KAMLOOPS - Ten points in two games was enough to garner WHL Player of the Week honours for Kamloops Blazers forward Nathan Behm.The 17-year-old from Calgary began his big week on October 22 with a hat trick and three assists in the Blazers' 6-3 home victory over the Victoria Royals.BEHM HAS GAME!With 10 points in his l...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers' four-game winning streak came to an end Sunday (Oct. 27) with a 3-1 loss on the road to the Vancouver Giants. After surrendering the first goal late in the first period, the Blazers tied it up in the second with Conner Radke scoring his first goal of the season on a breakaway. However, ...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers scored four in the second period on Saturday night and held on for a 6-4 win over the Moose Jaw Warriors. It was the visitors that got the scoring started at the Sandman Centre with Nolan Paquette netting his first of the season. But only 42 seconds later, Max Sullivan would equalize for...

KAMLOOPS - Three Kamloops Blazers are on the National Hockey League's (NHL) Central Scouting preliminary players to watch list. Fresh off his six-point night, Nathan Behm was given a 'B' grade as a potential second- or third-round pick in the 2025 NHL Entry Draft. It's the highest rating a member of the 2024-25 Blazers...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers made it three wins in a row Tuesday (Oct. 22) by beating the Victoria Royals at Sandman Centre 6-3. After falling behind the eight-ball by surrendering two goals early, Nathan Behm dragged his Blazers into the fight by picking up a giveaway and firing the puck home to make it 2-1. Behm t...

KAMLOOPS - For the first time this season, the Kamloops Blazers are winners of back-to-back games. They've escaped the WHL Western Conference basement and they'll be looking to make it three wins in a row on Tuesday (Oct. 21) when the Victoria Royals come to town. Game time is 7:00 p.m. at Sandman Centre.Watch the CFJC...

KAMLOOPS -- The Kamloops Blazers have won back-to-back games for the first time this season. Tommy Lafreniere scored twice and Ty Bonkowski and Samuel Borschowa added singles for the Blazers in a 4-1 victory over the Wenatchee Wild on Saturday (Oct. 19) at Sandman Centre.Bonkowski's marker was the first goal of his WHL...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers snapped a four-game losing streak with a 3-2 overtime win over the Winterhawks in Portland Thursday (Oct. 17). Defenceman Harrison Brunicke opened the scoring for the Blazers 1:47 into the first period by putting home a loose puck into an open net. The Blazers held on to a 1-0 lead until...

KAMLOOPS - They're in the middle of what is likely their most gruelling stretch of schedule and the Kamloops Blazers are looking to snap a four-game losing skid on Thursday (Oct. 17) against the Winterhawks in Portland. There is some positive news on the injury front. Defenceman Ryan Michael and forward Kai Matthew cou...

KAMLOOPS - Home cooking could not reverse the Kamloops Blazers' recent cold snap. After a five-game road stretch which saw them go 1-3-1, the Blazers returned to Sandman Centre Tuesday (Oct. 15) night and fell to the Prince Albert Raiders 5-2. The Raiders opened the scoring 38 seconds into the first period, but the Bla...

KENNEWICK, WA. - The Kamloops Blazers return home licking their wounds after closing a five-game road trip with a 5-3 loss Sunday (Oct. 13) to the Tri-City Americans in Kennewick, Washington.Gavin Garland scored twice while Lukas Matecha made 32 saves for the winners.Kamloops got goals from Tommy Lafreniere - on a pena...

KENNEWICK, WASH. -- Jackson Smith scored in overtime to lift the Tri-City Americans to a 5-4 victory over the Kamloops Blazers on Saturday (Oct. 12) in Kennewick, Wash. Brandon Whynott, Nick Anisimovicz, Carter Savage and Gavin Garland also scored for the Americans (2-3-1-0), whose goaltender, Lukas Matecha, made 27 sa...

KENT, WASH. -- Sawyer Mynio of Kamloops scored twice and added one helper for the Seattle Thunderbirds in a 3-1 victory over the Kamloops Blazers in WHL action on Friday (Oct. 11) in Kent, Wash. Nathan Pilling also scored for the T-Birds (3-4-1-0), whose goaltender, Scott Ratzlaff, made 41 saves to pick up the win betw...

KAMLOOPS - The last junior player in NHL camp to be sent back to his Western Hockey League team was 18-year-old Kamloops Blazers defenceman Harrison Brunicke - and that happened Monday morning (Oct. 7).Brunicke stuck with the Pittsburgh Penguins through the entirety of the team's training camp, impressing Head Coach Mi...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers picked up their second win of the young Western Hockey League (WHL) season on the road Sunday (Oct. 6), defeating the Wenatchee Wild 2-1 in overtime. Nathan Behm opened the scoring near the end of the first period by pouncing on a rebound off the end boards to give the Blazers a 1-0 lead...

LANGLEY, B.C. -- The Vancouver Giants prevailed 8-6 over the Kamloops Blazers in WHL action on Friday (Oct. 4) in Langley. Tommy Lafreniere opened his major-junior goal scoring account, scoring twice for the Blazers in a losing effort.Emmitt Finnie returned from his stint with the Detroit Red Wings and notched two goal...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers unveiled their leadership group for the 2024-25 Western Hockey League (WHL) season. Emmitt Finnie will be the Blazers' 38th captain in franchise history. The 19-year-old forward recently returned from the Detroit Red Wings training camp. He was selected 201st overall by the Red Wings in ...

Nathan Behm of the Kamloops Blazers is enjoying a productive start to the WHL campaign. The 17-year-old forward from Calgary has four goals and six points in two games.He made headlines this past summer after winning the under-17 Canadian amateur long drive title, launching the golf ball 327 yards to win the title.And,...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers have imported some veteran help for their forward group from the Edmonton Oil Kings.Monday (Sept. 30), the team announced the acquisition of 2005-born forward John Szabo from Edmonton in exchange for a sixth-round selection in the 2027 WHL Prospects Draft.Szabo, from Lethbridge, has spen...

KAMLOOPS -- Reggie Newman of Kamloops had an empty-net goal and an assist for the Victoria Royals in a 5-2 victory over the Kamloops Blazers in WHL action on Saturday (Sept. 28) at Sandman Centre. Cosmo Wilson, Nolan Stewart, Tanner Scott and Cole Reschny also scored for the Royals (3-0-1-0), whose goaltender, Jayden K...

KAMLOOPS -- Nathan Behm made a statement on Friday (Sept. 27), tallying three goals and one helper for his Kamloops Blazers in a 5-3 win over the Seattle Thunderbirds in WHL action at Sandman Centre. Andrew Thomson and Oren Shtrom also notched goals for the Blazers (1-1-0-0) in support of goaltender Logan Edmonstone, w...

KAMLOOPS -- Kamloops Blazers' defenceman Matteo Koci said turnovers and first-night jitters contributed to defeat on opening night, when the Portland Winterhawks scored five unanswered goals in the third period en route to a 5-2 victory on Sept. 20 at Sandman Centre. "I think we were a little bit nervous," Ko...

KAMLOOPS -- Zach Pantelakis and Max Sullivan scored in the second period to give the Kamloops Blazers a 2-0 lead in their WHL regular season opener on Friday (Sept. 20) at Sandman Centre, but the Portland Winterhawks cued the comeback in the third period. Kyle Chyzowski scored a hat-trick, including the empty-net marke...

KAMLOOPS - After posting three wins and one overtime loss in exhibition play, the Kamloops Blazers are preparing for their WHL home opener on Friday (Sept. 20) against the Portland Winterhawks. Game time is 7:00 p.m. at Sandman Centre. "I think we've got to be guarded," Clouston said, when asked about his clu...

QUESNEL, B.C. -- Logan Edmonstone went the distance between the pipes for the Kamloops Blazers in a 3-1 victory over the Prince George Cougars in WHL pre-season action on Saturday (Sept. 14) in Quesnel. He stopped 15 shots and had goal-scoring support from Zach Pantelakis, Hudson Closson and Tommy Lafreniere, whose emp...

KAMLOOPS -- Andrew Thomson scored the game-winning goal in the second period for the Kamloops Blazers in a 2-1 victory over the Prince George Cougars in WHL pre-season action on Friday (Sept. 13) at Sandman Centre. Matteo Koci also scored or the Blazers in support of goaltender Dylan Ernst, who stopped 22 shots to pick...

KAMLOOPS - Associate coach Don Hay is touting a much-improved Kamloops Blazers' blue line ahead of the upcoming WHL season. With a group of established returnees bolstered by the addition of veterans Layton Feist and Niko Tsakumis, most of the roster spots are spoken for on the back end. But several rookies plan on mak...

KAMLOOPS - Tommy Lafreniere was co-MVP of the Under-18 Canadian Sport School Hockey League last season, racking up 27 goals and 58 points in 30 games for Yale Hockey Academy.Making the accomplishment even more notable - it was his 16-year-old season. Lafreniere - a 5-foot-11 forward who was born in Montreal, grew up in...