Golden Rockets

Golden Rockets

City	Golden, British Columbia
League	Kootenay International Junior Hockey League
Conference	Kootenay
Division	Eddie Mountain
Founded	1991 (1991)–92
Home arena	Golden Arena
Colours	Red, navy, white and black
General manager	Jason Stephens 2015-16
Head coach	Jason Stephens 2015-16
Website goldenrockets.com
Franchise history
1991-05	Golden Rockets
2005-06	Golden Extreme
2006-08	Golden Jets
2008-present	Golden Rockets

The Golden Rockets are a junior 'B' ice hockey team based in Golden, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Eddie Mountain Division of the Kootenay Conference of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL). The Rockets play their home games at Golden Arena. Curt Thorne is the team's president, Ty Davidson is the general manager and coach. They are captained by Brett Defrias.

Golden Extreme logo

The Rockets joined the league in 1991 as an expansion team. In its KIJHL history, the team has won one division playoff title as a member of the Eddie Mountain Division from 1996-2013.

History

From 1991-2005, the team was known as the Golden Rockets. For the 2005-06 season, the team was known as the Golden Extreme. They were then known as the Golden Jets for the 2006-07 and 2007-08 seasons. As The Jets, they were owned by the WHA Corp. From 2008–present the team again is called the Golden Rockets.

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

Records as of February 21, 2014.^[1]^[2]

Season	GP	W	L	T	OTL	Pts	GF	GA	Finish	Playoffs
1991-92	38	14	23	1	—	29	223	296	3rd, East
1992-93	42	12	30	0	—	24	191	277	2nd, East
1993-94	40	22	18	0	―	44	229	218	3rd, East
1994-95	44	15	26	―	3	33	189	234	4th, East
1995-96	42	10	32	0	―	20	178	297	5th, East
1996-97	41	22	18	1	―	45	215	183	2nd, Eddie Mountain
1997-98	50	26	24	0	―	52	247	250	3rd, Eddie Mountain
1998-99	52	17	34	1	―	35	154	228	5th, Eddie Mountain
1999-00	46	9	35	2	―	20	156	223	5th, Eddie Mountain
2000-01	54	14	37	0	3	31	172	298	5th, Eddie Mountain	Did not qualify
2001-02	50	10	32	5	3	28	148	248	4th, Eddie Mountain	Lost in Division Semifinals, 0-4 (Rockies)
2002-03	50	13	33	3	1	30	144	231	4th, Eddie Mountain	Lost in Division Semifinals, 3-4 (Rockies)
2003-04	50	10	38	1	1	22	162	286	4th, Eddie Mountain	Did not qualify
2004-05	50	15	32	2	1	33	157	210	5th, Eddie Mountain	Did not qualify
2005–06	50	24	22	3	1	52	173	189	4th, Eddie Mountain	Lost in Division Semifinals, 3-4 (Ghostriders)
2006–07	52	13	36	—	3	29	143	257	5th, Eddie Mountain	Did not qualify
2007–08	52	13	36	—	3	29	128	254	4th, Eddie Mountain: East	Did not qualify
2008–09	52	30	16	—	6	66	166	163	3rd, Eddie Mountain	Lost in Division Semifinals, 1-4 (Ghostriders)
2009–10	50	28	22	0	0	56	152	161	4th, Eddie Mountain	Lost in Division Semifinals, 0–4 (Ghostriders)
2010-11	50	22	26	0	2	46	221	233	3rd, Eddie Mountain	Lost in Division Semifinals, 2-4 (Thunder Cats)
2011–12	52	21	25	1	5	48	176	186	4th, Eddie Mountain	Lost in Division Semifinals, 0-4 (Ghostriders)
2012–13	52	31	14	1	6	69	204	176	2nd, Eddie Mountain	Lost in Conference Finals, 0-4 (Rebels)
2013–14	52	15	32	1	4	35	150	218	5th, Eddie Mountain	Did not qualify
2014–15	52	23	24	0	5	51	173	205	4th, Eddie Mountain	Lost in Division Semifinals, 1-4 (Ghostriders)

Golden Rockets playing in 2010

Playoffs

Records as of February 21, 2014.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Season	1st Round	2nd Round	3rd Round	Finals
2000–01	Did not qualify
2001–02	L, 0-4, Columbia Valley	―	―	―
2002–03	L, 3-4, Columbia Valley	―	―	―
2003–04	Did not qualify
2004–05	Did not qualify
2005–06	L, 3-4, Fernie	―	―	―
2006–07	Did not qualify
2007–08	Did not qualify
2008–09	L, 1-4, Fernie	—	—	―
2009–10	L, 0-4, Fernie	―	―	―
2010-11	L, 2-4, Creston Valley	—	—	—
2011-12	L, 0-4, Fernie	—	—	—
2012-13	W, 4-0, Kimberley	W, 4-2, Fernie	L, 0-4, Castlegar	—
2013–14	Did not qualify
2014-15	L, 1-4, Fernie	—	—	—

Alumni

Doug Barrault

References

↑ KIJHL.ca, Regular season standings 2013–2014.
↑ KIJHL.ca – KIJHL Final Standings.
↑ KIJHL.ca, Playoff Bracket 2013–2014.
↑ KIJHL.ca – Playoff Records.
↑ KIJHL.ca, Past KIJHL League Champions.

External links

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