Facing off against Kamloops/Penticton
Kelowna Rockets set preseason dates
The Kelowna Rockets have announced a four-game preseason schedule that will give fans their first look at the club ahead of the 2026-27 WHL season.Kelowna will play a home-and-home exhibition series against both the Kamloops Blazers and Penticton Vees as preparations begin for what promises to be an exciting season.The...
Jun 24, 2026
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Short summer
Rockets start season on road
When you play late into May, like the Kelowna Rockets did hosting the 2026 Memorial Cup, the WHL offseason doesn't feel like much of an offseason at all. You blink, and suddenly mid-June is here and the next season is already taking shape.On Wednesday, the Rockets got more clarity on the road ahead as the WHL released ...
Jun 17, 2026
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Short term stay
Rockets add defender Dane Sorensen
The Kelowna Rockets have added some size and experience to the back end.The Rockets have acquired the playing rights to 19-year-old defenceman Dane Sorensen from the Victoria Royals in exchange for a conditional 2030 fifth-round pick and a conditional 2027 sixth-rounder originally owned by Seattle.The 6-foot-1, 183-pou...
Jun 15, 2026
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The tournament is done. The hard part isn’t.
After the Memorial Cup: Rockets head into another big offseason
It has been just over three weeks since the start of the 2026 Memorial Cup, and while the Kelowna Rockets did not get the results they wanted on the ice, this tournament is right up there for me as one of the more rewarding ones I have covered as a broadcaster, now six of them in the books.There is always a strange bal...
Jun 11, 2026
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Tricia Korzak cheers on her son
Teacher by day, hockey mom by night
From a grade 3 classroom in Foam Lake, Saskatchewan, to the edge of hockey history in Las Vegas, it still does not quite feel real for Tricia Korczak.Most mornings, she is still a teacher first. Reading groups, math lessons, young students full of questions and energy. But lately, there has been a different kind of cur...
Jun 08, 2026
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