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Kamloops Blazers sign 2025 top draft pick following weekend Development Camp

1 week ago | radionl.com | Jon Keen |Drew Ferreira

The Kamloops Blazers have signed 2010-born defenseman Mateo Ferreira to a WHL Scholarship and Development Agreement. Ferreira was selected by the Blazers in the 1st round, 11th overall in the 2025 WHL Prospects Draft. Ferreira is from Winnipeg, MB and played the 2024-25 season with the Winnipeg Bruins U15 AAA Gold team. The 5’8” and 155lb left shot defender had 21 goals, 49 assists and 70 points in 32 games.
Blazers add another defenseman ahead of deadline

Jan 7, 2025 | radionl.com | Jon Keen |Drew Ferreira

The Kamloops Blazers have added 19 year-old defenseman Rhett Ravndahl from the Brandon Wheat Kings in a Tuesday evening trade. The Blazers surrender a fifth round pick in the 2026 WHL Draft to complete the transaction. Ravndahl is from Birch Hills, Saskatchewan. He’s played in 29 games with the Wheat Kings this season, with two goals and two assists. The 6-foot-1, 185lb defender has played in 113 career WHL games split between Portland and Brandon, and is in his third WHL season.
Blazers acquire F Beau Courtney from Silvertips

Jan 7, 2025 | radionl.com | Jon Keen |Drew Ferreira

The Kamloops Blazers have added a player ahead of Thursday’s trade deadline, picking up 20 year old forward Beau Courtney from the Everett Silvertips in exchange for a 7th round draft pick in 2026. Courtney brings four years of WHL experience and nearly 200 games played on a solid Everett team. He’s put up 67 points in that span. The 5”10′ forward from Colorado is described as a hard working, trustworthy player.
New name, new logo, one vision - Kamloops United Football Club

Dec 5, 2024 | radionl.com | Jon Keen |Philys Og

The Kamloops Youth Soccer Association and Rivers FC have combined under one entity and will now be known as the Kamloops United Football Club (KUFC). “It’s a unified approach strategy for building a football eco-system from the U-3 level all the way to semi-professional soccer in Kamloops,” said Kamloops United General Manager Lyle Dos Santos. “It took a lot of time, a lot of brainstorming but we worked together collaboratively to build a new vision for Kamloops,” Dos Santos continued.
Olympic medalists to highlight grand reopening of Kamloops indoor Soccer Dome

Oct 25, 2024 | radionl.com | Jon Keen |Stacey Thompson

The Kamloops Youth Soccer Association is formally unveiling it’s newly-renovated indoor Soccer Dome on Saturday at its location in the Mount Paul Industrial Park. The indoor soccer facility had been undergoing extensive upgrades over the last number of months. The changes include new turf with a shock pad under it to make it more forgiving, while also extending it wall-to-wall to allow for more playing room.
Three Kamloops Blazers crack latest NHL Central Scouting list

Oct 23, 2024 | radionl.com | Jon Keen |Stacey Thompson

The Kamloops Blazers now have three players listed on NHL Central Scouting’s watch list. They include Nathan Behm, Vit Zahejsky and Tommy Lafreniere. 17 year old Behm is listed with a B rating, which indicates a 2nd/3rd round draft candidate. The Calgary, Alberta native is the leading scorer thus far for the Blazers, with 11 goals and 7 assists through the first 11 games he’s played this season.
Paralympian roommates with ties to Kamloops celebrate gold medals in Paris

Sep 5, 2024 | radionl.com | Jon Keen

It’s a Kamloops double-gold connection at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris. Kamloops native Greg Stewart and former Kamloops resident Cody Fournie are Olympic roommates who both happened to win gold medals this week. Stewart won gold in the F46 men’s shot put with a throw of 16.38 metres while Fournie won Canada’s second gold of the games in the T51 200-metre wheelchair race in what was his first ever race at the Paralympics.
Ethan Katzberg wins hammer throw gold at Diamond League event

Aug 26, 2024 | radionl.com | Jon Keen

It’s another accolade for Kamloops-trained Olympic champion Ethan Katzberg. The 22-year-old Katzberg won gold at the men’s hammer at a Diamond League event in Chorzów, Poland. His throw of 80.03 metres edged out Ukraine’s Mykhaylo Kokhan who finished second with a throw of 79.85 metres. Poland’s Wojciech Nowicki finished in third place with a throw of 76.05 metres. There are still no definitive plans for Katzberg’s return to Kamloops as he continues to compete abroad.
Kamloops International Cup organizers looking to expand after successful first edition

Aug 23, 2024 | radionl.com | Jon Keen

Bigger and better. That’s the takeaway from where the Kamloops International Cup goes in the years ahead after Kamloops hosted two English Premier League U-21 teams this summer. Aston Villa’s Under 21 women’s team and Fulham FC’s Under 21 men’s team played a total of six games at Hillside Stadium while training with local Kamloops Youth Soccer Association players on non-gamedays. “They gave us some candid feedback on their departure.
Training camp looms as Kamloops Blazers gear up for 2024-25 WHL season

Aug 22, 2024 | radionl.com | Jon Keen

After one of the longest off-seasons in recent memory, the Kamloops Blazers get back on the ice next week for training camp. The annual camp will begin with medicals and check-ins for both returning and newly signed players on Wednesday, Aug. 28, with camp set to continue through the Labour Day Long Weekend. “Every time you hit this time of year there’s a lot of anticipation. There’s question marks and optimism,” Blazers Head Coach and GM Shaun Clouston told NL Sports.