Monday 8 July 2019

Kamloops Storm owner Barry Dewar sells his franchise

After 18 years one KIJHL Championship several real good teams  and a host of players moved up to the next level Kamloops Storm Owner Barry Dewar has sold the Storm to Tracy Mero.

Read the full story by one of the best writers covering the KI  Marty Hastings Here

A pissed off Dewar says the final straw was when he was suspended for one year for tampering, (talking to other team’s players) .

Dewar "The league is moving in a direction I’m not happy with” 

He's preaching to the choir round here....

So why am I telling Fernie fans about something going on way up in Kamloops. When a tree falls in the forest... 

Twice so far  the Kamloops Storm, who have been plagued with poor attendance, have tried to move North to Quesnel but the KIJHL nixed the idea mostly because of travel costs, Story  by Melanie Law.

 The new owner Mero has a business in Quesnel... and Williams Lake also wants a team in the KIJHL. It’s just a matter of time if you ask me, and you didn’t.

If two more big Cities get in and possibly even Cranbrook, the small towns like Invermere, Sicamous, Golden and a few others... and maybe even Fernie will find it extremely hard if not impossible to compete. 

Several fans tell me Cranbrook would be a good fit for local rivalries and short travel. 

Well it was quite a few years ago since they were in but here is what happened when they were in the KIJHL , and they had some Fernie players on some of those winning teams as well. Fernie was in the league for some of these seasons (The Sabers) and Sparwood (Elk Valley Raiders) were in for some too.



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