While it looked rather bleak early on for the Kelowna Rockets against the Central Division leading Medicine Hat Tigers at the Canalta Centre, the determined visitors would ultimately find a way to claw back for 4-3 overtime. It has been commonplace this season for the Rockets to use early starts […]
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B.C. Division Update
The month of January is coming to an end and three of five B.C. Division teams find themselves with a mini-break as each team is off until the weekend. The Kelowna Rockets and Vancouver Giants will each play a weekday game, the Rockets in Lethbridge against the Hurricanes and the […]
Draft Profile: Kyle Topping, Kelowna Rockets
When one gives the Kelowna Rockets roster a thorough glance, it is easy to notice a few of the Western Hockey League’s elite players. Dillon Dube: Calgary Flames second round pick in 2016. Cal Foote: Tampa Bay Lightning first round pick in 2017. Kole Lind: Vancouver Canucks second round pick in 2017. […]
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 […]
WHL recap: Volcan sparks Thunderbirds; Hurricanes and Oil Kings nab victories
Edmonton 5 Kootenay 1 The young Kootenay ICE (20-23-3-0) could be forgiven for overlooking the visiting Edmonton Oil Kings (13-26-4-2) on Friday night. They had just pulled out an exciting win on the road over the division-leading Medicine Hat Tigers and were about to have three straight games against teams […]
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 […]
Points Per Game
As of January 16/18 here are the WHL players who are averaging at least 1 point per game this season. Name Team GP G A PTS PTS/G 1 Heponiemi, Aleksi SC 32 21 58 79 2.47 2 Steenbergen, Tyler SC 29 35 30 65 2.24 3 Burke, Brayden MJ […]
WHL 3-on-3 Overtime & Shootout History
3-on-3 overtime was implemented into the WHL in the 2015-16 season. 2017-18 marks the 13th season the WHL has used the shootout format. As of January 16/18 there has been 902 shootouts in WHL history. The first year there were 94 shootouts, the most in one season. Before switching […]
Surging Giants edge Rockets
Given the five-year history between the Kelowna Rockets and Vancouver Giants, a period dominated by Kelowna in the win column, it might be hard to fathom tonight’s tilt at the Langley Events Centre could have been promoted as a battle for first place in the B.C. Division. Sure, the Giants […]
WHL recap: Broncos spoil guaranteed win night, Pats, Chiefs, Wheat Kings and Rockets win in Friday night action
Swift Current @Prince Albert The Swift Current Broncos (29-10-3-0) made their way to Prince Albert (15-18-6-2) to take on the Raiders. Guaranteed win night for the Raiders did not get off to a good start as it was the powerful Broncos putting a couple of pucks past starting netminder Ian […]