Patrick Dea earns 39-save shutout Morgan Geekie and Michael Rasmussen scored two goals apiece to pace the Tri City Americans to a 5-0 romp over the Kelowna Rockets in game one of its first-round playoff series Amerks goaltender Patrick Dea, 20, faced 39 shots on the evening – 30 during […]
Author: Glen Erickson
WHL Playoff Previews: Kelowna Rockets vs Tri-City Americans
Season Series: Kelowna 2-1-1-0 Tri-City 2-1-1-0 October 17th, 2017 / KEL 1 at TC 2 October 27th, 2017 / TC 3 at KEL 4 OT November 1st, 2017 / KEL 3 at TC 4 OT January 3rd, 2018 / TC 4 at KEL 5 Leading Scorers season series: Kelowna: Carson […]
Rockets blast Giants in regular season finale
A St. Patrick’s Day Pummeling in Kelowna On the Western Hockey League schedule’s penultimate night of the regular season, the Kelowna Rockets played host to the Vancouver Giants in a game that meant absolutely nothing in the standings. In fact, the two teams met the previous evening in Langley on […]
Rockets dispatch Cougars; clinch B.C. Division title
The Kelowna Rockets clinched first place in the B.C. Division with a 6-3 win at Prospera Place over the Prince George Cougars. The Cougars, who will miss the post-season, led 2-1 heading into the third period, but a monumental implosion enabled the Rockets to score five straight goals for the […]
Rockets blank Blazers; inch closer to division title
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 […]
Giants deal Rockets fifth straight loss
It’s five in row and counting now for the Kelowna Rockets. That is, five losses in a row. The downward spiral continues and collectively, the group seems to be…ahem…at a loss to figure things out. When Tyler Benson scored at 3:56 of the overtime period, the Vancouver Giants completed a […]
Chiefs double up on Rockets; Win 5th in a row
The Spokane Chiefs continued their winning ways on the road Saturday night, dispatching the Kelowna Rockets at Prospera Place by a 4-2 count. It was a big night for 20-year-old forward Hudson Elynuik, who scored three times and added an assist for a four-point night. The Chiefs, with former Rockets […]
Silvertips win! Rockets drop third straight
When the Kelowna Rockets hit the road last week for a pair of games in Prince George and one in Everett, the three-game stint provided a perfect opportunity for the team to answer a few lingering questions. However, the Rockets have limped back to Kelowna with perhaps even more questions […]
Rockets Science
Rockets stumble into March The Kelowna Rockets might be happy to wave goodbye to the busiest portion of its Western Hockey League schedule – a 27-game run between January 3 and the end of February. All told, the Rockets have compiled a 38-20-4-2 record, good for 82 points and first […]
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 […]