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The great goalie debate
It's a coach's dilemma. Who do the Kelowna Rockets start in goal in game one of their opening-round playoff series? Maybe Seattle Thunderbirds bench boss Matt O'Dette faces the same quandary? The opti...
Mar 30, 2023 Photo credit: RocketFAN

Hurley brings the three e's to the lineup
Energy, effort, and enthusiasm. That's what Kelowna Rockets forward Ty Hurley brings to the table as his team opens a best-of-seven quarter-final playoff series against the Seattle Thunderbirds Friday...
Mar 29, 2023 Photo credit: Steve Dunsmoor

'We would really like to play these guys in the playoffs' - AC Josh MacNevin
Belief is a beautiful thing. The Kelowna Rockets coaching staff has never wavered from that stance with this group. If the players didn't have that same mindset, that should have changed Saturday nigh...
Mar 19, 2023 Photo credit: Steve Dunsmoor

Things that make me go hmm
Two weeks from today, the Kelowna Rockets will begin the Western Hockey League playoffs. It will be game one of an opening-round series against the Blazers or a trip to Seattle to take on the Thunderb...
Mar 17, 2023 Photo credit: Allen Douglas

Hanging with the BC Divisions big boys
The word is dj vu. It's French for 'already seen'. Don't blame the Kelowna Rockets if they feel a sense of it heading into the final two weeks of the regular season. This week would have some players ...
Mar 15, 2023 Photo credit: Steve Dunsmoor

Getting inside the head of goaltender Jari Kykkanen
Let's nerd out and talk goaltending with second-year netminder Jari Kykkanen. Listen to the conversation:
Mar 14, 2023 Photo credit: Steve Dunsmoor

Okanagan scouts aim is to predict the future
You can count on one hand the number of NHL scouts who routinely show their faces at Prospera Place. Glen Sanders of the Nashville Predators drives in from his residence in Trail. Glen Cochrane is wit...
Mar 07, 2023 Photo credit: Marty Stein

Not a good night
The Blazers get eight different goal scorers in a lopsided win.
Mar 03, 2023 Photo credit: Allen Douglas

Successful homecoming for Golder
Carson Golder's trip back to Edmonton couldn't have gone any better. The 20-year-old returned to the team that traded him away to the Kelowna Rockets back on November 28th along with a third-round pro...
Feb 25, 2023 Photo credit: RocketFAN

'It's a confidence booster' - Rockets AC on win over Winterhawks
Before the puck was dropped on the 2022-2023 Western Hockey League regular season in mid-September, media and fans alike came to one conclusion. The Kelowna Rockets' strength was clearly in goal. How ...
Feb 19, 2023 Photo credit: Steve Dunsmoor