KAMLOOPS - A trio of unanswered power play goals propelled the Kamloops Blazers to a 5-4 come-from-behind overtime win over the Seattle Thunderbirds Friday (Nov. 6) night at Sandman Centre.Trailing 4-2 with less than five minutes left to play, Andrew Thomson scored his team-leading ninth goal of the season to pull the ...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers couldn't sweep their three-game Alberta road trip, as they fell to the Eastern Conference-leading Red Deer Rebels 5-3 on Tuesday (Nov. 3) night.The Blazers struck first late in the first period but early in a power play. Joaquin Geras fired off a wrist shot from the top of the left circl...

RED DEER, ALTA. - The Kamloops Blazers can sweep their three-game Alberta road swing with a win over the Rebels on Tuesday (Nov. 3) in Red Deer. Blazers 20-year-old forward Cooper Moore is from Red Deer and expecting to see between 25 and 50 family members and friends in the crowd for his first WHL game in his hometown...

CALGARY - The Kamloops Blazers galloped on through during their final trip to the Saddledome in Calgary. After beginning their three-game Alberta road trip with a victory in Edmonton, the Blazers defeated the Calgary Hitmen on the road Sunday (Nov. 1) 3-2 in a shootout. Eli Tverdovsky's pass up the middle went off a Hi...

EDMONTON - There were no Halloween scaries for Vit Zahejsky and the Kamloops Blazers at Rogers Place in Edmonton, as they skated to a 4-1 victory over the Edmonton Oil Kings on Saturday (Oct. 31) afternoon.The win also moved Blazers head coach Shaun Clouston into sole possession of fourth place on the Western Hockey Le...

KAMLOOPS - Kaeden Tate's goalie-stick-riding celebration has made its way across the hockey world on social media, the accidental ode to Tiger Williams amplified by the NHL, BarDown and many others. Tate knew nothing of Williams, who hopped on his twig and coasted along the ice on Dec. 10, 1980, at Maple Leaf Gardens a...

KAMLOOPS - NHL Central Scouting has released its preliminary 'Players to Watch' list ahead of the 2027 Entry Draft and it includes a pair of Kamloops Blazers.Forward Jacob Dumansky is listed as a 'C' prospect on the list, indicating a potential fourth-to-fifth-round draft pick.The 17-year-old Dumansky, from Langley, is...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Blazers defenceman Mateo Ferreira will see a familiar face when he looks down the Canada Red bench at next month's U17 World Challenge in Oakville, Ontario.The team has announced 16-year-old forward Brady Ondrus has been selected to join the team.Ondrus, from Sherwood Park, Alberta, has started his ...

KAMLOOPS - It was a tale of three games in one for the Kamloops Blazers in their 5-4 loss on the road to the Wenatchee Wild Sunday (Oct. 25). Trailing 2-0 after the first period, the Blazers scored three unanswered goals to take a 3-2 lead in the second. Cooper Moore stole a clearing attempt off the boards and fired a...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Blazers head coach Shaun Clouston has moved into a tie for fourth place on the WHL's all-time wins list, after the Blazers edged the Vancouver Giants 4-3 in a shootout Friday (Oct. 23) night at Sandman Centre.Vit Zahejsky's shootout winner earned Clouston his 626th win, moving him into a tie with lo...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers gave up three unanswered power play goals against the Vancouver Giants on Friday (Oct. 23) at Sandman Centre, but were able to come away with a 4-3 shootout win.Vit Zahejsky got the Blazers on the scoreboard with a power play goal just 1:19 into the first period.With just 37 seconds left...

NEW YORK - Dylan Garand is starting between the pipes for the New York Rangers. The former Kamloops Blazers' goaltender has four wins, three losses, one overtime defeat and one shootout setback in eight games, along with a .915 save percentage.Garand spoke to CFJC Today on Friday (Oct. 23), a day after his club fell 5-...

KAMLOOPS - Two-time Stanley Cup champion defenceman Oleg Tverdovsky was the second overall selection in the 1994 NHL Draft, picked by the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. The family eventually settled in the Los Angeles area and that is where Oleg's son, Eli, reluctantly began his hockey journey. "He was crying," Ol...

KAMLOOPS - Goaltender Logan Edmonstone stopped all 22 shots he faced as the Kamloops Blazers shut out the Tri-City Americans 4-0 from Sandman Centre Wednesday (Oct. 21) night. Defenceman Isa Guram opened the scoring with a shot from atop the left circle in the back half of the first period. After the Americans receive...

VANCOUVER - Logan Stankoven said the Vancouver Canucks passing over him in the 2021 NHL Draft is old news. "It's just the way the draft went back in the day and I feel like that's five or six years down the road now in the past," said Stankoven, the 5-foot-8 forward from Kamloops. "I'm very happy with...

WENATCHEE, WASH. - The Kamloops Blazers finished off a weekend U.S. road trip on a winning note Saturday (Oct. 17) night in Wenatchee, as they took down the Wild in a 3-2 victory at Town Toyota Center. Eli Tverdovsky netted the opening goal of the night at the 11:40 mark of the first period to put the Blazers up 1-0. T...

KENT, WASH. - An early game surge from the Kamloops Blazers was not enough to prevent a 5-4 overtime loss to the Seattle Thunderbirds Friday (Oct. 16) night at the accesso ShoWare Center.Matthew Gard opened the scoring for the Thunderbirds with a power play goal, just past the five minute mark in the opening period.The...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Blazers defenceman Mateo Ferreira has received the first national recognition of his young junior hockey career.Ferreira has been selected to Team Canada Red for the 2026 Under-17 World Challenge, taking place next month in Oakville, Ontario. He was at development camp in July along with Blazers for...

Logan Stankoven and his Carolina Hurricanes are scheduled to play the Washington Capitals four times during the 2026-2027 NHL regular season. Stankoven grew up watching Capitals' great Alexander Ovechkin, who will retire at the end of this season. The Stanley Cup champion forward from Kamloops is relishing the opportun...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers' trade deadline acquisition in 2026 has been sent to another team. The Blazers announced Tuesday (Oct. 13) they have traded 2007-born forward Ty Coupland to the Wenatchee Wild in exchange for a sixth round pick in the 2027 Western Hockey League (WHL) Prospects Draft. The Blazers acquired...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers showed no signs of a turkey coma at Sandman Centre Monday (Oct. 12), edging the visiting Portland Winterhawks 3-2 in a shootout. Portland's Reed Brown lit the lamp first, cleaning up a rebound after a goal-mouth scramble late in the first period to give the Winterhawks the lead. Portland...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers took advantage of the power play in a 4-1 come-from-behind victory over the Swift Current Broncos Friday (Oct. 9) night at Sandman Centre, their first home win of the 2026-2027 WHL season. Stepan Farushev opened the scoring for the visiting Broncos at 9:22 mark of the opening period. Fou...

KAMLOOPS - A slew-footing double minor penalty proved costly for the Kamloops Blazers in a 3-1 loss to the Brandon Wheat Kings at home Wednesday (Oct. 7) night. After a scoreless first period, the Wheat Kings scored two power play goals in 1:11 after 16-year-old Blazers forward Brady Ondrus was served the double minor ...

KAMLOOPS - Head coach and general manager Shaun Clouston said his Kamloops Blazers plan to tidy up a few areas of concern before the Brandon Wheat Kings arrive on Wednesday (Oct. 7). Clouston is pleased with much his club's effort against the Kelowna Rockets last weekend - the Blazers earned three of four points in th...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers split their home-and-home weekend with the Kelowna Rockets, after they dropped a 4-3 decision in overtime Saturday (Oct. 3) at the Sandman Centre.Drew Larioza opened the scoring for the Rockets 3:09 into the first period, but the Blazers responded seven minutes later when Teagen Bouchard...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers opened their home-and-home weekend on a high note with a 5-2 win over the Kelowna Rockets at Prospera Place on Friday (Oct. 2).Cooper Moore opened up the scoring for the Blazers just 2:35 into the first period. Just five minutes later, Vit Zahejsky made it 2-0 for the visitors.Kelowna, w...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Blazers' veteran defenceman Isa Guram has not forgotten what happened in the 2026 WHL playoffs. The Kelowna Rockets swept the Blazers in four straight games in the opening round."Yeah, for sure it's added motivation for us to go into their barn and get a win," Guram said. "We have two...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Blazers' head coach and general manager Shaun Clouston is not in the least bit shocked to see Mateo Ferreira fitting in nicely at the WHL level in his 16-year-old campaign. The degree to which he is contributing, though, is a tad surprising. "We believed he could play, but he's at times, for s...