Trying for 13

Storm were stopped last week in their quest for 13 in a row. Win in 100 mile tonight starts the next streak. Storm 5-2 over wranglers. Balson James Friesen Gordon with the winner and Kashuba score for Storm  nectar up Summerland tomorrow night apathy MacArthur island game time 7 pm vs Summerland.  Let's get the streak going again  3 point nights for Max James , and bobby Kashuba,  2 point night for Stephan wood, Brock balson and Spencer Schoech   Single assist to Daniel Buchanan 

Storm vs Rockies

The Storm weren't pretty but got the job done as they extended their winning streak to 12 games. Max James got the hat trick for the Storm. Max got things going early opening the scoring just 26 seconds in.  Luke Gordon with a goal and assist and Bobby Kashuba got the other goals for the Storm. Assists went to josh Rasmussen, Austin Braid and Stefan wood all had 2, and single assists to Felix Larouche, Mitch Friesen, and Rourke Obriain. Storm are in action today against Summerland. It is the first meeting between the two teams, with Summerland in kamloops next weekend. 

Here today gone already

The Storm welcomed back Lyndon Stanwood last week, got him into one game and he was recalled to the BCHL.  While we are sad to see him go, it is an excellent opportunity for Lyndon. It also opens a spot for Kamloops native Liam McLeod.  Liam had been playing in the BC hockey league with the Nanaimo Clippers. Liam was a Blazer draft pick 4 years ago and spent last season with the Price George Spruce Kings. We were fortunate to be able to get Liam  Liam's brother payed for the Storm what was his first name. Be the first to tell me at tomorrow nights game and win a gift card from Home Hardware.

Kamloops Storm. Halfway point of the season

The Storm are now exactly halfway through the regular season and with a record of 21 wins and 5 losses look like the real deal in the Kijhl.  The Storm are second overall In points 2 behind the Nelson Leafs.  At present the Storm have a goal differential of +40 which is third in the league behind Creston and Nelson the have scored 123 goals and allowed 83.  They are currently 8th in e league in goals scored against. 5 players lead by Daniel Buchanan have 30 or more points scored while 10 players on the team have 10 or more points which shows a balanced scoring attack.  The Storm expect to make a couple of deals as the December 1, deadline approaches.  The team has an excellent balance of veteran and younger players which keeps the team focused. Next Storm action is Friday when we take on the Revelsoke Grizzlies game time at MacArthur Island is 7pm. 

Kamloops Storm

The Storm had a great weekend winning all three games and having two dominos pizza nights. The Storm now sit with a record of 19 wins and 5 losses. The pizzas from Dominos is a promotion where the local Dominos gives everyone who buys a ticket and the Storm win and score 5 or more goals a free 10 inch pizza.  The Storm have the second highest goals for in the 20 team league so it is a good chance that the pizzas could continue. 

Our next home game is November 29 and will have several different things happening   The Storm will have Goddyn and Assoc on site to talk about a new product called Cancer Guard as well as the cutting of player Stefan Woods hair to raise money for cancer research. Stefan wants to raise money to help with this worthwhile cause. Donations can be made at the game. 

The Storm will also have kamloops Ford on site to promote their great product.  The Storm will be on the road this weekend with a game Friday in Chase and Saturday in 100 Mile House. Catch exciting Storm action at MacArthur Island arena.   Below a picture of Stefan who wants to raise money for cancer research by shaving his hair

Storm in Sicamous

Kamloops Storm make it 4 wins in a row with a 5-3 win over the Sicamous Eagles. Balson lead the way with 2 goals and one assist. Felix Larouche got the Storms first goal and added one assist. Mitch Friesen and Daniel Buchanan had one goal each. Josh Rasmussen and Luke Gordon had two assists each with singles to Stefan Wood  max James and Spencer Schoech next exciting Storm action is Saturday 7pm at MacArthur island when the Storm take on Chase Heat. Come out and watch some exciting hockey action. Remember if this had of been a home game and we won with 5 or more goals everyone with a ticket would get a free Dominos pizza 

Great Remembrance Day weekend

Storm go 3 and 0 on east Kootenay road trip as they close out the weekend with another come from behind win. Storm totally dominate riders as they outshoot opposition 50 -16. Fernie goalie has stellar performance to keep game close. Storm show they will be a team to contend with. Next upSicamous on Friday on road. Home Saturday against Chase 7 pm at MacArthur island then Sunday at home at 5 pm against Princeton

Storm in Creston

Storm 7 Thundercats 2. Formosa got 2 for cats both on power play. Moyls makes some big saves   Offence lead by Daniel  Buchanan 3 goals 1 asst. balson 2 goals Felix Larouche 1 goal 1 assist. Luke Gordon 1 goal 1 asst.  Mitch Friesen 3 assts Spencer Schoech 2 assts. Josh Rasmussen 2 assts. single assists to Addison Bazian and Bobby Kashuba. Next up Kimberley tomorrow and fernie Sunday the Storm score 5 goals on the power play. Moyls stops 31 of 33 shots

Storm in 100 Mile October 30

Storm Lose 3 to 0 inn 100 Mile

Nathan Warren makes several huge saves to out duel Kyle Michalovsky   Michalovsky was very good for the Storm and Warren was outstanding making several big saves. Kyle let in 2 goals one on the Subway power play and a late empty netter gave the home team the icing on the cake. 

 

Mitch Friesen

Have watched this kid for several years glad he is on board.   Really nice to see the confidence the Blazers have in us to help them develop this good young talent.  Reminds me of when the Blazers sent us Josh Caron, a kid who needs some playing time and a chance to get better.  We hope to have Mitch Friesen in the lineup for tomorrow's game in 100 mile house. Next home action Friday at /7 pm at MacArthur island

Double overtime and a pizza

A double overtime win makes it five in a row.  It wasn't pretty but a goal by Daniel Buchanan in the second overtime gave the Storm a 5 4 victory over the 100 Mile house Wranglers.   The Wtanglers played a great game and lead most of the game. Buchanan scored in the third period tied it up for the Storm. Buchanan, balson and Rasmussen had big nights and a great game by Larouche Kashuba and Wood kept the game close until Buchanan sealed the win. Next home action Saturday October 26 against the Chase Heat

Game tonight

Looking for 5 in a row as 100 mile house comes to town tonight. Game time 7 pm. Tyler Fyfe will play tonight for the Storm as an affiliate player. Josh Rasmussen had a hat trick on Wednesday in Sicamous           Josh is the fourth Storm player to record a hat trick. Bobby Kashuba, Max James and Luke Gordon had hat tricks previously. 

Four in a row

Four in a row

It was not pretty but Storm came away with a 6 3 over the Sicamous Eagles. Scoring for the Stormwere Rasmussen with 2 goals and 2 assists.  Balson 1 goal 2 assits buchanan,Larouche,Obriain one goal each. Kashuba had two assists with singles to James, wood, and Schoech.Giesbrecht got the win in goal next Storm action Friday when 100Mile comes to MacPark and Saturday when Chase come looking for revenge. The Storm have scored 5 or more goals the last 4 games in a row so it could be another dominos pizza night.  See you at the game

Chase vs Storm

Great win in overtime.  Great entertainment by the Kerplunks and a free pizza. What more could you ask for. Chase came roaring back from a late 2goal deficit to tie the game with less than 5 minutes to go.  The crowd was anxious for the win as the Storm needed to win the game.  Dominos give away a free personal pizza to everyone with a ticket if the. Storm win and score 5 goals.when Felix Larouche scored the 5 th goal to go upby2 people started to phone for their pizza but Chase got a goal by Johnson and then Boyle to tie it up.  Addison Bazian scored in overtime to give the Storm the win and the crowd got their free dominos pizza.  Next Storm action is on the road in Sicamous on Wednesday then home Friday against 100 Mile house at 7pm and. Saturday when Chase return for the second meeting of the season.  These are important divisional match ups for the Storm and will be great action between these rivals.  

Kerplunks

The Storm will have a special children's entertainment tomorrow Oct 20 when the ChAse Heat come to town. During the first intermission the  Kerplunks will entertain the crowd.  Catch an exciting hockey game and the Kerplunks. How about that for a great deal. Kids under 10 love the Kerplunks  catch all the action. Game starts at 5pm

Two In A Row

The storm started the weekend with a 6-0 win over 100 Mile House! With Max James lead the the way with 3 goals and 1 assist. Other goals were scored by Felix Larouche (plus 1 assist), Brock Balson and Brett Watkinson. Spencer Schoek and Daniel Buchanan had 2  assists each, and Bobby Kashuba, Jason Anderson, Matt Dimor and Luke Gordon all had single assists. The Storm outshot the Wranglers 69 to 21. Despite the score the Wranglers goalie Nathan Warren was outstanding; In the first period he robbed several of what looked like sure goals and kept the score close. The Wranglers were short benched and played strong but the Storm controlled the play. Our next game is against Chase at MacAruthur Island arena. After that the Storm are back on the road to Sicamous before the Wranglers come to KamloopsFlooking for revenge. A great performance by Kyle Micholovsky in getting his first junior shut out in goal.  Kyle and another kamloops product max James had great games for the Storm. Kyle with his shut out and max with the hat truck.  

Golden and Invermere trip

It was not the trip the Storm had planned and came away with only a split of their road trip. The Storm had lots of excuses for Golden but excuses are not what the tea was looking for.  In Golden the Storm went in shorthanded on defence with Anderson hurt and Schoech suspended but to make matters worse Marc Dumont got into a fight.  He did well but with another damn gone it was difficult for the rest of the guys and Golden capitalized on their chances.  

Golden we're full marks for the win and the Storm were frustrated.  The Storm rebounded on Saturday with a win over the Rockies.  Luke Gordon got a hat trick to lead the way. Rasmussen had a pair. Go to www.kijhl.com for details.  Nick Landry has been suspended for at least 3 games.  

The Storm are off to a great start and currently they have the second most goals in the entire league.  Currently they have trail Osoyoos by one goal but have played one less game.  Creston has one less goal than the Storm but have played fewer games.  The Storm have 7 players currently with a point per game average.  Creston have 6.   

The Storms balanced scoring has been a pleasant surprise for the coaching staff.  This weekend theStorm are in 100 Mile House on Friday then home  to Chase on Sunday at 5 pm.  Two important divisional games so need a couple of wins. The Storm will play in Sismous the following Wednesday.  The Storm are currently leading the division with 16 points 5 ahead of both Chase and 100 Mile.  

Come out and catch the action on Sunday at 5. See you at the game

October 10 weekend

The Storm are preparing to leave on their first long road trip of the season. They will meet  the Golden Rockets on Friday and the Columbia Valley Rockies on Saturday.  The Storm are looking forward to the trip as they want to continue to extend their excellent start. 

On Friday we will be Golden in the second and possibly last meeting of the season. 

The first meeting with Golden resulted in a suspension to Luke Gordon, and he will miss the rematch as he serves the last game of his 3 game suspension. Luke will have company in the stands as it looks like Spencer Schoech will also miss the next two games due to a suspension. Max James will likely not play due to an injury in practice and Kyle Michalovsky is still on he mend from an injury a couple of weeks ago.

On Saturday the team will meet the Columbia Valley Rockies for the first time  The second meeting will be in Kamloops Dec 7.  Playing teams in the other conferences are hard to gauge as we have not seen the Rockies in 2 seasons. Despite a manpower shortage the Storm feel confident on a successful weekend. 

 Addison Bazian will be back in the lineup after a bout with the flu and hopes to get back on track.  Jason Anderson won't likely be back this weekend as he awaits further news on an injury he suffered in Princeton. The defence remains a little beat up and the team will need Matt Dimor and Myles Jarvis Rorison to play a lot of minutes to give Wood, Buchanan and Dumont some time to regroup.  The Storm continue to have one of the best defences in the league despite being shorthanded.

Next home action is Sunday October 20 at 5 pm when we take on the Chase Heat

Vs Revelstoke

A couple of fights. Almost a shutout and a free pizza.  Storm won the game scored 5 goals which meant a free pizza from Dominos for everyone at the game.  For the second night in a row the Storm were aggressive and worked hard tonight was a different result as the Storm came out on top. Revelstoke is a much improved hockey team but the Storm used their size and speed to post the win.  

Stefan Wood had his first weekend of playing and had a great weekend.  Look for him to dominate as he gets back into game shape. Ian Chrystal and Nick Landry both had fights and entertained the crowd. 

Payton Schaefer and Shane Poulsen

 Two former Storm players were given the honor of having a leadership role with the BCHL Merritt Centennials. Schaefer who played for the Storm in 2010 had 6 goals and 17 assists in 41 games for the  Storm as a 17 year old will be the Cents captain. Poulsen who played for the  Storm the same year as a 16 year old and part of the 2011 season had 4 goals and19 assists in 63 games over one full season and part of a second season. Poulsen was called up to the Trail smoke eaters in his second season and was recently traded to the cents in the summer will be an assistant captain

Karan Toor

Former Storm defence man Karan Toor was named player of the week in the BCHL

Click here to read the full story 

max James

16year old Max James takes out opponent in home game. 

Felix Larouche

19 year old forward from kamloops. Played last season with Golden Rockets

Former Storm player signs in EChL

Former Kamloops Storm player Anthony Collins signs with South Carolina Stingray. Collins who started his junior hockey with the Storm played 121 Junior games then played one season wi TRU before one year in Europe and last season in minor pro. 

Collins had 28 goals and 26 assists for the Storm before going to play junior hockey in Alberta. 

Ryan Keis

The Kamloops Storm are pleased to announce that Ryan Keis has been signed with the Melfort Mustangs. Ryan already has a goal in 3 games and the 6 foot 2 forward brings some size to the Mustangs which they definitely lacked last season. We wish Ryan good luck on his season. For stats on Ryan click on http://www.leaguestat.com/sjhl/sjhl/en/stats/player.php?id=1242

Back on the winning track

The Storm had a win against the golden Rockets4 to2  The Storm were full marks for the win as they controlled the play. Ref had a bit of trouble controlling things which could cost the storm for the next few weeks. Luke Gordon had a match penalty called towards the end of the game which will result in suspensions. Luke will miss from 1 to 5 games which will hurt the Storm as they prepare for another big home weekend then go on the road.  The Storm currently lead the league with 12 points.  Catch more exciting action as the Storm take on creston on Friday and then Revelstoke on Saturday

Meet the Players. Steindor Ingason

Steindor comes from Iceland he has been playing hockey since he was 9 years old  last season in Iceland He had 8 goals 14 assists in only 18 games. Steindos nickname is Stoney.  He came to Kamloops after trying out with the Chilliwack Chiefs of the BCHL.  Stoney considers himself an offensive defence man and hopes to play at a higher level.  Hockey in Kamloops is a great opportunity to advance his hockey skills.  

Hockey in Iceland is not very competitive but is growing every year.  There we re only 3 teams in Stoney's age level  

Stoney's favorite team is the Montreal Canadians and his favorite players are PK Subban and Patrick Kane

Weekend Games

The Storm will play 2 home games this weekend and hope to continue their winning streak. Te Storm will be without a couple of key defence men as Stephan Wood continues to nurse an injury suffered in. Prince George when he took a hit from former Storm player Karan Toor. Also missing this week will be Jason Anderson who suffered an upper body I jury I. Princeton. Jason will be looking at a bit of time on the sidelines. The Storm will likely address Steindor Iganson who comes from Iceland. Steindor will make his junior hockey debut in a pressure packed game against former division rival north koan again Knights. The Knights Eli,instead the Storm in the first round of playoffs last year in a very competitive series. Also back in the lineup will be Marc Dumont who missed last weeks road trip with an illness. 

Osoyoos video

Osoyoos Internet guru Tom shields has sent us a link for the goals In osoyoos  check it out here

Weekend update

This weekend  past weekend was a successful road trip for the Kamloops Storm.The Storm went 3 for 3 on the road with our last victory 5-4 over the Kelowna Chiefs. The Storm fell behind early but kept it close before taking a 4-2 lead early in the third period. A couple of defensive miscues brought the Chiefs back into it before  Ian Chrystal shot with 46 seconds remaining and found the back of the net.

Also, for a great article on new Storm forward Luke Gordon see here 

The Storm in Osoyoos

The Storm kept their winning streak in tact with a 7-3 win over the Coyotes! Brock Balson and Bobby Kashuba each scored two goals with other goals going to Daniel Buchanan, Brett Watkinson, and Josh Rasmussen.  Austin Braid, Daniel Buchanan, Jared Anderson and Luke Gordon each had 2 assists.

Kyle Michalovsky made his debut in goal and stopped 46 shots while the Storm peppered the Osoyoos Goaltenders with 56 shots! 

Tonight's big game is in Kelowna against the Chiefs. If you can't make it you can always catch it on the KIJHL's pay-per-view 

Road Trip

The Storm are preparing for a long road trip.  We will leave tomorrow afternoon for Princeton to take on the Posse then travel after the game to overnight in Osoyoos, the original home of the Storm.  After Osoyoos it is back home before a late afternoon game in Kelowna.

The Posse have one win one tie and one loss to start the new season. They had a tough night last night against Osoyoos on the road so will be looking for revenge.  The Storm will go on the road short of goalie Kyle Michalovky who has been called up to Salmon Arm again, and 16 year old forward Max James will dress for Merritt Centenniala.  Marc Dumont and Steindor Iganson are not expected to make the trip due to illness.  The Posse will be tough but the boys look like they are ready for the chance to prove they are for real.

Look for a big game from Bobby Kashuba who should feel right at home on the smaller ice surface in Princeton-I am hoping for an even bigger game on Saturday when we return to our old home town and want to show the Coyotes  the talent we have.  Will try and post updates throughout the weekend.

Raise a reader

The Kamloops Storm in conjunction with Raise A Reader will be seeking donations to help local literacy efforts.  Everyone who donates to Raise A Reader through us will receive a special edition of the Kamloops Daily News.

 The Storm will be on the Halston connector from 7 to 9am to raise money for this great cause. Come out to either the Halston A&W Esso  or Tim Horton's Esso to donate and meet your favourite Storm player this Wednesday, Sept 25 from 7am to 9am.

See you there!

Kyle Michalovsky

Kyle was back at storm practice today after spending the weekend with the salmon arm silverbacks. Kyle was looking good in practice and is expected to start at least one game on weekendas long as the bchockey team doesn't need him. He dressed in both of the games but didn't see any action. Great kid and will be a great goalie.

Two wins to start the season!

The Kamloops Storm got off to a good start for the 2013/2014 season with 2 wins 4-1 over Revelstoke and 3-2 in overtime against the Sicamous Eagles. An enthusiastic crowd watched the Sicamous game and were well entertained as the Storm came back from an early deficit. 

The game was preceded by a tailgate party hosted by Kamloops minor hockey and the Storm. Over 1300 people were served hamburgers and hotdogs with donations to Kidsport. The tailgate party was a huge success!

Special thanks to Ajax mines, Coopers, Save on Foods, Tim Hortons, Compass Foods, B100 Radio, Brock Auto and Fountain Tire for the generous donations.

See you at our next game!