The Bellingham Blazers were an American junior ice hockey team from Bellingham, Washington , during the regular season and Langley, British Columbia , during their 1970s playoff runs. The team played their home games at the now defunct Whatcom County Sports Arena. They were members of the British Columbia Junior Hockey League .
4-893: In 1975, the Blazers, playing out of Langley, British Columbia, won their first of two BCJHL championships. After defeating the Kelowna Buckaroos 4-games-to-2 to win the Nat Bailey Cup, the Blazers moved on to the British Columbia Jr. A Championship, the Mowat Cup , against the Coquitlam Comets of the Pacific Junior A Hockey League . The Blazers swept the PJHL champion 2-games-to-none. In
8-766: A Tier II Junior "A" ice hockey team from Kelowna , British Columbia , Canada. They were a part of the British Columbia Hockey League . The Kelowna Buckaroos are one of the original four of the British Columbia Hockey League . They won two league titles, a British Columbia title (the Mowat Cup ), and a Doyle Cup as Alberta /BC Champions. In 1983, the Buckaroos moved to Summerland, British Columbia . Their season-to-season success dwindled in Summerland as they were replaced in Kelowna by
12-711: The Alberta/British Columbia Championship , the Blazers fell to the Alberta Junior Hockey League 's Spruce Grove Mets 4-games-to-2. After winning their two home games in Langley to start the series, the Blazers were beaten in Spruce Grove in four consecutive games to end their season. For 1975–76, the Blazers relocated to Maple Ridge, British Columbia . They returned to Bellingham in the summer of 1976, but
16-826: The league placed an expansion team known as the Maple Ridge Bruins for 1976–77 to replace the Blazers. In 1979, the Blazers won the league title four-games-to-none over the Kamloops Rockets , but the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association banned them from proceeding into the national playdowns as they were playing their home games in the United States. Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, OTL = Overtime Losses, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against Kelowna Buckaroos The Kelowna Buckaroos were
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