Kamloops Blazers Hockey in Kamloops, British Columbia

The Kamloops Blazers Hockey Club has a rich and successful history dating back 25 years in Kamloops …and 60 years in all! The franchise is universally recognized and respected for helping young men develop as hockey players in order for them to move on and play at the highest levels.

The winning spirit of the club is showcased by the five WHL Championship banners and three Memorial Cup banners that hang from the roof of Interior Savings Centre, the Blazers' home rink.

Kamloops Blazers' Website

The franchise spent its early years in Humboldt and Estevan, Saskatchewan before moving to New Westminster, British Columbia in the 70s. The New West Bruins then moved to Kamloops in 1981 and became the Kamloops Junior Oilers. The club was known as the Oilers for three seasons before a group of Kamloopsians purchased the team and renamed it the Blazers in 1984.

The team was purchased from the Kamloops Blazers Sports Society in the fall of 2007 by a group of private investors led by Tom Gagliardi and featuring four former Blazers: Jarome Iginla, Darryl Sydor, Mark Recchi, and Shane Doan.