Category Archives: Local Sports
Kamloops Storm returning to McArthur Island Olympic rink
KAMLOOPS ---- The Kamloops Storm are returning to McArthur Island. In a media release the Storm say the move is "experimental in nature as we seek to engage the potential North Shore fan base and get ...
Feb 18, 2020 Image credit: Kamloops Storm
Stankoven closing in on Blazers rookie goal-scoring record after hot weekend
KAMLOOPS - Logan Stankoven entered the weekend on a bit of a cold streak, at least by his standards.The 16 year old from Kamloops had one goal in eight games, only adding two assists in that span. But...
Feb 18, 2020 Sixteen-year-old sensation Logan Stankoven had a nine-point weekend in three Blazers wins (Image Credit: Allen Douglas / Kamloops Blazers)
B.C. curling playdowns return to Kamloops in 2021
KAMLOOPS --- Kamloops has been named the host community for both the 2021 BC Men's and BC Women's curling championships. The two events will be held at the same time from Jan. 26 - Feb. 1, 2021, at th...
Feb 18, 2020 Image credit: Curl B.C.
Blazers rally to defeat Victoria again to restore cushion in B.C. Division
KAMLOOPS - Kyrell Sopotyk seemed destined to score the game-winning goal. Scoreless since returning to the line-up in the new year, he gave the Blazers their first lead of Family Day Monday, 5-4, with...
Feb 17, 2020 Kyrell Sopotyk scored twice in a 7-6 OT win over Victoria on Monday, his first two goals since returning to the Blazers line-up from a shoulder separation (Image Credit: Allen Douglas / Kamloops Blazers)
Stankoven's four-goal night paces Blazers to win over Royals
KAMLOOPS -With his Grandma in the house from Campbell River for the Blazers' Family weekend, 16-year-old Logan Stankoven drove the Kamloops offence, scoring four times and helping his club to a 5-3 vi...
Feb 15, 2020 Logan Stankoven scores his third of four goals on the night, as the Blazers beat the Royals 5-3. Image Credit: Kamloops Blazers/Allen Douglas
Corryn Brown rink opens 2020 Scotties with a win
MOOSE JAW -The Corryn Brown rink out of BC has won their first game at the 2020 Scotties, 7-5 over Prince Edward Island's Suzanne Birt. Team Brown will be playing two games tomorrow against the Territ...
Feb 15, 2020 (Image Credit: Curl BC)
WolfPack basketball seasons end after play-in losses
KAMLOOPS - After losing their one game play-ins last night on the road, the season is over for both TRU WolfPack women's and men's basketball teams. WolfPack women lost 76-54 to the host University of...
Feb 15, 2020 (Image Credit: CFJC Today / TRU Athletics)
Blazers quell Rebels' uprising, end five-game losing skid
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers ended their five-game losing skid Friday night, as they topped the Red Deer Rebels by a 5-3 score.The Blazers struck first, just 1:02 into the opening stanza as Orrin C...
Feb 14, 2020 Image Credit: Kamloops Blazers/Allen Douglas
Pincott, Dunstone supporting each other as they chase curling dreams
KAMLOOPS - It's a romance that's been heating up the ice at the Kamloops Curling Club for the last three years. Erin Pincott and Matt Dunstone are always at the rink working on their craft, even in a ...
Feb 14, 2020 Erin Pincott (left) and Matt Dunstone have been dating for three years after a friendship that began at the 2013 World Junior Curling Championships in Russia (Image Credit: CFJC Today)
Former Kamloops junior head coach, player gets first opportunity as NHL head coach
ST. PAUL, MN - Former Kamloops Junior Oiler standout Dean Evason is the new head coach of the Minnesota Wild. Evason was named interim coach on Friday morning (Feb. 14) after Wild general manager Bill...
Feb 14, 2020 Image Credit: NHL.com
