Carsen Twarynski couldn’t have felt too happy about the proceedings after 20 minutes of play at Prospera Place, with his Kelowna Rockets down 2-1 at the intermission. The 20-year-old forward who has been on a tear of late, found himself in the penalty box twice late in the frame. On […]
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At the Quarter Pole: B.C. Division
Western Hockey League teams have pretty much all arrived at the 18-game mark, the “Quarter Pole” if you will. The current five-day break in the schedule for the annual CIBC Canada/Russia Series comes as a very welcome respite for all. Regular season play starts up again this weekend with at […]
WHL recap: Tigers tame Thunderbirds in OT; Wheat Kings, Warriors, Giants and Royals emerge victorious
Brandon 2 Kootenay 0 Logan Thompson and the Brandon Wheat Kings (10-6-0-1) had some excuses for dropping a 4-2 game to the Kootenay ICE (8-9-1-0) on Friday night. They were missing four defenseman and saw many penalties put their d-men present away in the penalty box. Instead of letting this […]
WHL recap: ICE double up Wheat Kings; Raiders, Blazers, Rockets and Silvertips emerge victorious as well
Kootenay 4 @Brandon 2 The Brandon Wheat Kings (9-6-0-1) were a very short-handed team on the back end coming into Friday night’s tilt with the visiting Kootenay ICE (8-8-1-0). With blue liners Daniel Bukac, Garrett Sambrook and James Shearer all out due to lower body injuries and 16-year-old Braden Schneider […]
Americans remain perfect on home ice; down Rockets 4-3 in OT
Kennewick, Wa. The Tri-City Americans (10-4-2-0, 22pts.) and the Kelowna Rockets (7-5-2-1, 17pts.) have become very familiar with each other recently. The two teams have matched up against each other three times in the past fifteen days. The home team won the first two meetings with Tri-City winning 2-1 October […]
Rockets extra effort rewarded against Americans
Thankfully for the Kelowna Rockets, the bad luck on Fridays in October at Prospera Place came to an end with a 4-3 overtime decision over the Tri City Americans. The Rockets played home games on the last three Fridays this month, losing the first two before the win over the Americans. […]
Winterhawks earn hard fought victory in Kelowna
Last weekend, the Kelowna Rockets and Portland Winterhawks combined for 19 goals in a pair of games in Oregon. However, on Friday night at Prospera Place, where there may have been some expectation of fireworks, the teams buckled down and played an entertaining, low-scoring match. For Kelowna, the 3-1 loss […]
Rockets Science
Ten games into the Western Hockey league schedule and the Kelowna Rockets sit precariously in second place in the BC Division with a record of 4-4-1-1, two points ahead of both the Prince George Cougars and Vancouver Giants. Following the Rockets home ice loss to the Calgary Hitmen last Friday […]
Americans ground Rockets in defensive battle
Kennewick, Wa. The Tri-City Americans (6-4-0-0) returned home Tuesday night to face the Kelowna Rockets (4-4-1-1) after an early season five-game road trip. The Americans went 3-2 on that trip including come-from-behind victories in all three of their wins. However, recent history has not been kind when the Americans have […]
Hitmen steal one in Kelowna
Another home game in Kelowna, another loss for the Kelowna Rockets. The not-so-friendly confines of Prospera Place became the scene of a Calgary Hitmen victory Friday night, a decision the Rockets would dearly have loved to reverse. “It would have been nice to leave here tonight with a win,” said […]
