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WHL News

Bantam Rockets return with medals

Bantam Rockets return with medals

Mar 6, 2013 / 12:00 pm

Kelowna’s Bantam Boys hockey team brought home the silver medals after finishing second at the International Children’s Winter Games whioch...

Rockets under the gun as playoffs near

Rockets under the gun as playoffs near

Mar 6, 2013 / 10:00 am

It's one of those scenarios where looks can be deceiving for fans of the Kelowna Rockets. While the Rockets grip atop the BC Division of the Western Hockey...

Rockets lay egg in Kamloops

Mar 3, 2013 / 9:29 pm

JC Lipon scored three times and Cole Cheveldave blocked all 25 shots he faced as the Kamloops Blazers blanked the visiting Kelowna Rockets 3-0 Sunday night....

Rockets sleepwalk past flightless birds

Rockets sleepwalk past flightless birds

Feb 28, 2013 / 10:00 pm

A masterpiece it certainly was not. In fact, if Thursday's Rockets/T-Birds WHL tilt were a painting it would be closer to a dime-store knockoff than a...

Rockets feast on capital cooking

Feb 23, 2013 / 9:48 pm

The goal starved Kelowna Rockets found a cure in the porous Victoria Royals defence. After scoring just 14 goals in their previous seven games, the Rockets...

Rockets rebound, beat up on Royals

Feb 22, 2013 / 10:00 pm

The Kelowna Rockets beat up the Victoria Royals on the scoreboard while the two teams tried to do the same to each other on the ice. The Rockets got goals from...

Rockets lose Wheaton, Rigby for season

Rockets lose Wheaton, Rigby for season

Feb 18, 2013 / 2:14 pm

The Kelowna Rockets depth will be tested for the balance of the season. The Rockets announced Monday both forward Carter Rigby and defenceman Mitchell Wheaton...

Reeling Rockets watch lead slip away

Reeling Rockets watch lead slip away

Feb 16, 2013 / 10:00 pm

What looked like a Kelowna Rockets coronation just a week ago is now anything but. The Rockets lead atop the BC Division of the Western Hockey League has...

Blazers double Rockets, tighten race

Feb 15, 2013 / 9:51 pm

The race for top spot in the BC Division of the Western Hockey League is officially on. The Blazers moved to within five points of division leading Kelowna...

Power-play powers Rockets past Tips

Power-play powers Rockets past Tips

Feb 14, 2013 / 10:25 pm

The Kelowna Rockets scored three times on the power-play in a convincing 4-1 victory over the visiting Everett Silvertips Thursday before 5,000 fans at Prospera...

Rockets salvage forgettable weekend

Feb 10, 2013 / 9:00 pm

The Kelowna Rockets managed to salvage something from an otherwise forgettable weekend. The Rockets scored three times in less than four minutes Sunday and...

Rockets record run ends at 23

Rockets record run ends at 23

Feb 8, 2013 / 10:00 pm

More often than not in sports big games never live up to their hype. Friday night's heavyweight tilt between the Kelowna Rockets and Portland Winterhawks...

Rockets Hawks, just another game

Rockets Hawks, just another game

Feb 8, 2013 / 5:00 am

You would expect nothing less from Ryan Huska. The head coach of the Kelowna Rockets never gets too high after a win, never gets too low after a loss and...

Chief take big bite out of Rockets

Feb 6, 2013 / 9:45 pm

The Kelowna Rockets may have been guilty of looking ahead instead of at the task at hand. Riley Whittingham and Mitch Holmberg scored a minute 22 seconds apart...

Rockets record run reaches 22

Rockets record run reaches 22

Jan 31, 2013 / 10:00 pm

The Victoria Royals came into Kelowna one of the hottest teams in the Western Hockey League. They leave anything but. The Royals, winners of seven of eight...

Rockets hang on to #4 ranking

Rockets hang on to #4 ranking

Jan 31, 2013 / 5:00 am

The Kelowna Rockets remain the fourth ranked team in Canadian Major Junior Hockey. The Rockets, who earned seven of a possible eight points during a gruelling...

Blazers eke past Rockets in OT

Jan 28, 2013 / 10:00 pm

The Kelowna Rockets squandered a pair of two goal third period leads Monday falling 6-5 in overtime to the Kamloops Blazers. Trailing 5-3 with less than eight...

Nomadic Rockets tough to beat

Nomadic Rockets tough to beat

Jan 26, 2013 / 10:00 pm

Three games, three nights, 1,000 kilometers on the bus - no problem for the Kelowna Rockets. The Rockets wrapped up a three game weekend Saturday night with a...

Rockets squeak out win in overtime

Jan 25, 2013 / 10:09 pm

The Kelowna Rockets needed to play more than 60 minutes in order to earn a sweep of their home-and-home set with the Seattle Thunderbirds. Just 24 hours after...

Rockets steamroll T-Birds

Rockets steamroll T-Birds

Jan 24, 2013 / 10:00 pm

What do you do for an encore the game after registering a hat trick? If you're Carter Rigby, put up a five point night. Rigby netted his second...

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