KAMLOOPS - Kamloops-born Sawyer Mynio will play for Team Canada at the 2025 World Juniors in Ottawa.The 19-year-old Vancouver Canucks prospect is one of eight defencemen who cracked the final roster Friday (Dec. 13).Mynio has five goals and 19 points in 18 games with the Seattle Thunderbirds in the 2024-25 WHL season.J...

KAMLOOPS -- Hockey Canada has come calling again for Tyler Roth, head equipment manager for the Kamloops Blazers.Roth, from Edmonton, has been named equipment manager for the Canadian team that will compete at the 2025 Under-18 Women's World Hockey Championship, which will run from Jan. 4 to Jan. 12 in Vantaa, Finland....

KAMLOOPS -- Thousands of stuffed animals and warm winter wear items were collected when the Kamloops Blazers hosted Teddy Bear Toss night on Friday (Dec. 6) at Sandman Centre. The haul is donated to Royal Inland Hospital and local charitable organizations.As CFJC Today reports, the Blazers went to the hospital on Tuesd...

Most of the Kamloops Blazers will return to their hometowns for the WHL holiday break at the end of their upcoming Central Division road trip, which gets underway on Friday (Dec. 13) in Calgary. Before they hit the road, the Blazers were asked the first half of the season. CFJC Today has the story.

KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops Blazers defenceman will represent his country at the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship for a second straight year. Czech Ice Hockey announced Matteo Koci will be one of 27 players playing for Czechia. The 19-year-old Blazers blueliner was part of the Czech team that won bronze in the 2024 Worl...

KAMLOOPS -- Matt Dunstone is driven to be No. 1. That much is clear after the Kamloops skip - whose Manitoba-based curling team is ranked No. 2 in Canada and No. 8 in the world - parted ways with third B.J. Neufeld and reunited the Brush Brothers on Team Dunstone. "The team was just missing a bit of a spark,"...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Cougars have acquired Merritt native Corbin Vaughan from the Regina Pats.The BC Division leading Cougars sent 19-year-old defenceman Ephram McNutt and a second-round selection in the 2025 WHL Prospect's Draft to the Pats in exchange for the 18-year-old Vaughan.Vaughan has four goals an...

PRINCE GEORGE - Emmitt Finnie scored less than 30 seconds into the game, but the Kamloops Blazers fell 6-3 to the Prince George Cougars Saturday (Dec. 7) night.Goals from Finnie, who added two assists as well, and Jordan Keller had the Blazers up 2-0 inside eight minutes at the CN Centre, before the Cougars finally str...

KAMLOOPS - Andrew Thomson scored the teddy bear goal less than three minutes into the game, but the Kamloops Blazers were beaten 5-2 by the Seattle Thunderbirds Friday (Dec. 6) night.The 17-year-old Thompson fired a shot past Seattle's Scott Ratzlaff to bring down the bears in the Blazers final home game before the WHL...

KAMLOOPS - Brad Lukowich scored for the Kamloops Blazers on Dec. 5, 1993, to cue the first-ever Teddy Bear Toss. The brainchild of former Blazers' marketing director Don Larson has since spread across the hockey world, with hospitals, charities and children reaping the benefits. This Friday (Dec. 6), the tradition will...

KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops Blazers defenceman who was invited to Canada's men's World Junior Hockey team selection camp next week will be unable to participate because of injury. In a post to social media Friday (Dec. 6), Hockey Canada announced Harrison Brunicke has been replaced by Zayne Parekh - an 18-year-old defenceman...

KAMLOOPS - Kamloops Blazers' forward Emmitt Finnie expressed disappointment with being excluded from Team Canada's selection camp roster on Monday (Dec. 2) ahead of the World Junior Hockey Championship, which gets underway on Boxing Day in Ottawa. "I'm definitely going to use this as a bit of motivation," sai...

KAMLOOPS - A Kamloops Blazers defenceman and a Kamloops local were invited to Canada's men's World Junior Hockey team selection camp this month. Hockey Canada announced that Harrison Brunicke will be one of 32 players invited to camp, which will be held from Dec. 10 to 13 in Ottawa. The 18-year-old Blazers blueliner sc...

KAMLOOPS - The Thompson Rivers University (TRU) WolfPack men's basketball team are going into the Canada West holiday break on a winning note, after a 75-62 win over the Saskatchewan Huskies at the TCC Saturday (Nov. 30) night.The WolfPack held the Huskies to 28 points in the second half as they completed the weekend s...

EVERETT, WASH. - Oren Shtrom had the only goal for the Kamloops Blazers who were beaten 7-1 by the Everett Silvertips Saturday (Nov. 30) night at the Angel of the Winds Arena.The WHL-leading Silvertips struck first with less than 30 seconds in the opening period, though Shtrom tied things up with a power play goal insi...

SASKATOON - The Thompson Rivers University (TRU) WolfPack women's volleyball team won all six sets they played this weekend to end their best first semester in Canada West program history.The WolfPack swept the Huskies 3-0 (25-21, 25-20, 25-22) at the Physical Activity Centre Saturday (Nov. 30) to improve to 8-2 on the...

SASKATOON - The Thompson Rivers University (TRU) men's volleyball team gave it their all on an emotional night, but they came up just short in a five-set thriller (26-24, 20-25, 25-23, 22-25, 15-10) against Saskatchewan Huskies in Saskatoon. The WolfPack's Friday night (Nov. 29) game came on the one-year anniversary of...

KAMLOOPS - Veteran guard Asher Mayan had a game-high 25 points as as the Thompson Rivers University (TRU) WolfPack men's basketball team beat the Saskatchewan Huskies 92-84 at the TCC Friday night (Nov. 29).Mayan was 7-11 from the floor, 5-7 from three-point range and 6-6 from the free-throw line for the WolfPack, who ...

KAMLOOPS - Dylan Ernst made 31 saves for his first shutout of the season as the Kamloops Blazers blanked the Regina Pats 6-0 at Sandman Centre Friday night (Nov. 30).Tommy Lafreniere and Emmitt Finnie had a goal and two assists each for the Blazers while Nathan Behm added a pair of his own as Kamloops snapped a four ga...

KAMLOOPS - Simon Crossfield had a feeling it was going to go in. The TRU WolfPack forward was on the bench late in the fourth quarter when Josh Belvin of Trinity Western launched a buzzer-beating halfcourt attempt last Saturday (Nov. 23) in Langley, a shot that dropped to give the Spartans a 70-67 victory in the Canada...

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers dropped their fourth straight game Wednesday (Nov. 27) after falling to the Spokane Chiefs on the road 6-2. Wednesday started well for the Blazers with Emmitt Finnie setting up Oren Shtrom for a shorthanded goal in front of the net nearly three minutes into the first period. The Chiefs w...

KAMLOOPS - Measuring-stick contests last weekend against two of the top teams in the Western Hockey League ended in defeat for the Kamloops Blazers. The club regrouped at practice this week and aims to snap a three-game losing skid against the Chiefs on Wednesday (Nov. 27) in Spokane. "We played two real good team...

KAMLOOPS - Another big win for the Thompson Rivers University WolfPack women's volleyball team as they beat the Trinity Western Spartans 3-1 Saturday night (Nov. 23) at the Tournament Capital Centre (TCC) in Kamloops. The WolfPack took the opening set 25-15 though the Spartans bounced back with a 25-22 win in the secon...

KAMLOOPS - A tough night for the Kamloops Blazers as they were beaten 5-2 by the WHL-leading Everett Silvertips at Sandman Centre Saturday (Nov. 23) night.The Blazers got goals from Emmitt Finnie and former Silvertip Oren Shtrom but it was former Blazer Kaden Hammell who scored what turned out to the be the game-winner...

KAMLOOPS - An historic win for the Thompson Rivers WolfPack women's volleyball team as they beat the Trinity Western Spartans 3-2 (23-25, 25-19, 26-24, 18-25, 15-8) Friday night (Nov. 22) at the Tournament Capital Centre in Kamloops.The five-sets victory was just the WolfPack's third ever over the Spartans in Canada We...

PRINCE GEORGE - Riley Heidt had a pair of goals and an assist as the Prince George Cougars beat the Kamloops Blazers 5-3 Friday night, Nov. 22. Terik Parascak also had a three point night for the Cougars who continue to lead the BC Division with a 13-5-3-2 record, while the Blazers dropped to 11-11-1. Kai Matthew opene...

MERRITT, B.C. - Twenty games into their inaugural Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) campaign, the Merritt Centennials are starting to find their footing. The Cents are sitting second in the Bill Ohlhausen division with 25 points, winners of seven of their last 10 games. The expansion franchise has com...

KAMLOOPS - Heads began to turn when the TRU WolfPack women's volleyball team swept the Manitoba Bisons, who were ranked No. 1 in a Canada West pre-season coaches' poll. The WolfPack stayed perfect with two wins over the UBC Okanagan Heat of Kelowna and vaulted to fourth in the U Sports Top 10 rankings. TRU's women's vo...