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Kamloops' Stankoven making playoff history with Hurricanes
He's been the talk of the Stanley Cup Playoffs - Logan Stankoven is off to a great start as his Carolina Hurricanes await a round two opponent. The Kamloops native became the first Hurricanes player t...
Apr 28, 2026 © Josh Lavallee/Carolina Hurricanes
Hurlbert named 2025/26 WHL Rookie of the Year
After a 97 point regular season in his first year, the Western Hockey League has announced that Kamloops Blazers forward JP Hurlbert has been awarded the Jim Piggott Memorial Trophy as the WHL Rookie ...
Apr 23, 2026
New BCHC Junior "A" League Unveiled
The junior hockey landscape continues to evolve in BC. After three years of team applications and evaluations, BC Hockey has unveiled the new BC Hockey Conference or "BCHC" to begin play across three ...
Apr 22, 2026
Blazers Hurlbert snubbed from U-18 Worlds by Team USA
USA Hockey has named it's team for the World Under-18 Hockey Championships beginning Wednesday in Slovakia -- with one glaring omission: Kamloops Blazers standout JP Hurlbert. The Team USA roster is m...
Apr 21, 2026 Kamloops Blazers forward JP Hurlbert/via Kamloops Blazers
Is it the "Blue Jays effect"?
Kamloops Minor Baseball is undergoing another growth spurt a year after posting record breaking numbers. "We're up over 70 athletes from last year," states Kamloops Minor Baseball Association Presiden...
Apr 20, 2026
Kamloops goalie claims NCAA title
He's the toast of Denver and the Collegiate hockey world. 20 year-old Kamloops product Johnny Hicks backstopped the Denver Pioneers to a NCAA Frozen Four title in Las Vegas this past weekend. He made ...
Apr 17, 2026 From NCAA.com
Pair of Kamloops Blazers make NHL Central Scouting's final Draft Eligible list ahead of Buffalo
NHL Central Scouting has released its final rankings heading into the Draft this summer - and JP Hurlburt is ranked 12th amongst North American skaters. After a 97 point rookie season, the Texas nativ...
Apr 16, 2026 Kamloops Blazers product JP Hurlburt, who is expected to go in the first round of the 2026 NHL Entry Draft/via Kamloops Blazers
Kamloops becomes ground-zero for Canadian curling shakeups
The end of the curling quadrennial has sent a number of Kamloops-based curlers flying on to other teams as the professional curling world slammed on the breaks of the "curling carousel" as the profess...
Apr 14, 2026 Photo of Team Njegovan, which former Kamloops-based Team Brown Third Erin Pincott (top right) has joined as its new Third/via Team Njegoven on Facebook
Kamloops Blazers probing fan base for customer service improvements
The Kamloops Blazers want to hear from you. A fan survey has been sent out by the hockey club to get feedback from anyone who attended a game this past season. If so, an email will have gone out to an...
Apr 14, 2026 Kamloops Blazers fans cheering on the team at the Sandman Centre/via Kamloops Blazers
Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame grows as curlers highlight annual Sports Awards
Kamloops curlers were the big winners at the annual Kamloops Sports Council Awards held over the weekend, which took place in conjunction with the Kamloops Sports Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on Sa...
Apr 13, 2026 Members of the now-defunct Team Brown curling squad which was honored at the 2025 Kamloops Sports Council Awards ceremony as the 2025 Team of the Year. (L) Skip Corryn Brown, (2nd left) Third Erin Pincott, (2nd right) Sarah Koltun and (R) Lead Samantha Fisher won the BC Women's Provincial Curling title in 2025, earning their way to the Scotties Tournament of Hearts/via Jon Keen
