he would ever make it back to the NHL, let alone win a game. Ingram made 26 saves in his impressive debut with the Oilers and first NHL game ...
Dec 22, 2025
Thompson Blazers win Female A Kendra Woodland Division at KIBIHT 2025
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson Blazers have won the Kendra Woodland Division at the 2025 Kamloops International Bantam Ice Hockey Tournament (KIBIHT). The Blazers beat the previously undefeated North Island ...
Dec 21, 2025 (Image Credit: KIBIHT/Facebook)
Westsyde, Sa-Hali, NorKam and Valleyview win Fulton Cup basketball titles
KAMLOOPS - Four different schools repeated as champions during the 2025 edition of the Fulton Cup in Kamloops, as the three day tournament wrapped up on Friday (Dec. 19).The annual city high school ba...
Dec 21, 2025 (Image Credit: Anthony Corea/CFJC Today)
Thompson River Fighting Trout to return as Blazers announce rest of 2025/26 promotional schedule
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson River Fighting Trout will be making their return to Sandman Centre in March. The Kamloops Blazers will rebrand as the Fighting Trout on Saturday, March 14 when the Kelowna Rock...
Dec 21, 2025 Harrison Brunicke, Emmitt Finnie, and Jordan Keller model the 2024-25 Kami The Fish jersey. (Image Credit: Kamloops Blazers)
Merritt Centennials net dozen goals in blowout win over Kelowna Chiefs
MERRITT - The Merritt Centennials scored six third period goals en route to a 12-6 blowout win over the Kelowna Chiefs at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena on Saturday (Dec. 20) night. The dozen goals ...
Dec 21, 2025 (Image Credit: KIJHL/File)
Edmonstone stands tall as Blazers fall to Thunderbirds in shootout
KENT, WASH. - Logan Edmonstone stopped all 40 shots he faced but the Kamloops Blazers fell 1-0 to the Seattle Thunderbirds in a shootout Friday (Dec. 19) night.Seattle's Marek Sklenicka finished with ...
Dec 20, 2025 (Image Credit: Brain Liesse/Seattle Thunderbirds)
Blazers, Sea Devils square off in Vancouver Island-Interior clash at KIBIHT
KAMLOOPS - The Thompson Zone Blazers opened Kamloops International Bantam Ice Hockey Tournament play on Wednesday (Dec. 17), falling 9-0 to Seklerland Hockey Academy of Romania in Tier 1 Double "A" Ra...
Dec 19, 2025 LUCAS SCORDA (Image Credit: CFJC Today/Anthony Corea)
