An NHL scout, who is seen regularly at Kelowna Rockets home games, is calling it a career.

The Kelowna Rockets have put the final touches on the 2023-2024 season. It included player exit meetings, which involved General Manager Bruce Hamilton and coaches Kris Mallette and Josh MacNevin. "When we met with the 19-year-olds, we have four or five that want to come back and play as overagers," Hamilton ...

Seattle Kraken Press Release: Today, the Seattle Kraken (@SeattleKraken) announced that they have signed 2023 third-round pick Caden Price to an entry-level contract. The three-year, two-way contract ($908,000 AAV) is set to begin next season, and he is expected to report to Seattle's American Hockey League (AHL) affil...

This is part one of a two-part conversation. Part two will be featured on Friday. Bruce Hamilton is not the warm and fuzzy type. The General Manager of the Kelowna Rockets shows emotion, a competitive spirit and isn't satisfied with mediocrity. Each season, he believes his team should challenge for a league title, or i...

Rockets Press Release: The Washington Capitals announced today that they have re-assigned forward Andrew Cristall from the Kelowna Rockets to their American Hockey League affiliate, the Hershey Bears. Cristall recorded 111 points (40g, 71a) in 62 games with Kelowna this season. The 5'10", 175-pound forward ranked ...

The Kelowna Rockets season ended Friday night at the hands of the Prince George Cougars. Heading into a Western Hockey League semi-final series, most believed the result was inevitable considering the Cougars were rated as the top team in the Canadian Hockey League for the majority of the season. Losing the series four...

The Kelowna Rockets fought to the end against a formidable foe.

Welcome to Prince George. For the second time in three days, it's another must-win game for the Kelowna Rockets. Game five goes tonight at CN Centre (104.7 The Lizard has the pre-game show at 6:35 pm). It isn't ideal, but you have to embrace the challenge. The Rockets' are the lower seed, so they need to win in Prince ...

If we've learned one thing about the 2023-2024 edition of the Kelowna Rockets, they won't go quietly into the night. In essence, they won't go down without a fight. Facing playoff elimination last night at Prospera Place, down three games to none in a best-of-seven Western Conference semi-final series, the Rockets dug ...

A second-period offensive outburst and strong goaltending keep the Rockets' playoff hopes alive.

Matteo Danis scored at 1:22 of overtime, lifting the Prince George Cougars to a 4-3 win over the Kelowna Rockets Tuesday night at Prospera Place. The Cougars lead the series three games to none, with game four tonight (104.7 The Lizard pre-game show starts at 6:35 pm) at Prospera Place. Danis, acquired in October for a...

The Rockets play their best of the series in game three, yet come up short.

While most hockey fans in Prince George were oohing and aahing over rookie goaltender Josh Ravensbergen's back-to-back shutouts in games one and two, they should be looking at themselves as the real story. Standing-room-only crowds for Friday's opener, and then a sellout for Saturday's rematch. Prince George and area h...

No wins, no goals, and a two-game deficit. That's how the Kelowna Rockets head home after the opening two games of their second-round playoff series with the Prince George Cougars. Playing before massive crowds both on Friday and Saturday night, the Rockets came away with 4-0 and 5-0 losses. That is a sharp contrast to...

Riley Heidt had a goal and an assist in the Cougars shutout victory.

The Kelowna Rockets were their own worst enemy in a 4-0 game-one loss last night to the Prince George Cougars Rookie goaltender Josh Ravensbergen made 21 saves, giving the BC Division regular season champions a 1-0 lead in the best-of-seven affair. Game two is tonight at 6 pm. "We didn't do the things we need to d...

Discipline was good. Goaltending was on point, but the power play was the downfall of a game one loss.

It was the spring of 2000. Twenty-four years ago, the Kelowna Rockets opened a Western Hockey League playoff series in Prince George against the Cougars. The Cougars, with a young defenseman named Dan Hamhuis, who would eventually go on to play 1148 games at the NHL level, would host a visiting team coached by Marc Hab...