Kelowna Rockets

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Kelowna Rockets
City:	Kelowna, British Columbia
League:	Western Hockey League
Conference:	Western
Division:	B.C.
Founded:	1995-96
Home Arena:	Prospera Place
Colours:	red, turquoise and black
Head Coach:	Jeff Truitt
General Manager:	Bruce Hamilton
Franchise history
1991-1995:	Tacoma Rockets
1995-Present:	Kelowna Rockets

The Kelowna Rockets are a junior ice hockey team playing in the Western Hockey League. They play out of Kelowna, British Columbia. The Kelowna Rockets began in 1991 as the Tacoma Rockets and moved to Kelowna in 1995. Kelowna went to three straight Memorial Cup tournaments in the years 2002, 2003 and 2004. The Rockets won the 2004 Memorial Cup, the same year they were selected to host the event. They play out of Prospera Place. Between 1995 and 1999 they played at Kelowna Memorial Arena. While in Tacoma, the team played at the Tacoma Dome.

The team's colours are red, turquoise and black. Despite the team name, the uniform bears no resemblance of a rocket. Rather, the team crest displays Ogopogo, the legendary lake monster of Lake Okanagan.

Contents 1 Season-by-season Record 2 NHL Alumni 3 See also 4 External links

[edit] Season-by-season Record

Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties OTL = Overtime losses Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	GF	GA	Points	Finish	Playoffs
1995-96	72	35	33	4	-	338	309	74	4th West	Lost Western Conference quarter-final
1996-97	72	35	35	2	-	298	314	72	4th West	Lost Western Conference quarter-final
1997-98	72	33	35	4	-	234	253	70	5th West	Lost Western Conference quarter-final
1998-99	72	25	42	5	-	224	282	55	6th West	Lost Western Conference quarter-final
1999-00	72	25	43	4	3	193	228	57	5th West	Lost Western Conference quarter-final
2000-01	72	37	23	7	5	259	240	86	1st West	Lost Western Conference quarter-final
2001-02	72	31	26	10	5	257	232	77	4th B.C.	Lost Western Conference final
2002-03	72	51	14	6	1	311	164	109	1st B.C.	Won Championship
2003-04	72	47	21	4	0	185	115	98	1st B.C.	Lost WC Final; Won Memorial Cup
2004-05	72	45	13	12	2	215	139	104	2nd B.C.	Won Championship
Season	GP	W	L	OTL	SOL	GF	GA	Points	Finish	Playoffs
2005-06	72	46	22	1	3	243	188	96	2nd B.C.	Lost Western Conference Semi-final
2006-07	72	22	41	5	2	156	245	53	5th B.C.	Out of playoffs

[edit] NHL Alumni

Karel Betik Mike Card Pat Conacher Todd Fedoruk Vern Fiddler Carsen Germyn Robb Gordon

Josh Gorges Kelly Guard Scott Hannan Duncan Keith Chuck Kobasew Joel Kwiatkowski

Quintin Laing Brett McLean Travis Moen Scott Parker Dale Purinton Richie Regehr

Ray Schultz Sheldon Souray Nick Tarnasky Vaclav Varada Shea Weber Nolan Yonkman

[edit] See also

• List of ice hockey teams in British Columbia

[edit] External links

• Rockets Homepage
  
• 2004 Memorial Cup

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