BAKERSFIELD, CAL. - Tommy Lafreniere scored his first professional hockey goal for the American Hockey League's Bakersfield Condors, in an all-California showdown against the San Diego Gulls Saturday (April 11) night.In just his second AHL game, the 19-year-old Kamloops Blazers forward made it 5-3 Condors at 8:13 of th...

LAS VEGAS - The Denver Pioneers are NCAA Men's Hockey Champions for the third time in five seasons as they defeated the Wisconsin Badgers 2-1 in Saturday's (April 11) final.Denver was backstopped by Kamloops product Johnny Hicks, who made 29 saves in the victory. The 20-year-old netminder stopped 78 of 82 shots over tw...

LANGLEY - Kamloops United FC was back on the pitch Friday (April 10) taking on Langley United. The Men's team was blitzed in the second half, dropping the contest 5-0. Langley opened the scoring just past the half-hour mark, ending the first half up 1-0. The home side would then pour four more goals in to take the game...

KAMLOOPS - Olivia Andulajevic and Jayden Stephens were named Female and Male Athlete of the Year as the Thompson Rivers University (TRU) WolfPack hosted their annual awards night Thursday (April 9). Andulajevic was named Canada West's Libero of the Year for the 2025-26 season. The fourth-year player from Victoria finis...

LAS VEGAS - Kamloops natives Johnny Hicks and Brady Milburn are off to the NCAA Men's Hockey National Championship after a thrilling 4-3 double overtime victory over the Michigan Wolverines Thursday (April 9). The duo and their University of Denver Pioneers teammates will face the Wisconsin Badgers in Saturday's title ...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Blazers forward J.P Hurlbert has been nominated for his second major award of the 2025-26 WHL season.The 17-year-old Hurlbert is one of six nominees for the Four Broncos Memorial Trophy as the league's player of the year. It comes exactly one week after Hurlbert was nominated for the WHL's rookie of...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops hockey product Sawyer Mynio has earned the first major accolade of his fledgling professional hockey career. The 20-year-old defenceman - who was eligible to return to the WHL for his 20-year-old campaign - was named the American Hockey League (AHL) Abbotsford Canucks Rookie of the Year for the 2025...

KAMLOOPS - Some of the top WHL players are choosing to leave the league and join the NCAA ranks in time for their 18-year-old season. Kamloops Blazers majority owner Tom Gaglardi says in many cases that is not the best path for their development. CFJC Today brings us this report.

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers (31-24-7-6) placed fifth in the Western Conference and were dispatched from the WHL post-season in Round 1, swept in four games by the Kelowna Rockets. Blazers' majority owner Tom Gaglardi spoke to Marty Hastings of CFJC on Tuesday (April 7), offering his review of the season and thought...

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - The Williams Lake Mustangs have been eliminated from the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) playoffs. The Mustangs were swept in the Okanagan-Shuswap Conference Final in four games by the Princeton Posse after dropping game four at the Cariboo Memorial Rec Complex Tuesday (April 7...

EDMONTON - Connor Ingram went from being told not to report to Utah Mammoth training camp to starting in goal for the playoff-bound Edmonton Oilers. His performance with the Oilers, where he seized the No. 1 goaltending job after three others failed to...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Blazers' head coach and general manager Shaun Clouston reflected on the 2025-2026 WHL campaign last weekend, speaking to CFJC during a break from exit meetings with players at Sandman Centre. "Overall, pleased and happy," Clouston said. "When we started the season, the goal was to ge...

KAMLOOPS - Now that the dust has settled after being eliminated from the playoffs, the Kamloops Blazers look ahead to next season and what the roster may look like. There is uncertainty around the Western Hockey League, with players having the option to leave their teams to go to the NCAA. Kamloops has six skaters comm...

LOGAN LAKE, B.C. - The District of Logan Lake is assuming responsibility for the operations of the community's nearby golf course after nearly four decades of volunteer sustainability. On March 31, the Meadow Creek Golf Club voted to dissolve its lease agreement with the district and return all golf course lands and as...

VANCOUVER - It was a losing start to the new season for Kamloops United as they played their first games of the 2026 BC Premier League (BCPL) campaign, formerly League1 British Columbia.In men's action, Noel Poole scored twice for Kamloops, but they lost 5-2 to the Vancouver Whitecaps Academy at the UBC South Turf. The...

OGDEN, UTAH - Sweden's Niklas Edin claimed yet another men's world curling championship with a 9-6 win over Canada's Matt Dunstone on Saturday. The 40-year-old Edin extended the record for world titles to eight in his career. He's also skipped Sweden t...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops United FC will have to be road warriors to begin their 2026 BC Premier League campaign as they play the first three weekends on the road. It all starts this afternoon in Vancouver as Kamloops plays the Vancouver Whitecaps/Rise academy teams at Thunderbird Stadium. The men's game is slated to begin a...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers are entering an off-season rife with uncertainty after being swept by the Kelowna Rockets in the first round of the WHL playoffs. Some of their top forwards - including J.P. Hurlbert, Tommy Lafreniere, Nathan Behm, Cooper Moore and Josh Evaschesen - have committed to play in the NCAA ran...

KAMLOOPS - Three Kamloops Blazers have aged out of junior hockey as of the team's last game Wednesday (April 1). Captain Ryan Michael, Kamloops forward Jordan Keller and defenceman Rhett Ravndahl are the graduating players. CFJC Today spoke to them after the Blazers' season ended on Wednesday night.

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Blazers forward J.P. Hurlbert has been nominated for the WHL's rookie of the year award. The 17-year-old is one of six nominees for the Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy for the 2025-26 season.Hurlbert led all rookies with 42 goals and 97 points this season, and he finished fourth in the overall WHL scori...

KAMLOOPS - Ryan Michael wore melancholy on his face while speaking to reporters, his captaincy and major junior career over along with his Kamloops Blazers' season.The Kelowna Rockets topped the Blazers 6-2 on Wednesday [April 1] at Sandman Centre, the victory securing a four-game sweep of their B.C. Division rivals in...

KAMLOOPS - Jarome Iginla is a Kamloops Blazers' icon, a two-time Memorial Cup champion and part-owner of the team. Now his son, 19-year-old Tij, is having success against the Blazers in the playoffs. The Kelowna Rockets' forward has nine points in three games, and his team leads Kamloops 3-0 in their first-round WHL pl...

KAMLOOPS - Tij Iginla and Vojtech Cihar are skewering the Kamloops Blazers, scoring in abundance and registering timely goals to put their B.C. Division rivals on the brink of elimination from the WHL playoffs. The Kelowna Rockets' duo combined for three goals and eight points in a 7-4 victory over the Blazers on Tuesd...

KAMLOOPS - It's another feather in J.P. Hurlbert's cap, as the Kamloops Blazers forward has been recognized for his exploits this WHL season.The 17-year-old Hurlbert led the Blazers in scoring in his rookie season and earned a spot on the WHL's Western Conference First All-Star Team. Hurlbert finished fourth in overall...

CHASE, B.C. - Eight junior hockey teams have announced intentions to break away from the Hockey Canada-affiliated Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) and form their own independent league.The Western International Junior Hockey League (WIJHL) will consist of the Chase Heat, 100 Mile House Wranglers, Cas...

KAMLOOPS - Tij Iginla and Vojtěch Čihař are roasting the Kamloops Blazers. The Kelowna forwards have combined for nine points in two post-season games, with the Rockets up 2-0 on the Blazers in the best-of-seven WHL Western Conference quarter-final series. "Those guys, I think they've got six of the eight goal...

LAVAL - Ruthless Lucas Taylor lived up to his nickname at a Samourai Mixed Martial Arts event on Friday (March 27) in Laval, Que. He punished Victor Bordage of France, winning by unanimous decision after three rounds.Taylor, the only active professional MMA fighter in Kamloops, is competing in an eight-man tournament, ...

KAMLOOPS - Nerves, a stingy goaltender and solid systemic defence are factoring into the Kamloops Blazers' scoring woes. That was the message from players and head coach Shaun Clouston on Monday (March 30), with the Blazers trailing the Kelowna Rockets 2-0 in their best-of-seven WHL Western Conference quarter-final ser...