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Kelowna Rockets and Vancouver Giants renew acquaintances this weekend
Seems the Kelowna Rockets and Vancouver Giants can't get enough of each other these days. Fresh off splitting a home-and-home series last weekend, the clubs...
Kelowna Rocket forward Andrew Cristall will miss this week's Top Prospects game
An injury will keep Kelowna Rockets forward Andrew Cristall out of this week's Top Prospects game in Langley. Cristall, listed as day-to-day on the injury...
Rockets fall to 2-11 since Christmas following lacklustre loss to Victoria
The Kelowna Rockets continue to tumble down the Western Conference standings. Sunday, the Rockets saw their post-Christmas record fall to 2-11 in an uninspiring...
Rockets dropped their eighth in nine games at home Saturday
Turnovers. They're great after dinner but not so much on the giving end of a hockey game. The Vancouver Giants scored three times directly off Rockets'...
Stankoven nets hat trick as Blazers come back to beat Americans in OT
Logan Stankoven’s hat trick goal in overtime capped a wild comeback Saturday at Sandman Centre as the Kamloops Blazers beat the Tri-City Americans 6-5....
Rockets snap four game skid with important win over Vancouver Giants
The Kelowna Rockets snapped a four game losing streak and, in the process kept the surging Victoria Royals at bay. Carson Golder scored twice in his return to...
Blazers give up seven unanswered, lose 8-2 to Americans
The Kamloops Blazers surrendered seven unanswered goals in the final two periods on Friday at Sandman Centre en route to a lopsided 8-2 loss to the Tri-City...
Czechia forward named new Rocket captain
Gabriel Szturc is the new captain of the Kelowna Rockets Szturc replaces Colton Dach, who was dealt to the Seattle Thunderbirds earlier this month. The...
Kelowna Rockets grasp on the final Western Conference playoff spot has shrunk to a single point
There's still two-and-a-half months and 29 games left in the Western Hockey League's regular season. But, the Kelowna Rockets who are treading water at...
Hofer scores twice as Blazers earn convincing win over cellar-dwelling Chiefs
Ryan Hofer scored twice and Logan Stankoven had three assists Saturday, pacing the Kamloops Blazers in a 5-2 win over the Spokane Chiefs in front of a sellout...
Kelowna Rockets were shut out for the second straight game
Whether it's gripping the sticks too tight, a lack of confidence, none of those or all the above, the Kelowna Rockets are finding it tough to score goals of...
Newcomers Zellweger, Hofer help out in 6-3 Blazers win over 'Tips
Olen Zellweger and Ryan Hofer both scored goals against their former team Friday as the Kamloops Blazers quelled an Everett Silvertips comeback en route to a...
Three members of the Kelowna Rockets are among those listed in the latest NHL Central Scouting rankings
Three members of the Kelowna Rockets could hear their names called from the NHL draft floor in Nashville, Tenn. next June Forwards Andrew Cristall and Gabriel...
Top line combines for 11 points as Blazers double up on Giants
The Kamloops Blazers top line combined for 11 points on Wednesday at Sandman Centre in a 6-3 win over the Vancouver Giants. Caedan Bankier, Logan Stankoven,...
Kelowna defenceman Noah Dorey has been removed from the team's active roster
Noah Dorey's days as a Kelowna Rocket are over. The 19-year-old defenceman has been removed from the team's active roster. In a statement released...
Ty Young stopped all 30 shots he faced leading the Cougars past the Rockets 3-0
A total disconnect. That's how Kelowna Rockets head coach Kris Mallette described his team following a lacklustre 3-0 home ice loss to the Prince George...
Kelowna Rockets get a player and two picks in a deal with the Brandon Wheat Kings
UPDATE 2:30 p.m. The Western Hockey League trade deadline has come and gone with no significant activity near the 2 p.m. Pacific time cutoff. The Kelowna...
Kelowna Rockets deal defenceman Jackson Romeril to Tri-City
The Kelowna Rockets have alleviated the logjam on the blueline. Faced with a surplus of defenceman after acquiring Ethan Mittlesteadt in the Colton Dach deal...
Kelowna Rockets prospect featured in WHL 'Road to the Draft' documentary
Andrew Cristall will take centre stage in a six-part series featuring Western Hockey League players on the road to the NHL draft. The Kelowna Rockets forward,...
Blazers acquire Olen Zellweger, Ryan Hofer in WHL blockbuster
The Kamloops Blazers have announced a big trade on Sunday night. The Blazers have acquired 19-year-old defenceman Olen Zellweger and 20-year-old forward Ryan...