The Kelowna Rockets are making a habit of keeping fans on the edge of their seats, even if Wednesday night's finish wasn't quite what they wanted.For the fourth straight game, the Rockets needed extra time to decide the outcome, and for the sixth time in their first 10 games, 60 minutes wasn't enough. This time, Portla...

Rowan Guest has a clear idea of what he wants the Kelowna Rockets dressing room to look like. Now, as the team's newly appointed captain, he has an opportunity to help make it happen.The Rockets have named Guest their captain for the 2026-27 Western Hockey League season, recognizing the third-year d-man's experience an...

The Kelowna Rockets don't have a single player running away with the team scoring race. They don't need one. Nine games into the season, their strength comes from how many players are making a difference, and the numbers suggest there's more to this team than meets the eye.Nine Rockets have recorded six or more points....

The Kelowna Rockets had a two-goal lead, watched it disappear, then battled back to force overtime. In the end, they had to settle for a single point.The Prince George Cougars erased an early deficit and survived a late Kelowna push before winning 4-3 in a shootout Saturday night at Prospera Place, handing the Rockets ...

The Kelowna Rockets needed just one shot in overtime. Tomas Poletin made sure it was enough.Poletin buried the game-winning goal 1:05 into the extra period Friday night, capping a two-goal performance in a 3-2 victory over the Portland Winterhawks at Prospera Place.After watching a third-period lead disappear, the Rock...

The 2026 Memorial Cup did more than fill Prospera Place. It delivered a record-setting economic boost to Kelowna, generating an estimated $50.9 million in new spending across the region.The Canadian Hockey League announced the figure Friday, following an economic impact study conducted by T1 Agency. It represents the l...

Madden Daneault is getting a taste of life in the Western Hockey League, and he is making it difficult for the Kelowna Rockets to watch him leave.The 15-year-old forward has 10 points in seven games and is riding a six-game point streak. He has looked comfortable playing against older competition, finding ways to contr...

Some of the hardest decisions in junior hockey are made away from the rink. They happen when a player who has given everything to a team is told his time with the organization is over.For Derrick Martin, the Kelowna Rockets head coach, the challenge is making those decisions while keeping a dressing room together and p...

Making 15 Look Ridiculous: It isn't often that a 15-year-old hockey player gives you a reason to stop what you're doing and take notice. Usually, at that age, the conversation is about potential, promise and what a player might become someday.Kelowna Rockets forward Madden Daneault is making that conversation a little ...

Owen Folstrom fell in love with hockey before he was even old enough to understand what the game would mean to his life. Long before the Kelowna Rockets forward was playing in the Western Hockey League, he was a toddler navigating a Calgary living room cluttered with mini-sticks. While his dad flipped on Calgary Flames...

For 20 minutes, the Kelowna Rockets looked like they were on their way to their most satisfying win of the young season. They were physical, they were generating chances, and they had the WHL-leading Brandon Wheat Kings chasing the game. A two-goal lead after the opening period put the Rockets in an ideal position to c...

Leon Draisaitl wasn't giving up his cellphone.Not for Travis Crickard. Not in Prince George. And certainly not simply because the Rockets coaching staff told him to.It was one of those small moments that probably meant little at the time.Looking back now, with Draisaitl established as one of the NHL's biggest stars, it...

Some starts are good; others can change the entire complexion of a hockey game.The Kelowna Rockets had one of those Wednesday night.They scored five in the opening period, added three more in the second, and cruised to a 10-2 win over the Swift Current Broncos at Prospera Place.The win came in Game 2 of a five-game hom...

A new face with a familiar last name has arrived in the Western Hockey League, and tonight he will be wearing Swift Current Broncos colours against the Kelowna Rockets.His name is Luke Huska.He is 16 years old.And yes, he is the son of former Kelowna Rockets head coach Ryan Huska, the winningest coach in franchise hist...

The Kelowna Rockets still don't have a captain, but head coach Derrick Martin isn't worried about the missing letter on a jersey.In fact, he believes the most important leadership work is already happening inside the dressing room.The Rockets are taking a different approach to leadership this season, one that goes well...

Five games into his Western Hockey League career, Madden Daneault isn't just keeping up.He's leading the Kelowna Rockets in scoring.The 15-year-old has two goals and five assists for seven points, putting him in a tie for 6th in WHL scoring and giving the Rockets something they probably didn't expect this early in his ...

The suspension could have been a distraction for the Kelowna Rockets.Instead, it became an opportunity.Tomas Poletin watched Saturday's 4-3 overtime victory over the Kamloops Blazers from the sidelines, serving a one-game Western Hockey League suspension stemming from Friday night's five-minute major and game misconduc...

The Kelowna Rockets put 41 shots on the Kamloops net Friday night.Only two found the back of it.That was enough for the Blazers to leave Prospera Place with a 5-2 victory, as 16-year-old goaltender Kaeden Tate turned aside 39 shots to help Kamloops win the first half of a home-and-home weekend series.Tate, who turns 17...