The Kelowna Rockets knew going in that a lot had to go right - and very little could go wrong - if they were going to beat the Everett Silvertips. Turns out... that wasn't just a theory. It was reality. Despite earning just one of a possible eight points against Everett during the regular season, there was some reason ...

The Kelowna Rockets' WHL season came to a sudden and painful end Friday night, falling 2-1 in overtime to the Everett Silvertips in Game 5.Landon Dupont scored the winner just 39 seconds into the extra period, a point shot that changed direction on its way to the net, lifting Everett to the victory and a 4-1 series win...

The Kelowna Rockets bought themselves time.Now, they need to make it count.After staring down elimination Wednesday night, the Rockets delivered their most resilient effort of the season, a dramatic 4-3 overtime win that forced this Western Hockey League playoff series back to Everett for Game 5 this evening.The challe...

Were you not entertained? On a night where their season teetered on the brink, the Kelowna Rockets delivered their most dramatic response of the year, maybe their most meaningful in years. Facing elimination Wednesday night at Prospera Place, the Rockets erased a 3-0 deficit after 40 minutes and stormed back for a stun...

The result said one thing. The game said another. Despite a 4-1 loss Tuesday night to the Everett Silvertips, the Kelowna Rockets delivered what may have been their most complete effort of the series, only to watch it slip away on a handful of costly mistakes. The defeat gives Everett a commanding 3-0 series lead, but ...

Life without Ty Halaburda starts tonight for the Kelowna Rockets in Game 3 of their second-round playoff series with the Everett Silvertips. On Tuesday, the team announced the 20-year-old forward has been released from a hospital in Everett after a hit in Game 2, but his season has come to an end with a significant hea...

Rockets press release: The Kelowna Rockets would like to provide an update on forward Ty Halaburda following the injury sustained during Game 2 in Everett.Halaburda has been released from Providence Regional Medical Center, Everett and will travel home to Victoria today with his family.He will be out for the remainder ...

The Kelowna Rockets return home with work to do and two games to fix it.After dropping both at Angel Of The Winds Arena, the Rockets trail the Everett Silvertips two games to none in their Western Conference semifinal series, with the numbers telling a clear story through the first six periods.Everett has outscored Kel...

For a while Saturday night, it felt like the Kelowna Rockets were right there.Not chasing. Not scrambling.Right there.But the same problem showed up again.They couldn't grab the lead.The Everett Silvertips beat the Rockets 4-2 at Angel of the Winds Arena, taking a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven series. And through two g...

For a while, the Kelowna Rockets looked just fine.Then the game got away from them.The Everett Silvertips scored twice in the second period and took over from there, beating the Rockets 4-1 Friday night in Game 1 of the Western Conference semifinal. Everett now leads the best-of-seven series 1-0.Kelowna had its moments...

Welcome to Everett.Game 1 is set inside Angel of the Winds Arena, where the Kelowna Rockets meet the Everett Silvertips in a series that, honestly, has already told us a lot.Just not the ending.Because when you look back at the season series, the first thing you notice is the score. Everett outscored Kelowna 17-10.But ...

If there was a loose puck near the crease, he was there. If a teammate was bumped late, he was there. And if someone on the other side wanted to escalate things, he usually didn't look for an exit.There were nights this season where Kelowna Rockets d-man Nate Corbet made it clear he wasn't going to be pushed around. An...

The message inside the Kelowna Rockets dressing room is already clear heading into game one Friday night in Everett. If they take care of the puck, they give themselves a chance. If they do not, they will spend long stretches defending.Game one of this Western Conference semi-final series will not be decided by highlig...

Every player remembers their first.For Shane Smith, it didn't happen at home. It didn't happen in a packed building full of familiar faces. It came on the road - in Everett - inside Angel of the Winds Arena.Fall of 2022.Game number 14 of his WHL career.A young forward with the Medicine Hat Tigers, still trying to find ...

Sixteen years later, the matchup returns, and so does the opportunity.For the first time since 2010, the Kelowna Rockets and the Everett Silvertips will meet in the WHL playoffs, setting up a second-round series filled with familiarity, history, and momentum on both sides.Round two opens this weekend in Everett, where ...

The Kelowna Rockets didn't just finish the job Wednesday night; they flipped the script entirely.Trailing early, outworked, and chasing the game through much of the first period, the Rockets looked nothing like a team on the verge of a sweep. But in the final four minutes of that opening frame, everything changed. One ...

The Kelowna Rockets and Kamloops Blazers' opening-round playoff series shifts venues tonight, but the road team looks to stay on the course that has brought them success through the first two games.The Kelowna Rockets take a 2-0 series lead over the Kamloops Blazers into Sandman Centre for Games 3 and 4 after a 3-1 win...

The Kelowna Rockets head to Kamloops with a 2-0 series lead, but the scores don't really tell the full story. Even though it's been 3-1 and 5-1 on paper, both games have felt a lot tighter than that. Game 2 especially had Kamloops with more jump right off the opening faceoff.Right now, the biggest story has been Rocket...