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SERVING UP GRIT AT GROTTO Vancouver blues rocker Rich Hope is set to perform at his much-anticipated show on April 11 A33
Page A34 is your guide to myriad events in the city and region
LIGHT THE NIGHT First annual walk set for Riverside Park on April 13 A14
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THE IMPOSSIBLE, IMPROBABLE PLAYOFF PUSH BECOMES REALITY
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o that’s what it feels like. That’s how fans feel when 6,000 strong vicariously harpoon the Ogogopo, leaving its innards to freeze on the Kamloops Blazers’ B at centre ice. They haven’t felt anything like that in a long time — a 5-1 victory over the institution inside a sold-out barn. What they have felt, at least a few of them, is disillusionment with the system, which they perceive to be the WHL
and the Kelowna Rockets, the devious alliance that rules them all. Some Kamloops fans have crazy theories, like the one in which their team’s 2020 Memorial Cup bid was pointless because the Rockets were in the mix. With Bruce Hamilton involved, the Blazers were drawing dead, some of these fans will tell you. For those conspiracy theorists, Tuesday night at Sandman Centre must have felt therapeutic.
Kobe Mohr celebrates his game-winning goal on Tuesday night at Sandman Centre as a full house goes bonkers. As KTW reporter Marty Hastings writes, it has been a long time since the barn on Mark Recchi Way was pulsating with such energy. The win capped a remarkable playoff push that defied long odds. The Blazers begin the playoffs Friday in Victoria. Turn to page A39 for a series preview. Turn to page A23 for a salute to their season. ALLEN DOUGLAS/KTW
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