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Kamloops Blazers

Blazers reassign Stuart and Ludwar

KAMLOOPS – The Blazers have reassigned 16-year-old forward Brodi Stuart and 17-year-old defenseman Tylor Ludwar…

1994-95 Kamloops Blazers to be inducted in B.C. Sports Hall of Fame

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers 1994-95 team will be inducted in the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame. The class of 2016 was announced on Dec. 10 and the Blazers will become the first junior hockey team to be inducted into the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame. The 1993-94 and 1994-95 Kamloops Blazers were previously inducted...

Large haul of food and teddy bears collected at Blazers game

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers are pleased to announce that 2,215 bears, 653 winter accessories, 2,500 pounds of food were collected and $1,400 was raised over the weekend. The 2,500 pounds of food collected and $1,400 will all go to the Kamloops Food Bank to help families in need in our community. The teddy bear...

Hockey Day in Canada announces its Kamloops lineup

KAMLOOPS – The nation’s favorite past time is coming to town and with it brings four days of events and festivities centred on all things hockey. The 16th annual Scotiabank Hockey Day in Canada will be in Kamloops from Feb. 3 to Feb. 6, 2016. The last time the national event was held in B.C. was...

Blazers host Food Bank Night and Teddy Bear Toss Night

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers will host their annual Food Bank and Teddy Bear Toss nights this Friday and Saturday against the Portland Winterhawks and the Medicine Hat Tigers. Friday, Dec. 4, is Food Bank Night presented by Cooper’s Foods as the Blazers host the Winterhawks. Fans are asked to bring a non-perishable food item...

Blazers host Breast Cancer Night and Blue Jays special

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers will be hosting the Calgary Hitmen on Friday, Oct. 23 for the annual Safeway Breast Cancer Night. The Blazers will be wearing pink laces and the first 2,500 people in the doors will receive a free Kamloops Blazers pink tote bag. Fans are encouraged to dress up in pink on...

Kelowna and Kamloops well represented on Canada Russia Series roster

THOMPSON-OKANAGAN - Two Kamloops natives and two Kelowna Rockets will be playing for Team WHL in the 2015 Canadian Hockey League Canada Russia Series next month. Kamloops natives Ryan Gropp, Seattle Thunderbirds, and Joe Hicketts, Victoria Royals, both made the cut, as did Kelowna Rockets teammates Rourke Chartier of Saskatoon and Nick Merkley of Calgary....

Three Blazers off to NHL training camps

KAMLOOPS – The Kamloops Blazers have three players from their roster that will attend National Hockey League training camps over the next few weeks. Goaltender Connor Ingram is a free agent invited to the Detroit Red Wings prospect camp. He will play at the 2015 NHL Prospect Tournament in Traverse City, Michigan from Sept. 11...

NHL assistant coach, Kamloops Blazer owner in jail on drunk driving charges

SON WAS IN VEHICLE WHILE DRIVING WITH BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL OF .3 FRIDLEY, MN — One of the Kamloops Blazers owners is in jail facing charges for driving under the influence with a 0.30 blood alcohol content reading in Minnesota Thursday evening. According to a complaint filed by Fridley Police Department Officer Erik Johnson in...

Blazers in the community this month

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers will be attending some upcoming community events as some players arrive back to the River City this weekend. Thursday, Aug. 13, 18-year-old forward Nick Chyzowski and Mascot Digger will be at the Aberdeen Dairy Queen for DQ Miracle Treat Day from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. Kamloops Blazers Hockey School...

Interior Savings Centre era over, arena gets new name

KAMLOOPS - After more than 10 years as the Interior Savings Centre the arena next to Riverside Park will now be known as The Sandman Centre. The Blazers, along with the City of Kamloops and the Sandman Hotel Group, announced a 10-year naming-rights partnership today, July 29. The arena will continue to host all Blazers...

Blazers hockey school instructors announced

KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Blazers have confirmed all eight of their player instructors for 2015 Hockey School which runs from Aug. 17 to 21 at Interior Savings Centre. Player instructors include Ryan Rehill, Matt Revel, Deven Sideroff, Connor Ingram, Dawson Davidson, Matthew Campese, Nick Chyzowski and Nolan Kneen. Matt Revel and Deven Sideroff will be...

Blazers sign first pick in 2015 WHL Bantam Draft

KAMLOOPS – The Kamloops Blazers have signed their first selection in the 2015 Western Hockey League Bantam Draft, Jackson Shepard, to a standard WHL contract. Shepard was chosen 23rd overall by the Blazers.  Shepard is listed at 5’8” and 155 lbs. He suited up this past season with the North Shore Winter Club Bantam AAA...

Chyzowski goes in first round of WHL bantam draft

BLAZERS PICK UP TWO PLAYERS IN SECOND ROUND KAMLOOPS – The Western Hockey League bantam draft is underway and Ryan Chyzowski of Kamloops was one of only 21 players to be picked up in the first round. The 6’ forward was picked up by Medicine Hat 17th overall after Portland passed on their pick. Chyzowski's...

Blazers sign goaltender Dylan Ferguson

KAMLOOPS – The Kamloops Blazers have signed 1998 born goaltender Dylan Ferguson to a standard Western Hockey League education contract. Ferguson was selected by the Blazers in the eighth round of the 2013 WHL Bantam Draft. Ferguson, who will turn 17 on Sept. 20, is from Lantzville, B.C. He has played the past two seasons...

Billets for the season, Blazers family for life

KAMLOOPS - Finding people a place to call home, rather than a place to crash, is Kerry Rubel’s speciality. Arranging billet homes for players on the Kamloops Blazers team is a family-learned practice. Her late mother Doris did it for 40 years. To make sure every Blazer gets a safe spot Rubel screens potential families...