2025-2026 puck drop quickly approaching
Rockets open season vs. Chiefs
Kelowna Rockets press release: The Kelowna Rockets are pleased to announce that the club will open the 2025-26 WHL regular season on home ice against the Spokane Chiefs on Friday, September 19, at 7:05 PM at Prospera Place. This marks just the third time in franchise history that the Rockets will face Spokane in a home...
Jun 04, 2025
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Big swing, big questions
Rolling the dice on Mazden Leslie
There's an old saying: If you don't ask, you don't get. The Kelowna Rockets didn't just ask, they pushed, pursued, and pulled off one of the most intriguing offseason moves in the WHL so far. The Rockets acquired defenseman Mazden Leslie last week from the Vancouver Giants, a 20-year-old with elite offensive upside and...
May 26, 2025
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RocketFAN
Rockets GM aims to win the Memorial Cup
Bruce Hamilton isn't just hosting - he is hunting
Bruce Hamilton doesn't do fluff. Never has, never will. So when the longtime GM of the Kelowna Rockets stepped up to the mic at the Memorial Cup 2026 headquarters launch party on Manhattan Drive, there was no mistaking his message. "We are in it to win it," he said calm, direct, and deadly serious. That wasn'...
May 23, 2025
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Mazden Leslie brings high-octane offense
Rockets acquire high-end d-man
Rockets press release: The Kelowna Rockets have acquired Mazden Leslie, a 2005-born right-shot defenseman, from the Vancouver Giants in exchange for a conditional 2028 first-round pick and a conditional 2026 third-round pick (Seattle). A native of Lloydminster, Alberta, Leslie brings elite offensive production from the...
May 21, 2025
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Leading Rockets' media strategy
New kid on the block
Kelowna Press Release: The Kelowna Rockets are pleased to announce the hiring of Kohen Willis Dengler as the team's new Director of Communications & Social Media. A native of Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Willis Dengler brings a dynamic background in marketing, communications, and business operations. Most recently, ...
May 21, 2025
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RocketFAN Social
Officially one year away from #Kelowna taking centre ice as the Rockets gear up to host the 2026 Memorial Cup!
To mark the countdown, the team unveiled their official tournament headquarters! #hockey #memorialcup
This is Steve Thomson - co-chair of the 2026 Kelowna Memorial Cup bid committee. He was on hand for the official opening of the Memorial Cup headquarters tonight- one-year out from the tournament starting. #hockey
Double your pleasure - double your fun. While the @kelownarocketswhl traded away the third-overall pick in Wednesday Prospects Draft - they picked up TWO 1st-round selections in 2026 and 2027.
