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...

PORTLAND, OR. - The Kamloops Blazers split their weekend road trip with a 5-3 loss to the Portland Winterhawks at Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Saturday (Sept. 26) night.Blazers captain Ty Bonkowski opened up the scoring with a power play goal at the 4:02 mark of the first period with an assist from Vit Zahejsky.Just o...

KENNEWICK, WASH. - The Kamloops Blazers earned their first win of the young WHL season with a 2-1 victory over the Tri-City Americans on Friday (Sept. 25) night.The game opened with an early blitz, as all three goals were scored in the first nine minutes.Jacob Dumansky got the Blazers on the scoreboard just 11 seconds ...

KAMLOOPS - Andrew Thomson and Misha Cherepanov of the Kamloops Blazers spoke to CFJC Today on Thursday (Sept. 24) before heading south on the WHL club's first road trip of the season. The Blazers are scheduled to play the Tri-City Americans on Friday in Kennewick, Wash., and the Winterhawks on Saturday in Portland. &q...

KAMLOOPS - Ty Bonkowski was the clearcut choice to take over captaincy duties for the Kamloops Blazers. "He's a great example to everybody as far as work ethic and effort put into his game, off ice, on ice and doing the extra stuff," Blazers' head coach and general manager Shaun Clouston said. "It was p...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Blazers' head coach and general manager Shaun Clouston will ice a youthful club this season and it will receive a stringent test on Saturday (Sept. 19), when the Victoria Royals come to town. In its WHL home- and season-opener, Kamloops will be without injured overage forward Gavin Nemis. Carson Ol...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers have released their promotional schedule for the first half of the 2026-27 WHL season, and you'll want to have your teddy bears bagged and ready for early December.The annual Teddy Bear Toss game will be played on Friday, Dec. 4, when the Penticton Vees stop by Sandman Centre. It's the s...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers held on to defeat the Prince George Cougars at home Sunday (Sept. 13) night 4-3 to conclude their exhibition schedule. The Blazers didn't lose in regulation in the Western Hockey League (WHL) pre-season, finishing with four wins, an overtime loss and a shootout loss in six games. It was ...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers have signed another young forward to a WHL Scholarship and Development agreement, as they continue to build for the future.Nixon Gaudet, a second-round selection of the Blazers in the 2026 WHL Prospects Draft, has put pen to paper, following the conclusion of this year's training camp.A ...

Connor Ingram has called it a career. The 29-year-old goaltender made the announcement on his Instagram page on Friday saying, "Don't be sad it's over, be happy it happened. Thanks hockey, I owe ya." He last played for the Edmonton Oilers in 2025-26 af...

KAMLOOPS - Fraser Minten signed a seven-year, U.S. $50.4-million contract with the Boston Bruins on Tuesday (Sept. 8). The former Kamloops Blazers' captain set career-highs in goals (17), assists (18) and points (35) in 82 games last season, and led all NHL rookies in plus-minus (plus-21).He spoke to Marty Hastings of ...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers continued to put in overtime hours during the 2026 Western Hockey League (WHL) pre-season. The Blazers fell to the Penticton Vees on the road Tuesday (Sept. 8) 4-3, hours after trimming their pre-season roster to 28 players. Kamloops opened the scoring nearly eight minutes in when forwar...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers trimmed their roster to 28 players ahead of a WHL pre-season game against the Vees on Tuesday (Sept. 8) in Penticton. Those who remain are one step closer to securing a spot on the team for the regular season.CFJC spoke to a pair of those players on Tuesday morning - 18 year-old forward ...

BOSTON - Another former Kamloops Blazers captain has secured a hefty, long-term contract extension in the National Hockey League (NHL). The Boston Bruins announced Tuesday (Sept. 8) they've re-signed center Fraser Minten to a seven-year, $50.4 million extension worth an annual cap hit of $7.2 million. Minten is current...

KAMLOOPS - An empty net goal ended up as the game winner as the Kamloops Blazers hung on to defeat the Kelowna Rockets 2-1 in Western Hockey League (WHL) pre-season play from Sandman Centre Friday (Sept. 4) night. Brady Ondrus, the 16-year-old forward and second round draft pick in 2025, scored his second goal in as ma...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers tuned up their special teams to come back and win their first game of the 2026 Western Hockey League (WHL) pre-season schedule. The Blazers scored three power play goals en route to a 4-3 shootout win over the Penticton Vees at Sandman Centre Wednesday (Sept. 2). Forward Brady Ondrus, a ...

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 - The Kamloops Blazers are scheduled to begin on-ice training camp sessions on Friday [Aug. 28] at Sandman Centre. Camp will include practices and young-stars, three-on-three and five-on-five games.The camp roster has been split into four teams, each named after alumni: Logan Stankoven, Dylan Garand, Fraser Mi...

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...