The Kamloops Blazers may have been the prescription the Kelowna Rockets needed this past weekend. The Rockets limped into a home-and-home set with the Blazers in a tail spin; a five-game losing streak that allowed the Victoria Royals a glimmer of hope in the race for first place in the […]
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Rockets deal final punch to Blazers playoff hopes
The Kelowna Rockets were in Kamloops on Friday night looking to inch closer to clinching the BC Division. Meanwhile the Blazers were in need of at least a single point, and a Seattle loss, to keep what little playoff hopes they had alive. Just over five minutes into the game […]
Rockets win nail-biter against Blazers
The Kamloops Blazers waltzed into Prospera Place last night for its sixth meeting of the year with the Kelowna Rockets. Despite going 0-5 so far this season, the upstart visitors gave the hosts everything they could handle. The Rockets, which lead the B.C. Division with a 38-18-4-2 record, scored twice […]
Rockets earn another one-goal victory
The Seattle Thunderbirds battled their way into the snow bound Okanagan Valley, victims of a wonky bus, then forced the Kelowna Rockets to dig deep for an edgy one-goal victory on Friday night. Each of the combatants had plenty to play for in their fourth and final meeting of the […]
Rockets hang on to defeat Cougars
What looked early on to be an absolute blowout became another tight, one-goal game at Prospera Place as the Kelowna Rockets hung on for a 6-5 win over the Prince George Cougars. By the time many of the 4,349 fans who braved the frigid Okanagan Valley temperatures settled into their […]
WHL recap: Raiders defense comes through; Silvertips escape with OT win in Kent; Rockets hold off Blazers
Prince Albert 5 Brandon 2 The blue line for the Prince Albert Raiders (23-23-9-2) is not necessarily known for producing a ton of offense. There are no d-men in the top-six in scoring for the team. They stepped up to provide some key offensive plays on Friday night at the […]
Rockets edge Royals in first-place showdown
The Kelowna Rockets got what they needed on Monday afternoon against the Victoria Royals; a hard-fought 5-4 victory that enabled the home side to leap frog back into the top spot in the B.C. Division standings. However, the Rockets also got plenty of what they don’t need at this point […]
Rockets defeat Tigers 5-2
The Kelowna Rockets took care of business on Tuesday night at Prospera Place, dispatching the Medicine Hat Tigers by a 5-2 count in front of 4,373 fans. The Rockets knocked off the Central Division leaders for the second time in five nights, on the heels of a 4-3 overtime victory […]
Rockets flush Royals in battle for first place
When the Kelowna Rockets and the Victoria Royals presented their starting lineups for an important B.C. Division game at Prospera Place, there appeared to be one significant mismatch. The Rockets pegged 15-year-old Cole Tisdale to start in goal. James Porter and Roman Basran are currently sidelined with injuries, and 19-year-old […]
Rockets edge feisty Hurricanes
When the Lethbridge Hurricanes last blew into Prospera Place in the Okanagan Valley, the host Kelowna Rockets dispatched the visitors by a 7-4 count in November. This time around, the Hurricanes arrived following a roster overhaul, primarily due to Western Hockey League trade deadline deals that have changed the nucleus […]
