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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...
Victor Kaisar 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 ...
The Canadian Press 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 ...
Pattison Media 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...
Pattison Media 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...
Pattison Media 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 ...
Pattison Media 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 ...
Pattison Media 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...
Pattison Media Dec 19, 2025 LUCAS SCORDA (Image Credit: CFJC Today/Anthony Corea)

From Junior A hopefuls to WHL regulars, roommates Moore, Evaschesen proving they belong with Blazers
KAMLOOPS - Cooper Moore is from Red Deer and Josh Evaschesen is from Medicine Hat. The former minor hockey opponents are now teammates with the Kamloops Blazers, both NCAA-committed players who jumped...
Pattison Media Dec 19, 2025 Cooper Moore, Josh Evaschesen (Image Credit: Brian Johnson Photography/Kamloops Blazers)

Blazers unveil statistical leaderboards, photos on Sandman Centre concourse display
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers are making changes inside Sandman Centre to recognize their history. The club unveiled a recently completed project on Wednesday afternoon (Dec. 17), a series of panels...
Pattison Media Dec 18, 2025 ON THE WALL (Image Credit: Kamloops Blazers)

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