KAMLOOPS - Steve Marr of Kamloops and Brayden Toma of Sherwood Park, Alta., were on Wednesday (June 11) named full-time assistant coaches for the Kamloops Blazers. "To have this full-circle moment come around is pretty special," said Marr, who grew up watching his cousin Kerry Toporowski play for the Spokane ...

KAMLOOPS - The Blazers selected the duo who will succeed former associate coach Don Hay behind the bench. In a news release issued Wednesday (June 11), the Blazers announced hiring of Steve Marr, a Kamloops native, and Brayden Toma as new assistant coaches for the 2025-26 Western Hockey League (WHL) season. Prior to jo...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers have acquired a pair of draft picks in exchange for defenceman Kaden Meyer.Meyer, a 17-year-old Delta native, was traded to the Calgary Hitmen in exchange for a fourth round pick in 2028 and a sixth round pick in 2026.Drafted by the Blazers in the sixth round, 124th overall in the 2023 W...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers quest to make the WHL playoffs for the first time since the 2022-23 season will begin at home in a little over three months time. The Blazers are scheduled to host the Spokane Chiefs at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 20 at Sandman Centre in their 2025/26 WHL home and season opener. The Chi...

TORONTO - Former Kamloops Blazers goaltender Daryl "Razor" Reaugh will take his place in the Hockey Hall of Fame's media section, after he was recognized for his years of work as a hockey broadcaster. Reaugh, who has worked as a colour analyst on Dallas Stars radio and television broadcasts for the past 29 se...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers have signed a third player from the 2025 WHL draft class as they continue to build for the future.They announced the signing of 15-year-old forward Brady Ondrus, son of former Toronto Maple Leafs forward, Ben Ondrus, to a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement. The Blazers took the yo...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers signed their second first-round pick in the 2025 Western Hockey League (WHL) Prospects Draft. The club announced Tuesday (May 27) it has agreed to a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement with 2010-born center Teagen Bouchard. "Teagen is a tenacious right shot center that was one...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers have signed the first player from the 2025 WHL draft class.Winnipeg defenceman, Mateo Ferreira, has signed a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement. The 14-year-old was taken by the Blazers in the first round, 11th overall.Ferreira scored 21 goals and 70 points in 32 games with the Wi...

SUNRISE, Fla. - Logan Stankoven has written his name into the National Hockey League (NHL) history books at the age of 22.The Kamloops native is the first rookie on record in NHL history (since conferences were renamed in 1994) with points in both the Eastern and Western Conference finals. He achieved that feat Saturda...

KAMLOOPS - Two-time Stanley Cup champion Darryl Sydor has been open about his battle with addiction and his path to wellness and recovery. Now his family is getting involved in an attempt to encourage and inspire others. The Sydors are partnering with Day One Society to host a fundraising breakfast on Monday (May 26) a...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers will host another edition of their spring prospects development camp this weekend, May 23 to May 25.The team will host 28 players aged 14 to 18 and their families during this weekend's camp at Brock Arena in Kamloops. All 12 players chosen by the Blazers in the 2025 WHL Prospects Draft a...

RALEIGH, N.C. - Logan Stankoven of Kamloops will continue his pursuit of the Stanley Cup on Tuesday (May 20) in Raleigh, North Carolina. Stankoven and his Carolina Hurricanes are hosting the Florida Panthers in Game 1 of the NHL's Eastern Conference final. The Hurricanes dispatched Alexander Ovechkin and the Washington...

KAMLOOPS - Don Hay will not return as Kamloops Blazers' associate coach for the 2025-2026 WHL season. His contract has expired and the club will not offer an extension. "The Blazers have been great to me," Hay said. "They brought me back for an opportunity to be part of the team that was in the Memorial ...

KAMLOOPS - An iconic Kamloops Blazers coach will not be behind the bench next season. The Blazers announced Tuesday (May 20) the team will not renew the contract for Don Hay, who spent the previous three seasons as an associate coach. "I feel very fortunate to have been welcomed back to the Kamloops Blazers and sp...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers picked Teagen Bouchard with the 14th overall pick in the WHL Prospects Draft on Wednesday (May 7). He racked up 21 goals and 61 points in 30 games with Northern Alberta Xtreme last season in the under-15 Canadian Sport School Hockey League ranks. Bouchard, a five-foot-seven 155-pound rig...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers have completed the WHL Prospects Draft and U.S. Priority Draft. All told, the Blazers picked 12 players - six forwards, four defencemen and two goaltenders - across the two drafts Wednesday and Thursday, May 7 and 8. There were four players each from Alberta and Saskatchewan and two each...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers went to the Golden State twice in the 2025 Western Hockey League (WHL) U.S. Priority Draft and picked a forward and a defenceman with their two picks.They took forward Collin Kim with the 15th overall pick and defenceman Chase Gill with the 33rd overall pick in the sixth iteration of the...

KAMLOOPS - (UPDATE 2:30 p.m.): The Kamloops Blazers added 10 new players in the 2025 WHL Prospects Draft which wrapped up Thursday (May 8) afternoon. They took five forwards, three defenceman and two goaltenders across the first 10 rounds of the draft. None of the Blazers' draft picks were from British Columbia, as the...

CALGARY - When the expansion Penticton Vees visit the Kamloops Blazers during the 2025-26 Western Hockey League (WHL) season, their roster will include a couple of familiar faces.The WHL expansion draft was held Wednesday (May 7). The Vees chose players from 13 WHL teams, while the league accepted seven trade proposals...

FRISCO, TX - Dan De Palma will be coming back to Kamloops with another Under-18 world men's hockey championship gold medal. The Kamloops Blazers goaltending coach was part of Canada's coaching staff at the U-18 World Hockey Championships in Texas. Canada won back-to-back gold medals at the tournament for the first time...

KAMLOOPS - A pair of former Kamloops Blazers will be part of Team Canada's coaching staff at the 2025 IIHF World Championships, which will be held in Sweden and Denmark this month.Dean Evason, the former Kamloops Blazers head coach - and Junior Oilers centre - has been named Team Canada head coach, while former Blazers...

ALLENTOWN, PA - Another milestone for Kamloops Blazers defenceman Harrison Brunicke, who scored his first goal in professional hockey Friday (April 25) night.The 18-year-old Brunicke found the back of the net for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, in a 3-2 defeat to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms in a Calder Cup playoff g...

KAMLOOPS - A pair of Kamloops Blazers forwards are projected as second round picks in the 2025 National Hockey League (NHL) Entry Draft. Nathan Behm was ranked 44th among North American skaters in the NHL's Central Scouting final rankings. It's a drop from the midterm rankings where Behm was ranked 31st overall and a p...

RALEIGH, N.C. - A milestone night for Kamloops native Logan Stankoven in the National Hockey League, even as the Carolina Hurricanes fell 4-1 to the Toronto Maple Leafs Sunday (April 13). The 22-year-old Stankoven played in his 100th career NHL regular season game, though he was held scoreless in 14:34 of ice time and ...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Blazers goaltending coach Dan De Palma has been named to Team Canada's coaching staff for the 2025 IIHF U18 World Championships in Texas. The long-time Blazers goaltending coach was part of last year's U18 team that won gold in Finland, alongside defenceman Harrison Brunicke. De Palma also won gold ...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers are scheduled to pick twice in the first round of the 2025 WHL Prospects Draft next month.Barring any trades, they will pick 11th and 14th overall in the 23 team draft. The Blazers acquired the 11th overall pick from the Vancouver Giants in the Connor Levis trade and the 14th overall pic...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Blazers goaltender Logan Edmonstone has been announced as a finalist for the Western Hockey League's (WHL) Darryl K. (Doc) Seaman Memorial Trophy for Scholastic Player of the Year.Edmonstone, 17, finished the season with seven wins and a .891 save percentage in 30 games for the Blazers.He has also m...

KAMLOOPS - It was a second milestone in as many nights for Kamloops Blazers captain Emmitt Finnie as he got to take home another puck Saturday (April 5) night. Finnie snapped a wrist shot past Drew Commesso in the third period of the Griffin's 7-5 win over the Rockford Ice Hogs. The 19-year-old was on the end of an aer...