Friday, January 21st, 2022 Creston 6 Rockets 3 The return match Friday night between the Rockets and ThunderCats started out as a carbon-copy of Thursday night’s game. Just seconds after the initial puck drop at centre-ice, Golden found themselves taking a penalty at the :31 second mark. Despite having pressure from the […]
Thursday, January 20th, 2022 Creston 3 Rockets 2 The first of a two-game set with the ThunderCats at the Plywood Palace last night started out a bit dubious, as the Rockets took a hooking penalty just :46 seconds into the game. But a good penalty-kill kept things scoreless. The Rockets […]
Halfway through the month of January and the Rockets find themselves very, very busy over the new little while. With a little over two weeks left in the month, the club has no less than nine regular season games before finishing off the regular season schedule in February. The Rockets will be heading […]
A pair of weekend losses (one at home and one on the road) for the Rockets on this weekend, as they continue to strive to gain ground in the Eddie Mountain Division standings. The club has shown lots of spark in recent games, however the team still looks towards a greater finishing touch […]
Tuesday, January 4th, 2022 Kimberley 6 Rockets 0 For the third time this season the Dynamiters, behind strong netminding, shutdown the Rockets offensive attack. Again, without sounding too dramatic about the final score, the Rockets played Kimberley very close for much of the contest. The first two periods were a ‘toss-up’; […]
An early Christmas treat for valley hockey fans with a home-and-home, two-game series between the Rockets and the Rockies. Going into the last few games before the break, Columbia Valley holds down first-place in the tough Eddie Mountain Division, while Golden is staying in the thick of the playoff race with games-in-hand over […]
Tuesday, December 7th, 2021 Kimberley 3 Rockets 2 Rockets were back on the road in Kimberley Tuesday evening for the second of three consecutive games against the rival Dynamiters. The Nitros were looking to gain ground in the standings on first place Columbia Valley, while the Golden stars were striving to keep pace […]
Saturday, December 4th, 2021 Kimberley 7 Rockets 0 Saturday night at the Plywood Palace saw the Kimberley Dynamiters come to town for the second time this season. This weekend’s game is the first in a trio of consecutive games the two clubs will play against each other within the next seven days. In late October, […]
Saturday, November 27th, 2021 Columbia Valley 4 Rockets 1 Chapter Two in the 2021-22 KIJHL Golden-Invermere rivalry saw the Rockets journey to the Eddie Mountain Memorial Arena to tangle with the first-place Columbia Valley Rockies. Earlier in the season (on Oct.5th), Golden prevailed on home-ice with a 4-2 win […]
Friday, November 26th, 2021 Creston 3 Rockets 2 Friday night in Golden saw a key Eddie Mountain Divisional game, as the Creston ThunderCats made their first visit to the Plywood Palace, where they prevailed on the scoreboard, edging out the Rockets 3-2. ThunderCats came out skating hard directly from […]
