The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League is pleased to announce its Team of the Week for the period ending Dec.21. Forwards Hayden Iron Shirt – Golden Rockets After setting up the game-winning goal in a 3-1 victory over the Kimberley Dynamiters, the Lethbridge native erupted for a hat trick—including the winner—and five points in a […]
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League is pleased to announce its Team of the Week for the period ending Dec.14. Forwards Jackson Roberts – Golden Rockets The Cranbrook native recorded four goals and seven points in two games. He was a huge factor in their hard-fought battle against the Chase Heat with a hat-trick […]
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) has named Golden Rockets forward Dawson Butler its Rookie of the Week for the period ending Dec. 7. In two games, the Fort McMurray, Alta., product recorded two goals and three assists. He had a goal and an assist in a 5–4 shootout win over the Fernie Ghostriders, […]
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League is pleased to announce its Team of the Week for the period ending Nov. 30. Forwards Spencer Bates – Quesnel River Rush The Airdrie, Alta., native provided all their offence in a 5-4 overtime loss to the Sicamous Eagles – putting up two goals and two assists. In […]
A good test for the Golden Rockets last weekend, as they hosted a pair of home games against Eddie Mountain Divisional rivals. And in the end, the local stars came away with three out of a possible four points. Friday evening against Fernie, the first period saw a close-checking affair with little room to manoeuvre […]
“Bryton’s obviously been playing pretty well. He’s been contributing offensively for us, and it’s been great to have,” says Colin Minardi, Princeton Posse head coach-general manager. “It’s been great to also watch as a bit of a fan too — some of the things that he can do are impressive.” In 12 games, Morrow has […]
The Golden Rockets had one road and one home game last weekend, where the high-intensity action was prevalent against a couple of powerful squads. Despite skating stride-for-stride with the opposition for much of the way, the offensive attack sputtered at times, and the Rockets came out on the short end of both games. Friday night […]
Just a single game for the Golden Rockets over the past weekend, as the club journeyed south for a late Sunday afternoon matchup with the Fernie Ghostriders. From the initial face-off, Golden pounced on their divisional rivals, outshooting Fernie by a wide margin in the opening frame, moving into a solid 3-0 lead. Jackson Gair got things […]
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) is pleased to announce its first Power Rankings for the 2025-26 season. The Kelowna Chiefs are off to an excellent start under new head coach-general manager Rylan Ferster. They remain the lone KIJHL team that is undefeated in regulation time. Over the weekend, they swept a three-game road […]
Although the lengthy three-game road trip into Central BC last weekend did not go quite as planned, the Rockets did manage to salvage a solid win in the final contest against the Doug Birks Divisional squads. After a long and winding highway brought the KickingHorse stars to Quesnel for the opening game Friday evening, one […]
