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Rockets score come from behind win
The start of the Kelowna Rockets home opener was delayed nearly 15 minutes. The Rockets themselves waited another 30 minutes before they got rolling. Kelowna...
Power-play fuels Rockets
The Kelowna Rockets scored four times with the man advantage Friday in registering their first win of the young WHL season, beating the Kamloops Blazers 6-2....
Rockets seek first win
The Kelowna Rockets look for their first win of the young Western Hockey League season Friday night when they head into Kamloops to take on the Blazers. It's...
Lazaruk excited about Rockets
The Kelowna Rockets like what they have --- Kris Lazaruk likes what he sees. Together, the two hope the 20-year-old net minder is a major contributor in a long...
Rockets open 0-2
Kelowna Rockets would rather forget their season opening road trip through the U.S. Division. Just 24 hours after losing their season opener in Tri-City, the...
Rockets thin going into opener
The Kelowna Rockets will be short on defensive experience when they roll into Tri-Cities to open the Western Hockey League season Saturday. The Rockets will be...
Rockets delay naming captains
The Kelowna Rockets will head into the Western Hockey League season without a permanent set of captains. Rockets head coach Ryan Huska says with so many key...
Rockets end pre season with loss
Any similarity between the line-up the Kelowna Rockets iced Saturday and the one which is expected to start the regular season is purely coincidental. The...
Rockets seventh in CJHL rankings
Polls usually don't mean much. Especially when they are pre-season polls, published before any meaningful games are played. Despite this, Bruce Hamilton and the...
Rockets ready for pre-season
The exhibition season couldn't have come quick enough for the Kelowna Rockets. While 17 of the league's 22 teams have already seen pre-season action, the...
Rockets release schedule
The Kelowna Rockets are pleased to announce their 2008-2009 regular season schedule. The Rockets will open up with three games on the road beginning Saturday,...
Rockets busy during import draft
The Kelowna Rockets were busy during Thursday's Canadian Hockey League import draft. Rockets General Manager, Bruce Hamilton swung a pair of deals Thursday,...
Rockets get offensive in WHL draft
Kelowna Rockets General Manager, Bruce Hamilton, played the role of wheeler/dealer at Thursday's Western Hockey League Bantam Draft in Calgary. Holding the 10th...
Rockets move up in draft rating
With the NHL entry draft still two months away, two members of the Kelowna Rockets have seen their stock rise. Defencemen Tyler Myers and Luke Schenn both moved...
T-Birds eliminate Rockets
Lindsay Nielsen scored shorthanded and the Kelowna Rockets failed to score on numerous power-play chances as the Seattle Thunderbirds ended the Rockets season...
Rockets force game seven
Kelowna Rockets, desperate for a win to keep their season alive, played like a desperate team against the Seattle Thunderbirds Saturday at Prospera Place. The...
Rockets facing elimination
The Kelowna Rockets will be fighting for their playoff lives Saturday as they entertain the Seattle Thunderbirds in game six of their best-of-seven WHL Western...
T-Birds edge Rockets in OT
It's deja vu all over again for the Kelowna Rockets and Seattle Thunderbirds. After losing the opening two games of their best-of-seven series at home, the...
Rockets sweep first two on the road
The Kelowna Rockets got better than a split from their opening two playoff games in Seattle. The Rockets won the opening two games in their best-of-seven WHL...
Rockets edge T-Birds, take game one
The Kelowna Rockets did something Friday they weren't able to do all season long, beat the Seattle Thunderbirds in regulation time. The Rockets got two goals...