KAMLOOPS - Gavin Nemis' agent reached out to the Kamloops Blazers this past off-season, encouraging them to take a peek at the forward after his strong 19-year-old season in the Junior 'A' B.C. Hockey League. They took a look - and liked what they saw."We immediately recognized some qualities that we felt would fi...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers wrapped up their training camp Monday morning (Aug. 31). Logan Lanti scored the overtime winner in the championship game to help Team Garand take a 4-3 overtime victory over Team Minten. The Blazers now look toward the preseason. The buzz out of training camp has been around the younger ...

KAMLOOPS - Kaeden Tate of Huntington Beach, Calif., is 6-foot-4 and entering his 17-year-old season with lofty goals. "Yeah, coming for that starting position, coming for Eddy's spot," Tate said with a smile. Competition in the crease is a storyline for the Kamloops Blazers, whose on-ice training camp sessio...

KAMLOOPS - Videos sent to CFJC tell part of the story of Ty Bonkowski's off-season, one that began with him under the knife. The 18-year-old Kamloops Blazers' forward from Richmond was seen rehabbing at Yard Athletics in Vancouver, dedicating himself to recovering from a fractured right fibula, the injury that took pl...

KAMLOOPS - Mikhail (Misha) Cherepanov came bearing gifts. "I brought some candies from Russia," the import defenceman said of the goodies he delivered to Kamloops Blazers' coaching staff. He also came to the Tournament Capital toting more North American hockey experience than many Western Hockey League impor...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Blazers' assistant coaches Brayden Toma and Steve Marr acknowledge they had much to learn in terms of time management last season, their rookie campaigns behind a Western Hockey League bench. "That was probably the biggest thing for me," Marr said. "Having spent 10 years in the acade...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers received a haul of Western Hockey League (WHL) Prospects Draft picks in exchange for a player who was departing to play collegiate hockey in the United States. The Blazers announced Wednesday (Aug. 19) they've traded 20-year-old forward Josh Evaschesen to the Medicine Hat Tigers. In ret...

KAMLOOPS - Logan Stankoven pulled up to the edge of Riverside Park and into the fray of stardom, emerging from his vehicle with the Stanley Cup and to a welcome he will never forget. A wall of children - about three rows deep - lined a block or so of Lorne Street sidewalk on Sunday [Aug. 16], the kids contagious with ...

KAMLOOPS - Taylor Cochrane's first Hockey Canada experience lived up to expectations. The Kamloops Blazers' athletic therapist won gold with Team Canada, which throttled the U.S. 8-1 in the Hlinka Gretzky Cup final on Aug. 8 in Edmonton. "Incredible," said Cochrane, who joined the Blazers in time for the 202...

KAMLOOPS - Logan Stankoven felt the love from his hometown from a distance while his Carolina Hurricanes ripped through the NHL post-season and won the Stanley Cup. He plans to say thanks in person on Sunday [Aug. 16] at Riverside Park, with thousands likely to be in attendance for a Cup celebration event at the Rotary...

KAMLOOPS - Carolina Hurricanes forward and Kamloops Blazers alumnus Logan Stankoven is getting ready to celebrate his team's Stanley Cup championship win with the City of Kamloops this month. On Sunday, August 16, Stankoven will bring the Stanley Cup to Riverside Park to celebrate with his family, friends, and local fa...

KAMLOOPS - It might be the middle of summer, but a number of Kamloops Blazers have hockey on their minds.Goaltender Kaeden Tate has been named to the United States roster for the 2026 Hlinka Gretzky Cup in Edmonton. The native of Huntington Beach, Calif. is one of three netminders on the U.S. team, which will be aiming...

KAMLOOPS - Make it three World Juniors in a row for Dan De Palma.The Kamloops Blazers director of goaltending development has been named to Canada's coaching staff for the 2027 IIHF World Junior Championship in Edmonton and Red Deer. De Palma and Brad Lauer, the head coach of the Spokane Chiefs, will represent the WHL ...

KAMLOOPS - Three Kamloops Blazers players will be a part of Hockey Canada's National Under-17 Development Camp that gets underway this weekend.Defenseman Mateo Ferreira and forwards Teagen Bouchard and Brady Ondrus are among 80 Canadian Hockey players who will be at camp July 17 to 21 at the Sixteen Mile Sports Complex...

KAMLOOPS - The WHL recently announced changes to its schedule and travel regulations that are designed to improve player experience, along with a potential rule change for three-on-three overtime. Kamloops Blazers' head coach and general manager Shaun Clouston and forward Ty Bonkowski discussed each topic with CFJC To...

DETROIT - Former Kamloops Blazers captain Emmitt Finnie has been named the Detroit Red Wings Rookie of the Year.The 21-year-old Finnie played all 82 games in his debut NHL season and finished with 30 points (13 goals and 17 assists). He was sixth among Red Wings skaters in goals, tied for seventh in assists and eighth ...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers have signed 16-year-old American forward Evan Zachgo to a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement.Zachgo, a native of Delta Junction, Alaska, was was listed by the team in May and he was at Blazers spring development camp that same month.The five-foot-11, 170lbs forward led the Sioux F...

KAMLOOPS - Taylor Cochrane will be taking her talents to this summer's Hlinka Gretzky Cup.The Kamloops Blazers athletic therapist will serve in a similar role with Team Canada at the annual under-18 hockey tournament, which runs Aug. 3 to 8 in Edmonton.Cochrane joined the Blazers last year after three seasons in the Al...

KAMLOOPS - Former Kamloops Blazers' netminder Dylan Garand made his NHL debut last season with the New York Rangers, stopping 35 of 37 shots in a 3-2 shootout loss to the Winnipeg Jets on March 22 at Madison Square Garden. Garand played three games with the Rangers in the 2025-2026 campaign, recording a pair of wins a...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers have released their schedule for the 2026-27 WHL season, with a majority of their home games at Sandman Centre scheduled to be played after the December holiday break. The 68-game season - which features no three game weekends - will begin on Saturday, Sept. 19 at Sandman Centre against ...

KAMLOOPS - The two countries that share the longest continuous international border in the world will be represented next season on the Kamloops Blazers' roster. Kamloops selected 6-foot-2, 188-pound defenceman Mikhail (Misha) Cherepanov of Yekaterinburg, Russia, 39th overall in the Round 1 of the CHL Import Draft on ...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers selected twice in the CHL Import Draft on Tuesday [June 30]. Kamloops picked left-shot defenceman Mikhail (Misha) Cherepanov of Yekaterinburg, Russia, 39th overall in Round 1. The 6-foot-2, 188-pound rearguard was selected by the Dallas Stars in the seventh round of the 2026 NHL Draft. C...

KAMLOOPS - The Detroit Red Wings picked J.P. Hurlbert in Round 1 of the NHL Draft on Friday [June 26] in Buffalo, New York. Hurlbert excelled last season with the Kamloops Blazers, leading all WHL rookies with 42 goals and 97 points.As CFJC Today reports, Hurlbert is proud of his ties to Michigan and Kamloops.

BUFFALO - J.P. Hurlbert is going to Hockeytown.The outgoing Kamloops Blazers forward was picked by the Detroit Red Wings 23rd overall in the first round of the 2026 NHL draft at KeyBank Center in Buffalo. The Red Wings acquired the pick from the Utah Mammoth in exchange for goaltender Sebastian Cossa. HURLBERT INTERVIE...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Blazers forward J.P. Hurlbert's efforts during the 2025-26 Western Hockey League (WHL) season has earned him a pair of accolades from the Canadian Hockey League (CHL). On Wednesday (June 24) morning, the 18-year-old Hurlbert was named to both the CHL's Third All-Star Team as well as the CHL's All-Ro...

KAMLOOPS - It's the first full day of summer, but the Kamloops Blazers already have hockey on their minds.The Blazers will six preseason games over 12 days in September - three of which will be at Sandman Centre - ahead of their home opener on Sept. 19 against the Victoria Royals. It'll be a new look Blazers squad as t...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers' top four scorers from last season are transitioning to the NCAA ranks. As CFJC Today reports, the exodus of talent leaves GM Shaun Clouston with huge roster holes to fill.

LAS VEGAS - Logan Stankoven and the Carolina Hurricanes are Stanley Cup champions. WES AND DEANA STANKOVEN INTERVIEW The Hurricanes blanked the hometown Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 to win the best-of-seven Cup final series 4-2, with Stankoven recording one assist and finishing plus-2 in Game 6. Cup champion. Stankoven not...