The Kelowna Rockets and Saskatoon Blades pulled off a headline-grabbing trade today. The Blades sent Chicago Blackhawks prospect Colton Dach to the Rockets for centre Trevor Wong. The Rockets have acquired @NHLBlackhawks prospect Colton Dach from @BladesHockey in exchange for centre Trevor Wong. Details➡️ https://t.co/M2poSUGqky#blackhawks pic.twitter.com/0QVYgluT4D — Kelowna Rockets (@Kelowna_Rockets) […]
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Looking back at the Kelowna Rockets last five drafts
We continue our look at the B.C. Division draft history with the Kelowna Rockets. The Rockets finished the 2020-21 season 10-5-1, good enough for third place in the B.C. Division. This season the Rockets do not have a first or a second-round pick in the WHL Prospects Draft. Their […]
Fiddler departs Rockets
The Kelowna Rockets coaching staff took a hit on Tuesday morning as assistant coach Vernon Fiddler resigned to spend more time with his family. The 41-year-old product of Edmonton, AB was named a Rockets assistant coach on July 3, 2019, after serving as an organizational coach with the Dallas and […]
Tale of the Tape Tuesdays (Thursday Edition)
(Volume 8) We’re back after a couple of personally imposed “bye-weeks” with an abbreviated version here, some Western Hockey League news and notes from recent days and yesteryear. Proceed with caution. 1. It was nice to watch, even if it was from a distance, as the Medicine Hat Tigers […]
Report: WHL 2021-22 season start date pushed back
On March 26, 2021, WHL Chairman of the Board Bruce Hamilton, appeared on the Scott Rintoul show on Sportsnet 650. Among the topics discussed by Hamilton and Rintoul were the WHL BC Division and the challenges in getting the hub season off the ground. The main topic of interest for […]
Tale of the Tape Tuesdays (Vol. 5)
MEDICINE HAT – It was an off week for the Medicine Hat Tigers, but that doesn’t mean the group has been in hibernation. However, in some ways, it felt like a “good-bye” week – a little quiet in the Gas City. But of course, things are humming in Saskatchewan […]
Rockets just rollin’ with the punches
Considering how many long days Western Hockey League general managers have spent trying to figure how to get their teams back on the ice, perhaps it’s ironic DUBNetwork spoke with Bruce Hamilton of the Kelowna Rockets on the shortest day of the year.
Rockets gearing up for WHL opening night
PRESS RELEASE (KELOWNA, BC) With the announcement from the Western Hockey League Board of Governors on October 14, pegging Friday, January 8, 2021 as opening night for the WHL Regular Season, Kelowna Rockets President and General Manager Bruce Hamilton offered his thoughts in a release from the organization. It’s […]
Q&A with Bruce Hamilton, Kelowna Rockets
It is very unlikely the Western Hockey League begins play in early October. Indeed, the COVID-19 pandemic continues to rear its ugly head across North America, tossing curve balls at just about any and all form of group gathering. While the days of enjoying live sporting events are firmly […]
It is what it is. Isn’t it?
It wasn’t supposed to end this way. Not for the Kelowna Rockets. Not for the Western Hockey League. Not for DUBNetwork. Not for me. Last week, as we arrived at the end of the 2020 Memorial Cup round-robin schedule – a May 26 tilt between the host Rockets and […]