Category Archives: Local Sports
From the Sports Vault --- Do you remember the Critters?
KAMLOOPS --- Over the years there have been several attempts to establish a pro baseball team in Kamloops --- by several different leagues.One of the more interesting was in 2002.The fledgling Canadia...
May 27, 2020
FROM THE VAULT: Greg Stewart the basketball player
KAMLOOPS - Greg Stewart has proven himself and more as a multi-sport Kamloops athlete. In his latest sporting venture, the 7'2" gentle giant has picked up shot put and his sights set on the Tokyo Para...
May 26, 2020
Connor Ingram on being AHL all-star, his pro career, and Dan DePalma
KAMLOOPS ---- This week former Kamloops Blazers goaltender Connor Ingram was named an American Hockey League all-star.Ingram posted a 21-5-5 record, 1.92 goals against average and .933 saves percentag...
May 22, 2020
Kelly-the-Kid before the hair with flair
KAMLOOPS --- While most of us are counting the minutes until the barber shops and hair salons re-open ---- Kelly Olynyk has fit right in.Before the hair with flair, tonight we go back to a time when O...
May 21, 2020
Connor Ingram AHL second team all-star
KAMLOOPS --- After three seasons in pro hocky former Blazers goaltender Connor Ingram is still waiting for a shot at the NHL.That chance may have greatly improved with his performance this season in t...
May 20, 2020
'We could've easily still been playing hockey now': Stankoven blessed in rookie season with special Blazers group
KAMLOOPS - Logan Stankoven would trade his stellar rookie season any day for a chance to still be playing hockey. The WHL Final would just be wrapping up with the Memorial Cup in Kelowna exactly a wee...
May 15, 2020
Stankoven loses out on WHL rookie of the year award
KAMLOOPS - Despite a stellar rookie season with his hometown Blazers, Logan Stankoven lost out on the Western Hockey League's rookie of the year award on Friday. Stankoven's 29 goals and 19 assists wa...
May 15, 2020
FLASHBACK! 1994 WHL Cup western bantam final -- Jardine Blazers vs Leduc
KAMLOOPS --- In the 1993-94 season Kamloops Minor Hockey had a powerhouse bantam team in the Jardine Blazers.Coached by the late Mickey Fritz, and with a lineup that included some future Western Leagu...
May 14, 2020
Blazers Garand WHL scholastic player of the year
KAMLOOPS --- The Blazers were the cream of the crop in the B.C. Division this season ---- and pretty good in the classroom too.Mixing the high demands of being an elite junior hockey talent with pract...
May 13, 2020
Premier says B.C. WHL rinks could help NHL finish its season
VICTORIA - Could we see NHL hockey at Sandman Centre before long? That seemingly absurd notion is not out of the question, according to Premier John Horgan.During his media availability Wednesday (May...
May 13, 2020
