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 ...

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...

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...

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...

In Part 1 of our conversation with Kelowna Rockets general manager Bruce Hamilton, we discussed what happened in a five-game series loss to the Everett Silvertips. Part 2 is about why it happened. For Bruce Hamilton, the conversation doesn't move far from one area. Habits. Not structure. Not talent. Habits. And in his ...