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"We competed"
Carson Golder was missed when he was sidelined for four consecutive games with an injury. Why? The 20-year-old doesn't often miss when given a glorious scoring chance. The overage forward opened the s...
Jan 21, 2023 Photo credit: Steve Dunsmoor

Ho, ho, ho, Rockets face G-Men
Two teams, who meet five times in the next 15 days, took very similar approaches at the WHL trade deadline. The Kelowna Rockets, who enter tonight's game one point up on the Victoria Royals for eighth...
Jan 20, 2023 Photo credit: Steve Dunsmoor

The night the head of the WHL took me off the air
Ron Robison is not the first commissioner of the Western Hockey League. That prestigious title was first bestowed upon Dev Dley, who at the time was a Kamloops lawyer. Dley held the position from 1996...
Jan 19, 2023

Leaving the island empty handed
For the first time - ever - the Kelowna Rockets are leaving Victoria empty-handed. Typically, the team earns back-to-back wins during a weekend doubleheader, or in a worst-case scenario, earns a split...
Jan 15, 2023 Photo credit: Gord Rufh

Audio: Rockets @ Victoria - 1/13/23
Period 1
Jan 13, 2023

Interesting matchup with two struggling teams
One head coach is hell-bent on getting his team into the playoffs and appears to be dead set on attaining that objective at a cost. The other is trying to get his team on track, with a lineup that con...
Jan 13, 2023 Photo credit: Steve Dunsmoor

Bruce Hamilton never surrenders
Decisions. Decisions. Decisions. Bruce Hamilton has never been one to wave the white flag in surrender. The Kelowna Rockets GM is the builder of championship teams, with the word 'rebuild' never utter...
Jan 06, 2023 GM Bruce Hamilton with Assistant GM Curtis Hamilton. Photo credit: Steve Dunsmoor

Rockets reeling; Royals rolling
Victoria Royals General Manager and Head Coach Dan Price doesn't sound like someone looking at being a seller at the WHL trade deadline. The assets are clearly there. Look no further than 19-year-old ...
Jan 04, 2023 Photo credit: Steve Dunsmoor

Q&A with GM Bruce Hamilton
RF: Will it be harder for a European d-man like Marek Rocak to make the transition to the smaller North American ice surface over forward Gabriel Sztruc, when he first played with your team? BH: "He [...
Jan 03, 2023 Photo credit: Kelowna Rockets Instagram

"We are the only ones that can do it"
Kris Mallette is looking for answers. All coaches do when the team they are guiding, struggles. With five straight losses, Mallette knows the results, regardless of who, or who isn't in the lineup are...
Jan 01, 2023 Photo credit: Brian Liesse