Colin Day
A Kamloops Blazers founder, who was at the helm for the franchise s highest highs as well as its lowest low, has died.
Colin Day, 70, passed away Friday in Royal Inland Hospital following a period of declining health. A celebration of his life is set for Friday, 3 p.m., at TRU s Grand Hall.
The city businessman was one of a handful of community leaders who established major junior hockey here, and kept it here in the early 1980s. He also was instrumental in pushing the City to build Riverside Coliseum downtown.
Day served as Kamloops Blazers president for 17 years, including the period when the Blazers became Canada s premier major junior hockey franchise - when the city was dubbed Little Montreal - winning three Memorial Cups, first in 1991-92 and then back-to-back in 1993-94 and 1994-95.