In the second round of last season’s KIJHL Teck Cup championships, Carter Spring, who played for the Kimberley Dynamiters, had a season-ending injury against the Columbia Valley Rockies in Game 2. He sustained a fracture just above his ankle, which was also dislocated after a scoring opportunity on the penalty-kill when he was kind […]
Tuesday, Dec.13th, 2022 Kimberley 4 Rockets 3 A hometown Dynamiter crowd of just under 500 were anticipating a repeat of last Saturday’s Nitro’s win, but a gritty Rockets third period comeback forced overtime before a winner was decided. Kimberley held most of the play through the first two periods of […]
Tyler Burke (Sicamous Eagles), Ethan Aebly (Golden Rockets) and Brett Sweet (Columbia Valley Rockies) have been selected as the Instat KIJHL 3 Stars of the Week for the period ending December 11. Burke – Top Forward – The Vernon product collected six goals in two games, helping the Eagles earn a pair of […]
A home win, and a road loss was in the cards for the Rockets over the weekend, as they trimmed the Nelson Leafs Friday and were edged-out in Kimberley Saturday. Friday, Dec.9th, 2022 Rockets 8 Nelson 3 The Nelson Leafs came into Golden looking to catch Grand Forks for top spot […]
Being a goalie kind of runs in the Hall family. Levi Hall of the Golden Rockets became one because of his grandfather Glenn, who only happens to be a Hockey Hall of Famer and one of the 100 greatest NHL players of all time. Levi’s older brother Luke Hall plays goal for the Portage College […]
A home-and-home series between the Rockets and the Ghostriders saw each team utilize their home-ice advantage, as the two teams split the two weekend games. While Saturday’s contest in Fernie saw a bushel-full of goals, Friday’s matchup was a ’nail-biter’…………… Friday, Dec.2nd, 2022 Rockets 3 Fernie 2 It was a classic […]
On Remembrance Day, Kimberley Dynamiters captain Ryan Bennett made the difficult decision to retire from junior hockey because of an injury. The Dynamiters selected Jayden Kostiuk to fill his leadership role. In a recent Dynamiters Deep Dive blog, published on Nov. 27, 2022, Jesse Heinrichs wrote about the new captain, which is being used in […]
The annual Rockets’ Family Weekend celebration took place with a pair of home games at the Plywood Palace, where the local KickingHorse stars came away with one win and a loss. The end of November marks the midway mark in the KIJHL regular season schedule, and the Rockets continue with their fine play………… […]
When Ryan Larsen was added to the KIJHL Top Prospects team late due to an injury/illness to another player, that gave the Kamloops Storm three players in the B.C. Hockey Conference Prospects Game, which started with Owen Aura and Jake Phillips-Watts. Larsen ended up with a goal and two assists, including helping set up […]
A fairly successful extended road trip to the Okanagan for the Rockets, as they came away with a pair of victories in three games against their Bill Ohlhausen Division opponents. Plenty of excitement in every contest. Friday, Nov. 18th, 2022 Rockets 4 Princeton 3 The beginning of an important 3-game road […]
