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...
Regan Bartel Apr 06, 2024 Photo credit: Russ Alman
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...
Regan Bartel Apr 04, 2024 Photo credit: Steve Dunsmoor
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...
Regan Bartel Apr 02, 2024 Photo credit: RocketFAN
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...
Regan Bartel Mar 24, 2024 Photo credit: Steve Dunsmoor
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...
Regan Bartel Mar 15, 2024 Photo credit: RocketFAN
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...
Regan Bartel Mar 06, 2024 Photo credit: Doug Love
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...
Regan Bartel Mar 05, 2024 Photo credit: Gord Rufh
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...
Regan Bartel Mar 03, 2024
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...
Regan Bartel Feb 22, 2024 Photo credit: Steve Dunsmore
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...
Regan Bartel Feb 21, 2024 Photo credit: Gord Grufh