This week’s KIJHL Notebook provides an update on what the Princeton Posse have been doing, and on how teams are doing, while highlighting specific players and how they are performing in certain areas. Bill Ohlhausen Division The Osoyoos Coyotes have nine wins in 13 games and are tied for first in the division […]
Friday, November 12th, 2021 Rockets 6 Beaver Valley 3 A measure of revenge from the previous Saturday for the Rockets in this game. Rebounding from a November 5th overtime loss to the NiteHawks at the Plywood Palace, the local stars put together a strong and balanced performance, particularly in the second […]
Saturday, November 6th, 2021 Kimberley 3 Rockets 2 Ten games into the 2021-22 season and, despite coming out on the short end of several one-goal games to date, the Rockets find themselves solidly in the hunt for positioning in the tough Eddie Mountain Division. Saturday’s game in Kimberley proved to be yet […]
Friday, November 5th, 2021 Beaver Valley 5 Rockets 4 (OT) A good test for the Rockets came on this Friday night before the hometown faithful, as they matched skills against the visiting Beaver Valley NiteHawks. Beaver Valley currently sits atop the standings in the Neil Murdoch Division (two points up […]
Saturday, October 30th, 2021 Golden 5 Fernie 4 The Rockets were back on the road to Fernie Saturday, for a fittingly pre-Halloween tilt against the divisional-rival Ghostriders. The night before October 31st has been known as “Gate Night” over the years, and in this particular contest the phrase could be deemed […]
Friday, October 29th, 2021 Kimberley 3 Golden 1 The Rockets were finally back on home-ice after a pair of extended road trips, and tangled with the Kimberley Dynamiters before the hometown crowd at the Plywood Palace. Prior to the start of the contest, the Rockets “Player Of The Month” […]
Friday, October 22nd, 2021 Kimberley 4 Rockets 0 Coming off a lopsided 7-2 loss on their home-ice against Beaver Valley last Saturday, the Dynamiters were looking to rebound back into the win column, and seemed to tighten-up their defensive game dramatically against the Rockets. On the surface, it may look […]
Friday,October 15th, 2021 Rockets 3 Grand Forks 1 A little bit of penalty trouble in the opening period of this contest. Rockets were forced to kill off a penalty early, but fell behind 1-0 five minutes into the game as Grand Forks struck just after the club returned to full strength. Shortly […]
Saturday, October 9th, 2021 Rockets 4 Fernie 1 Specialty teams and strong goaltending combined to bring a Rockets victory against the visiting Fernie Ghostriders, before a Saturday night hometown crowd. Despite only directing a scant five shots towards the opposition goal, the Rockets drew a 1-1 tie after the opening twenty […]
Welcome: I am very pleased to be Coach and GM of the Golden Rockets of the KIJHL. The community of Golden has a strong fanbase of supporters and sponsors and this fuels the Rockets. We are in a great location in the middle of the Rocky Mountains and the opportunity to develop athletes in this […]
