The Golden Junior Rockets Hockey Club sends a hearty welcome to all Golden Fans To The 2023-24 Season! A hearty welcome to all Kicking Horse Country sports fans, at the start of what promises to be another exciting season of Golden Rockets hockey. KIJHL action launches in a big way for the local stars, with […]
Friday, Feb.24th, 2023 Kimberley 4 Rockets 0 Game 5 of the opening round of the divisional playoffs came down to a ‘must win’ situation for the Rockets, as they travelled south to Kimberley. Yet another highly-entertaining, fast-paced contest saw the Nitros take full advantage of home-ice, rolling to a 4-0 win and securing […]
The visiting Kimberley Dynamiters rode into town this week to continue the exciting series with the hometown Rockets in Games 3 & 4 of the opening round of playoffs. The first pair of contests in the southern centre were split, and both teams were looking to gain an advantage as the play […]
These two evenly-matched clubs hit the Kimberley ice last Friday and Saturday, to kickoff the 2022-23 KIJHL post-season playdowns. The Rockets were looking to come away with at least a split in games, and take away home-ice advantage from the Nitros. In the seven regular season meetings between these teams […]
Triple-header of action. Let’s get started…………… Friday, Feb.3rd, 2023 Rockets 3 Beaver Valley 2 As the end of the regular season schedule draws closer, the first game of a big 3-game weekend on home-ice for the Rockets was a fast-paced, exciting contest that went right down to the wire. […]
Tuesday night at the Plywood Palace saw yet another exciting chapter written in the valley sports-rivalry between Golden and Invermere, as the two clubs met head-on in a wide-open offensive affair. When the smoke finally cleared, the hometown crowd were treated to another great Rocket comeback in an 8-6 decision. Tuesday, Jan.31st, 2023 […]
For the 7th time this season, the Golden Rockets have split a two-game weekend (this time on the road), just “edged-out” by Nelson Friday and just “edging-by” Castlegar Saturday. Friday, Jan.27th, 2023 Nelson 6 Rockets 5 A gallant comeback for the Rockets in this one, which fell just a bit short. […]
Tuesday, Jan.24th, 2023 Columbia Valley 9 Rockets 2 The Rockets made the journey to the Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena in Invermere to tangle with the division-leading Rockies and, from the opening face-off to the final horn, the hosts were relentless in their offensive attack, rolling to a convincing win. Columbia Valley drastically […]
Saturday, Jan.21st, 2023 Rockets 2 Kimberley 1 To say this season’s five previous contests between the Golden Rockets and Kimberley Dynamiters have been close and exciting, would be a huge understatement. To date, the largest margin of victory is a 3-0 Rockets’ shutout win last November. The last three games between these clubs […]
Tuesday, Jan.17th, 2023 Rockets 4 Creston 3 Mid-January, and still every club in the tough Eddie Mountain Division is above the .500 mark in win percentage. Quite a feat, and a great indication of the high-calibre play on the ice. With only a scant three weeks to go in the […]
