WHL News
Bantam Rockets return with medals
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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...