Category Archives: Local Sports
Blazers release full 2019-2020 schedule
Kamloops, BC - The Kamloops Blazers 68-game season schedule has been released for the 2019-20 regular season. The Blazers will kick off the season with three games in three nights as they host the Spo...
Jun 26, 2019
Blazers sign top 2019 draft pick Lindgren
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers have locked up their top bantam draft pick from this year.The Blazers inked defenceman Mats Lindgren to a standard WHL player agreement. Lindgren was the Blazers' first...
Jun 25, 2019 Image Credit: Kamloops Blazers
Nordiques advance to Kamloops Ball Hockey "D" final
Nordiques 5 - 4 Wild Stars (Nordiques won series 2-1) The Nordiques advanced to the final after hanging on in the last few minutes of regulation. James Silva was strong in net in the final minutes and...
Jun 25, 2019 Image credit: Kamloops Ball Hockey
Former Blazers first round bantam draft traded
KAMLOOPS ---- Massimo Rizzo, a former Kamloops Blazers first round bantam draft pick, was taken second to last in the NHL draft this weekend --- and then had his B.C. Hockey League rights traded. Rizz...
Jun 24, 2019 Image credit:Penticton Vees
Roberto Alomar coming to Kamloops
KAMLOOPS --- Four former Toronto Blue Jays will be in Kamloops next month for a Blue Jays Academy Super Camp. Instructors include Blue Jays legend Roberto Alomar, along with Lloyd Moseby, Homer Bush a...
Jun 24, 2019 Image credit: Canadian Baseball Network
Classics at B.C. Age Group Swim Championships
KAMLOOPS ---- The Kamloops Classic Swim Team placed 15th out of the 39 Team 450 swimmer, BC Age Group Provincial Swimming Championships in Chilliwack over the weekend. The Classics had 9 swimmers comp...
Jun 24, 2019 Imagecredit:Kamloops Classics
Blazers, former Blazers, Kamloops players attending NHL development camps
KAMLOOPS --- The Blazers had one player taken in this weekends NHL draft.Defenceman Quinn Schmiemann went in round six to Tampa Bay, the 182nd overall pick. Earlier defenceman John Ludvig, who is from...
Jun 24, 2019 imagecredit:NHL
Venom wrap up regular season with a win, finish first
KAMLOOPS --- The Venom wrapped up the regular season in junior lacrosse with a 14-4 win over the Vernon Tigers. The Venom finished up first with a record of 11-and-3, nine points in front of second pl...
Jun 24, 2019 Image credit:Kamloops Venom
Tampa Bay Lightning pick Blazers' Schmiemann in 6th round of NHL Entry Draft
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers had their first product taken in the 2019 NHL Entry Draft. The Tampa Bay Lightning selected defenseman Quinn Schmiemann in the 6th round, 182nd overall. The 6'2" 185lbs...
Jun 22, 2019 File Image
Kamloops' Ludvig selected in third round of 2019 NHL Draft
VANCOUVER - In today's third round of the 2019 NHL Draft, Kamloops native, John Ludvig has been drafted by the Florida Panthers. The 69th pick has been playing with the Portland Winterhawks for the la...
Jun 22, 2019 Image Credit: Portland Winterhawks / Central Scouting / Ben Ludeman
