The Kelowna Rockets walked into the 2026 WHL Prospects Draft with something most teams picking first overall never have - momentum.They weren't rebuilding from rock bottom. They weren't trying to sell hope to a frustrated fan base. Instead, the Rockets came off a season where expectations climbed quickly, the Memorial ...

For Madden Daneault, Wednesday felt like a blur.The newest member of the Kelowna Rockets flew home from a tournament in Philadelphia, celebrated with family and friends at his cousin's acreage in Red Deer, heard his name called first overall in the WHL Prospects Draft that evening, and turns 15 today."It's been an...

The Kelowna Rockets made history Wednesday, selecting forward Madden Daneault first overall in the WHL Prospects Draft - the first time the organization has owned the top pick in 35 years.The Rockets, who were rumoured leading up to the draft to be exploring trade possibilities involving the coveted selection, stayed t...

The Kelowna Rockets don't just need a good player. They need a difference-maker.Someone who walks in and changes the temperature of the room.They'll be young. There will be mistakes. But this has to be a player you grow through selection, not one you rent via trade.Every prospect has flaws. That's part of it. You live ...

There is no template. It isn't uncharted territory, but it's odd all the same.And inside Prospera Place, the Kelowna Rockets are trying to make it work.The calendar says May 22nd, opening night of the Memorial Cup, but the path to get there looks nothing like a playoff run.There are no games. Only practices and off-ice...

There are moments in hockey that fade with time.And then there are the ones that don't.For the Kelowna Rockets, the spring of 2004 remains frozen in place, a championship run defined not by flash but by discipline, belief, and a goaltender who turned pressure into silence.Kelly Guard wasn't supposed to dominate that to...

It's a strange place to exist in hockey. Your season is over. Except it isn't. There are still games ahead. But the edge that defined everything for six months - the urgency, the fight to stay alive in a playoff series - is suddenly gone. Or at least, it's supposed to be. For the Kelowna Rockets, that's the reality. El...

In Part 1 of our conversation with Kelowna Rockets general manager Bruce Hamilton, we discussed what happened in a five-game series loss to the Everett Silvertips. Part 2 is about why it happened. For Bruce Hamilton, the conversation doesn't move far from one area. Habits. Not structure. Not talent. Habits. And in his ...

The Kelowna Rockets' playoff run is over.The second-round series with the Everett Silvertips wrapped up a week ago, but it still feels fresh.No more bus rides into hostile rinks. No more quick turnarounds between games. That part of the season is done.The next game they play will be at the Memorial Cup on May 22nd agai...

It is a game the Halaburda family will not soon forget.Saturday, April 11th, began like so many others. Todd Halaburda and his wife, Tina, were at home in Victoria, watching the webcast as their son, Ty, a 20-year-old forward with the Kelowna Rockets, played Game 2 of a second-round playoff series against the Everett S...

The Kelowna Rockets knew going in that a lot had to go right - and very little could go wrong - if they were going to beat the Everett Silvertips.Turns out... that wasn't just a theory.It was reality.Despite earning just one of a possible eight points against Everett during the regular season, there was some reason for...

The Kelowna Rockets' WHL season came to a sudden and painful end Friday night, falling 2-1 in overtime to the Everett Silvertips in Game 5.Landon Dupont scored the winner just 39 seconds into the extra period, a point shot that changed direction on its way to the net, lifting Everett to the victory and a 4-1 series win...

The Kelowna Rockets bought themselves time.Now, they need to make it count.After staring down elimination Wednesday night, the Rockets delivered their most resilient effort of the season, a dramatic 4-3 overtime win that forced this Western Hockey League playoff series back to Everett for Game 5 this evening.The challe...

Were you not entertained? On a night where their season teetered on the brink, the Kelowna Rockets delivered their most dramatic response of the year, maybe their most meaningful in years. Facing elimination Wednesday night at Prospera Place, the Rockets erased a 3-0 deficit after 40 minutes and stormed back for a stun...

The result said one thing. The game said another. Despite a 4-1 loss Tuesday night to the Everett Silvertips, the Kelowna Rockets delivered what may have been their most complete effort of the series, only to watch it slip away on a handful of costly mistakes. The defeat gives Everett a commanding 3-0 series lead, but ...

Life without Ty Halaburda starts tonight for the Kelowna Rockets in Game 3 of their second-round playoff series with the Everett Silvertips. On Tuesday, the team announced the 20-year-old forward has been released from a hospital in Everett after a hit in Game 2, but his season has come to an end with a significant hea...

Rockets press release: The Kelowna Rockets would like to provide an update on forward Ty Halaburda following the injury sustained during Game 2 in Everett.Halaburda has been released from Providence Regional Medical Center, Everett and will travel home to Victoria today with his family.He will be out for the remainder ...

The Kelowna Rockets return home with work to do and two games to fix it.After dropping both at Angel Of The Winds Arena, the Rockets trail the Everett Silvertips two games to none in their Western Conference semifinal series, with the numbers telling a clear story through the first six periods.Everett has outscored Kel...