The Kelowna Rockets looked ready to turn the corner. A strong opening period, a power play goal, and steady goaltending had them in full control after twenty minutes. But hockey games aren't won in one period, and Saturday night inside the South Okanagan Events Centre, the Penticton Vees proved that in convincing fashi...

A better start but a tough finish as the Kelowna Rockets lose back-to-back games.

It was one of those nights where you could sense early that it might take something special to beat the guy in the other crease. The Kelowna Rockets fired 36 shots toward the Seattle goal on Friday night, but only one slipped through as the visiting Thunderbirds skated out of Prospera Place with a 3-1 win. After the ga...

The Kelowna Rockets fired plenty of pucks but couldn't solve Seattle's tight defense and stellar goaltending.

The Kelowna Rockets are starting to look like a confident hockey club, and head coach Derek Martin likes what he's seeing. Kelowna pulled off its most dramatic win of the season Wednesday night in Prince George, beating the defending B.C. Division champion Cougars 5-4 on Tomas Poletin's goal with seven seconds left. Th...

The Kelowna Rockets' power play went 0 for 8 on Wednesday night, but they still managed to find a way to win.

Carson Wetsch found out he was the new captain of the Kelowna Rockets in a way he'll never forget. Standing inside the dressing room surrounded by teammates, the 19-year-old forward looked up at a video screen and saw two familiar faces. His mom and dad appeared on Zoom, smiling. Then came the news. Their son had been ...

Kelowna Rockets Media Release: The Kelowna Rockets announced today that forward Tij Iginla has been reassigned from the Utah Mammoth (NHL) and will rejoin the Rockets later this week. Iginla, 19, attended Utah's main training camp after being selected 6th overall in the 2024 NHL Draft. The Lake Country, BC product app...

Mazden Leslie is one of the new faces on the Kelowna Rockets roster this year, but he's not exactly a stranger to fans around the league. The 20-year-old defenseman is entering his fifth and final WHL season after spending four years with the Vancouver Giants. This summer, Leslie's career took a sharp turn when he was ...

The WHL Commissioner will be back in Kelowna in May for the Memorial Cup, but Dan Near didn't hesitate to be in the Okanagan last weekend. First, it was Penticton's long-anticipated WHL home opener, then a night later, a trip up the highway to watch the Vees face their brand-new arch rival, the Kelowna Rockets. "I...

The Kelowna Rockets couldn't have asked for a better start from Tomas Poletin. The 18-year-old Czech forward, taken first overall in the CHL Import Draft, made his WHL debut last Friday in Penticton and scored twice, including an eye-popping individual effort in a 5-4 win over the expansion Vees. Saturday night at Pros...

Rivalries don't just happen overnight. They take years of games, moments, and emotions to build. But when two hockey towns just 62 kilometres apart finally meet at the major junior level, history has a way of catching up fast. Friday night in Penticton, the Vees officially entered the Western Hockey League, hosting the...

Despite going scoreless in the opening period of their first three games, the Kelowna Rockets are off to a strong start this season.

Gabriel Guilbault, a defenseman entering his second season with the Kelowna Rockets, has found an unusual outlet for a junior hockey player. His billet family has made it part of his development, encouraging him to learn life skills alongside hockey. "Once a week, our billet's challenge is to cook a meal for every...

For Kalder Varga, year two in the Western Hockey League is more than just another step in his development. It is his NHL Draft season, when every shift is tracked and every statistic is analyzed. For many 17-year-olds, that spotlight can feel overwhelming. Varga admits there is pressure, but he is focused on something ...

When Daniel Pekar laced up his skates last winter during a brief stint in Czechia's pro league, he found himself staring across the red line at a legend. Jaromir Jagr, who played 1,733 NHL games and once scored over 60 goals in a season, was still suiting up at age 53. For Pekar, then just 18, it was one of those momen...

The Spokane Chiefs spoiled opening night at Prospera Place, routing the Kelowna Rockets 8-2 on Friday. The visitors jumped out to a 4-0 lead in the first period and never looked back, taking advantage of a series of early Kelowna mistakes. "Coming out and getting behind like that with the way we did with turning t...

The Spokane Chiefs, billed as one of the nation's top teams, lived up to the hype Friday night with a convincing road win.