New era begins
Rockets select Madden Daneault first overall
The Kelowna Rockets made history Wednesday, selecting forward Madden Daneault first overall in the WHL Prospects Draft - the first time the organization has owned the top pick in 35 years.The Rockets, who were rumoured leading up to the draft to be exploring trade possibilities involving the coveted selection, stayed t...
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Holding the key to the first-overall pick
Rockets searching for their next game-breaker
The Kelowna Rockets don't just need a good player. They need a difference-maker.Someone who walks in and changes the temperature of the room.They'll be young. There will be mistakes. But this has to be a player you grow through selection, not one you rent via trade.Every prospect has flaws. That's part of it. You live ...
22h ago
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Less than three weeks before showtime
Rockets prepare for Memorial Cup their own way
There is no template. It isn't uncharted territory, but it's odd all the same.And inside Prospera Place, the Kelowna Rockets are trying to make it work.The calendar says May 22nd, opening night of the Memorial Cup, but the path to get there looks nothing like a playoff run.There are no games. Only practices and off-ice...
May 04, 2026
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From underdogs to unbreakable
Kelly Guard's Memorial Cup legacy
There are moments in hockey that fade with time.And then there are the ones that don't.For the Kelowna Rockets, the spring of 2004 remains frozen in place, a championship run defined not by flash but by discipline, belief, and a goaltender who turned pressure into silence.Kelly Guard wasn't supposed to dominate that to...
May 01, 2026
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Part 3 of 3 with Bruce Hamilton
Loyalty, change, and the fight for the future
It's a strange place to exist in hockey. Your season is over. Except it isn't. There are still games ahead. But the edge that defined everything for six months - the urgency, the fight to stay alive in a playoff series - is suddenly gone. Or at least, it's supposed to be. For the Kelowna Rockets, that's the reality. El...
Apr 29, 2026
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