Elk Valley Blazers

The Elk Valley Blazers were a senior hockey team from Fernie, British Columbia. They played in the Western International Hockey League from 1979-1988. The WIHL was a long-running senior league that started way back in 1946 and featured teams like the Kimberley Dynamiters and the Trail Smoke Eaters. The Blazers on the league's last title in 1988 and went on to win the Savage Cup as British Columbia Senior champions as well. Frank Hughes, who won WHA titles with the Houston Aeros, played for the Blazers.