Category Archives: Local Sports
Blazers reflect on first half of season, pinpoint inconsistency as area for improvement
Four Kamloops Blazers spoke to CFJC on Monday [Dec. 29] at Sandman Centre, each asked to reflect on the first half of the WHL campaign. The consensus among them: There is a lot to like, but inconsiste...
Dec 29, 2025 JORDAN KELLER, VIT ZAHEJSKY, BRAYDEN TOMA. (Image Credit: CFJC Today/Anthony Corea)
Former Senator scores winner as Sparta Prague beats Canada 5-1 in Spengler quarterfinals
DAVOS - Former Ottawa Senators forward Filip Chlapik scored the winning goal as Sparta Prague eliminated Canada from the Spengler Cup with a 5-1 quarterfinal win Monday. Martins Dzierkals scored the o...
Dec 29, 2025
Gingras scores first WHL goal as Blazers fall to Giants in final road game of 2025
LANGLEY, B.C. - Asher Gingras scored his first career WHL goal but the Kamloops Blazers were beaten 7-3 by the Vancouver Giants in Langley Sunday (Dec. 28) evening. Gingras, the 16-year-old forward wh...
Dec 29, 2025 (Image Credit: Rob Wilton/Vancouver Giants)
Kamloops' Hicketts records assist as Canada falls to hosts Davos in Spengler Cup
DAVOS, SUI. - Kamloops native Joe Hicketts picked up an assist but Team Canada lost 4-1 to HC Davos at the Spengler Cup in the final round-robin game Sunday (Dec. 28). The defeat, coupled with other r...
Dec 28, 2025 (Image Credit: Spengler Cup/Contributed)
E.J. Harnden, second on Team Dunstone, to retire from competitive curling in 2026
Canadian curler and Olympic champion E.J. Harnden is calling it a career. Harnden announced Sunday in an Instagram post that he is playing his final full season of competitive curling. The 42-year-old...
Dec 28, 2025 E.J. Harnden throws against Team Dunstone during Draw 4 of the 2021 Canadian Olympic curling trials in Saskatoon, Sask., Sunday, Nov. 21, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards
Five-point nights for Lafreniere, Behm power Blazers to 9-5 win over Calgary Hitmen
KAMLOOPS - Tommy Lafreniere and Nathan Behm finished with five points each as the Kamloops Blazers knocked off the Calgary Hitmen 9-5 in a high-scoring Saturday (Dec. 27) evening tilt at the Sandman C...
Dec 28, 2025 JP Hurlbert, Natham Behm, and Tommy Lafreinere celebrate at Sandman Centre on Dec. 27, 2025. (Image Credit: Brian Johnson/Kamloops Blazers)
Former Blazer Mats Lindgren to play NCAA hockey at Colorado College
COLORADO SPRINGS, COL. - Former Kamloops Blazers defenceman Mats Lindgren will play NCAA hockey at Colorado College. The Division 1 Tigers announced the signing of the 21-year-old Lindgren Saturday (D...
Dec 27, 2025 (Image Credit: Colorado College)
Volunteers needed as Kamloops prepares to host 2026 BC 55+ Games in September
KAMLOOPS - The City of Kamloops is gearing up to host the 2026 BC 55+ BC Games, which will be held in early September.Organizers expect thousands of people to flock to the Tournament Capital for the g...
Dec 27, 2025 (Image Credit: BC Games Host Society)
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)
