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Replay: Rockets @ Prince George - 10/03/23
Period 1
Oct 03, 2023
Creating scoring lines is tricky business
For Kris Mallette, the temptation is real. It is like being on a diet, but having a chocolate bar on your nightstand calling out your name. 'Eat me. Eat me. Come on, just one small bite.' Yet, the hea...
Oct 01, 2023 Photo credit: Paige Bednorz
Rockets' reining MVP returns
Kelowna Rockets press release: The Washington Capitals announced today that 18-year-old forward Andrew Cristall has been returned to the Kelowna Rockets for the 2023-24 season. Cristall was picked 40t...
Sep 29, 2023 Photo credit: Washington Capitals Hockey Club
Josh MacNevin feeling more comfortable as assistant coach
Name the assistant coach for the Regina Pats. Who is it in Prince Albert? Red Deer? Vancouver? Victoria? The likelihood of getting it right is very low. Typically, assistant coaches are an afterthough...
Sep 28, 2023 Photo credit: Steve Dunsmoor
'He is as talented a player as we've every had' - GM Bruce Hamilton on Andrew Cristall
Bruce Hamilton is a straight shooter. The longtime general manager of the Kelowna Rockets doesn't mince words when asked a direct question. The 66-year-old isn't immune to voicing his disapproval eith...
Sep 23, 2023 Photo credit: Steve Dunsmoor
Kris Mallette evolving as a WHL head coach
The player-coach relationship in hockey is under a microscope. In the NHL, it seems most players are simply not comfortable with how the player-coach relationship used to exist. Look no further than t...
Sep 20, 2023 Photo credit: Steve Dunsmoor
'Losing sucks' - Kelowna Rockets forward Tij Iginla
In life, there are winners and losers. "Losing sucks", Kelowna Rockets forward Tij Iginla told RocketFAN. "You have to hate looking across after the game is over that the other guys beat you." Iginla ...
Sep 18, 2023 Photo credit: Steve Dunsmoor
'We were sold a bad bill of goods' - Rockets' GM Bruce Hamilton
The Kelowna Rockets will have a harder time than ever making the playoffs in the Western Conference. The re-location of the Winnipeg Ice to Wenatchee, Washington means three teams, not two, will miss ...
Sep 15, 2023 Photo credit: Wenatchee Wild
Jeff Truitt's daughter provides a helping hand at Rockets' training camp
She was on the ice when the Kelowna Rockets won the 2004 Memorial Cup. Sadly, three-month-old Kerrington Truitt didn't know it. Held in the secure arms of her mother, Shauna, the toddler was involved ...
Sep 13, 2023 Photo credit: RocketFAN
'We have to get back to playing hard' - Rockets GM Bruce Hamilton
The Kelowna Rockets are about to begin their 29th season in the Okanagan. Bruce Hamilton has been at the helm as general manager the entire way, winning four WHL championships [2003-2005-2009-2015] an...
Sep 10, 2023