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Hey, Bus Driver!
Everyone has a passion in life. For Shane Curveon, it is driving the Kelowna Rockets bus. It requires a steady hand and nerves of steel when something or someone unexpectedly gets in the way. "My dad ...
Oct 25, 2022 Photo credit: RocketFAN

A Rockets record that will stand the test of time
Records in junior hockey are meant to be broken. That said, a mark set by Kevin Swanson during the 1999-2000 season with the Kelowna Rockets will never be touched. The 19-year-old goaltender played in...
Oct 24, 2022 Photo credit: RocketFAN

Dumbing it down in the o-zone
Scoring goals in the Western Hockey League is hard. Playing a perimeter game makes things even more difficult. The Kelowna Rockets found that out the hard way last night in a 3-0 shutout loss to the v...
Oct 20, 2022 Photo credit: Kelowna Rockets

Building a winner the old fashioned way
Marc Habscheid had unique ways of motivating players. The 59-year-old, who is coaching this winter in Austria, is often credited with changing the culture of the Kelowna Rockets. It is hard to argue. ...
Oct 17, 2022 Photo credit: Bob Frid

Czech Mate
I know many NHL scouts by name as they regularly attend Kelowna Rockets home and away games. That said, I am not afraid to call them out on how they missed the mark when neglecting to draft forward Ga...
Oct 16, 2022 Photo credit Steve Dunsmoor

Rockets pay a Royal visit
The Kelowna Rockets will be looking to get back into the win column when they visit the Victoria Royals on Tuesday and Wednesday at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Centre-puck drop is set for 7:05 pm. Tues...
Oct 11, 2022 Photo credit: Kelowna Rockets

Rockets lose terrific game to T-Birds
The Kelowna Rockets arguably played their best game of the season against what some suggest will be the eventual WHL champions when it is all said and done. They lost, but much to build on.
Oct 07, 2022 Photo credit: Steve Dunsmoor

The dreaded 'C' word
I wouldn't wish cancer on my worst enemy. It is a horrible disease, having taken the lives of both my mother and father. Speaking with Pavel Novak about his health challenge this week, yes cancer, it ...
Oct 07, 2022 Photo credit: Kelowna Rockets

A Royal visit
Jake Poole had all sorts of offensive success against one particular BC Division team last season. Can you guess which one? The Victoria Royals. The now 20-year-old will make his debut with his new te...
Oct 05, 2022 Photo credit: Steve Dunsmoor

American born but Canadian made
No one on the Kelowna Rockets roster knows the lyrics to the American national anthem better than defenceman Jackson DeSouza. A U.S citizen at birth, the 19-year-old grew up in Erie, Colorado. "It fir...
Oct 04, 2022 Photo credit: Steve Dunsmoor