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A step forward, but still a loss
The Kelowna Rockets are hard to figure out. Already 33 games into the Western Hockey League season, one night to the next, you aren't quite sure what type of effort or commitment level is going to be ...
Dec 31, 2022 Photo credit: Steve Dunsmoor

When adversity strikes
The Kelowna Rockets are a fragile group. When adversity strikes, it doesn't take much for panic to set in. Without team captain Colton Dach (Team Canada), arguably its best centre in Gabriel Szturc (T...
Dec 29, 2022 Photo credit: Allen Douglas

Audio: Rockets @ Kamloops - 12/28/22
Period 1
Dec 28, 2022

Twas the night before Christmas
Twas the night before Christmas and all through Prospera Place, Kris Mallette was envisioning a way to get back into the BC Division race. Sitting eighth in the conference with 12 wins on the year, is...
Dec 23, 2022 Christmas lights inside team bus. Photo credit: RocketFAN

Can Cristall catch Bedard for scoring crown?
It was the 2007-2008 season. Fifteen years ago Kelowna Rockets forward Colin Long just missed winning the Western Hockey League scoring title. The 19-year-old was one point shy. Chilliwack Bruins forw...
Dec 22, 2022 Photo credit: RocketFAN

Running the Rockets runs in the family
Sadly, we have no photo evidence. Word is Bruce Hamilton, then general manager of the Tacoma Rockets was sporting a mustache, and was often seen watching high from above the ice surface at the Tacoma ...
Dec 21, 2022 Curtis Hamilton as a member of the Edmonton Oilers.
Photo credit: Edmonton Oilers Hockey Club

Graham getting his game back in gear
Christmas has come early for Max Graham. The Kelowna Rockets' 18-year-old forward has found his scoring touch. While not a massive scoring threat, while playing in the shadows of Andrew Cristall, Colt...
Dec 16, 2022 Photo credit: Steve Dunsmoor

Road trip starts on winning note
Dec 14, 2022 Photo credit: RocketFAN

A homecoming of sorts for Saskatoon resident
The Kelowna Rockets open a Central Division road trip tomorrow night in Swift Current, Saskatchewan. RocketFAN spoke to Price, one of three players on the bus that call the prairie province - home.
Dec 13, 2022 Photo credit: Caden Price

A badge of honour with stinky results
What's that smell? To some, it was dirty, sweaty, bloodied unwashed jerseys. During a road trip before the Christmas break in 2013, for the Kelowna Rockets, it was the rancid odor of success. It was a...
Dec 13, 2022 Photo credit: Marissa Baecker