HOME STRETCH TO CHRISTMAS: The Blazers have started the season with a 17-7-1-0 record and sit in second place in the B.C. Division. The Blazers completed the month September and October with an 11-3-0-0 record. The Blazers have a 6-4-1-0 record so far in the month of November. The Blazers played host to two games this past weekend and won 4-1 over the Victoria Royals on Friday and 8-2 over the Seattle Thunderbirds on Saturday. The hockey club is in the middle of playing four games in their next five nights and 10 games in the next 19 days before the Christmas break. Following tonight’s game, the Blazers next game action will be at home this weekend. The hockey club will travel home to play host to a pair of weekend home games against the Prince George Cougars and Victoria Royals.

Vs. Chilliwack – Last Season (8-Game Series)
Game 1: 09/25/10, vs. Chilliwack 5, Kamloops 2
Game 2: 10/02/10, at Chilliwack 6, Kamloops 1
Game 3: 01/07/11, vs. Chilliwack 2, Kamloops 5
Game 4: 01/21/11, vs. Chilliwack 3, Kamloops 2 OT
Game 5: 01/29/11, at Chilliwack 1, Kamloops 5
Game 6: 02/04/11, vs. Chilliwack 1, Kamloops 2
Game 7: 02/05/11 at Chilliwack 3, Kamloops 1
Game 8: 03/05/11 at Chilliwack 4, Kamloops 1 

Vs. Victoria – This Season (8-Game Series)
Game 1: 10/02/11, vs. Victoria 2, Kamloops 8
Game 2: 11/25/11, vs. Victoria 1, Kamloops 4
Game 3: 11/29/11, at Victoria 3, Kamloops 4
Game 4: 11/30/11, at Victoria, Kamloops
Game 5: 12/03/11, vs. Victoria, Kamloops
Game 6: 01/27/12, at Victoria, Kamloops
Game 7: 01/28/12, at Victoria, Kamloops
Game 8: 02/22/12, vs. Victoria, Kamloops

ROSTER BREAKDOWN: The Blazers roster currently sits at 23 players (2 goaltenders, 7 defensemen and 14 forwards). The roster includes 10 players selected in the WHL Bantam Draft, 6 players via trade, 6 players from the free agent list, and 1 player selected from the CHL Import Draft. The roster breakdown by region includes 8 players from Alberta, 6 from B.C., 2 from Manitoba, 4 from Saskatchewan, 1 from the USA, 1 from the Czech Republic, and 1 from Switzerland. There are 16 WHL veterans on the roster and 7 WHL rookies. Four of those rookies suited up for the Blazers during the regular season last year. This includes forward Jordan DePape who the Blazers will be without most of the season due to injury.

THE MATCH-UP: The Blazers and Royals are meeting for the fourth of eight games this season. The Royals and Blazers are in a stretch of playing each other four times over nine days. In the first meeting of the season, the Blazers won 8-2. JC Lipon and Colin Smith each led the Blazers with four points. In their last meeting this past Friday, the Blazers won 4-1. Dylan Willick scored twice for the Blazers, including an empty net goal. Last night, the Blazers were led by Chase Schaber, who scored three goals and Brendan Ranford, who recorded four assists in a 4-3 win. This trip is the first trip for the Kamloops Blazers to Victoria since January 30^th, 1994 when the Victoria Cougars beat the Blazers 5-4. The Blazers will again make the trek to Vancouver Island for games on January 27^th and 28^th.

DID YOU KNOW… Forward Colin Smith leads the Blazers with 13 goals, 15 assists and 28 points this season… 19-year-old defenseman Austin Madaisky leads the Blazers defence in scoring with 4 goals, 13 assists and 17 points playing in 25 games… Third year defenseman Tyler Hansen leads the Blazers with +19 rating… Colin Smith played for Team WHL in Game #5 of the Subway Super Series on November 16^th in Regina … Logan McVeigh has tied last season’s total with 13 points this season… Colin Smith recorded his 100^th WHL point in Prince George on November 4^th… Dylan Willick has only missed one game over the past two and a half seasons… Bronson Maschmeyer is the Blazers current iron man playing in his 170^th consecutive game tonight… Chase Schaber is the team’s Captain, while Dylan Willick, Bronson Maschmeyer, and Austin Madaisky are the team’s Assistant Captains… Brendan Ranford is the longest serving Blazer and has played 231 WHL games and has 205 points all with the Blazers… Forward JC Lipon has 22 points this season which eclipse his career high total of 21 last season… The Blazers have a league leading 9 shorthanded goals, compared to only 4 shorthanded markers all of last season… The Blazers are 8-1-0-0 on Friday nights this season… The Blazers have the best road winning percentage in the WHL going 8-2-1-0 with a .773 winning percentage.