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...
Regan Bartel Mar 30, 2023 Photo credit: RocketFAN
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...
Regan Bartel Mar 29, 2023 Photo credit: Steve Dunsmoor
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...
Regan Bartel Mar 19, 2023 Photo credit: Steve Dunsmoor
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...
Regan Bartel Mar 17, 2023 Photo credit: Allen Douglas
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 ...
Regan Bartel Mar 15, 2023 Photo credit: Steve Dunsmoor
Let's nerd out and talk goaltending with second-year netminder Jari Kykkanen. Listen to the conversation:
Regan Bartel Mar 14, 2023 Photo credit: Steve Dunsmoor
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...
Regan Bartel Mar 07, 2023 Photo credit: Marty Stein
The Blazers get eight different goal scorers in a lopsided win.
Regan Bartel Mar 03, 2023 Photo credit: Allen Douglas
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...
Regan Bartel Feb 25, 2023 Photo credit: RocketFAN
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 ...
Regan Bartel Feb 19, 2023 Photo credit: Steve Dunsmoor