Team
1992 Kamloops Blazers Junior Hockey Team
Year of Induction: 1999
The Kamloops Blazers represented the Western Hockey League at the 1992 Memorial Cup. During the 1991-92 season, the Blazers played to a league-best record of 51-17-4, earning 106 points and winning the Scotty Munro Memorial Trophy as the regular season champions. The Blazers scored 351 goals during the regular season, the third-highest total in the WHL while allowing a league-low 226 goals. In the post-season, the Blazers faced the Tacoma Rockets in the West Division quarter-finals and easily won the series in a four-game sweep. Kamloops earned a bye in the West Division semi-finals, advancing straight to the West Division finals. In the division finals, the Blazers defeated the Seattle Thunderbirds four games to two to advance to the WHL Championship. In the President’s Cup finals against the Saskatoon Blades, the Blazers narrowly defeated the Blades four games to three to capture the title and a berth into the 1992 Memorial Cup.
The 1992 Memorial Cup was the Blazers’ fourth appearance in team history. In the 1984 Memorial Cup, the Kamloops Jr. Oilers finished in third place at the tournament. At the 1986 Memorial Cup, the Blazers once again finished in third place. At the 1990 Memorial Cup, Kamloops struggled to a fourth-place finish.