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Rockets head home to clinch in game six
The Kelowna Rockets are facing a team with a championship pedigree. While trading away some of their high-end talent to build for the future, the Wenatchee Wild still know how to win. A birth in the W...
Apr 06, 2024 Photo credit: Russ Alman

'We got away with one' - Rockets AC Josh MacNevin
The Kelowna Rockets got away with a crime. They stole game four of a best-of-seven Western Conference quarter-final series with a 3-1 win over the Wenatchee Wild Wednesday night at Prospera Place. The...
Apr 04, 2024 Photo credit: Steve Dunsmoor

Things that make me go hmm...
Kelowna Rockets Equipment Manager Tim Webster may have a nervous twitch moving forward every time he visits the Town Toyota Center in Wenatchee. Either it was late in the third period, or after game o...
Apr 02, 2024 Photo credit: RocketFAN

Getting hot at the right time
On a weekend when clutch hockey was required, the Kelowna Rockets complied. Needing two wins to solidify fifth place in the Western Conference, the team that improved significantly when the games coun...
Mar 24, 2024 Photo credit: Steve Dunsmoor

Dylan Wightman is living in the moment
Time is ticking down on his Western Hockey League career. For Dylan Wightman, he knew this day would eventually come. He is astutely aware of what's ahead, yet it won't make it any easier when it even...
Mar 15, 2024 Photo credit: RocketFAN

One last tilt with the Tri-City Americans
Less than 96 hours after beating the Tri-City Americans 4-1 at a packed Toyota Center in Kennewick, Washington, the Kelowna Rockets enter the final three weeks of the season with a rematch against the...
Mar 06, 2024 Photo credit: Doug Love

Determined defender is getting better by the day
Caden Price isn't an attention-getter. The 18-year-old, who turns 19 in late August, won't star in the next Kelowna Rockets TikTok video. Mild-mannered, the understated defender isn't among the loudes...
Mar 05, 2024 Photo credit: Gord Rufh

Jari Kykkanen would have made Carey Price proud
Jari Kykkanen may be playing his best hockey of the season. It couldn't come at a better time for the 19-year-old and the Kelowna Rockets. Kykkanen, making his 12th consecutive start, was instrumental...
Mar 03, 2024

Boo birds don't often chirp at Kelowna Rockets home games
You could hear the boos. The crowd of over 56 hundred fans didn't roar out in unison Monday afternoon, but even the small contingent of naysayers voicing their disapproval was noticeable. The puck had...
Feb 22, 2024 Photo credit: Steve Dunsmore

Stay Aggressive
The Kelowna Rockets have a player who leads the Western Hockey League in one category. It isn't goals, assists, points, or power-play goals. It isn't shutouts or goals against average either. Nineteen...
Feb 21, 2024 Photo credit: Gord Grufh