Golden Rockets
Encyclopedia
The Golden Rockets are a junior 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). They play their home games at Golden Arena.
. From 2008-present the team again is called the Golden Rockets.
Junior ice hockey
Junior hockey is a catch-all term used to describe various levels of ice hockey competition for players generally between 16 and 20 years of age...
team based in Golden, British Columbia
Golden, British Columbia
Golden is a town in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, located west of Calgary, Alberta and east of Vancouver.-History:Much of the town's history is tied into the Canadian Pacific Railway and the logging industry...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. They are members of the Eddie Mountain Division of the Kootenay Conference of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League
Kootenay International Junior Hockey League
The Kootenay International Junior Hockey League is a Junior "B" Ice Hockey league in British Columbia, Canada, sanctioned by Hockey Canada. The winner of the KIJHL playoffs competes with the champions of the Pacific International Junior Hockey League and the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League...
(KIJHL). They play their home games at Golden Arena.
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 CorpWorld Hockey Association (proposed)
The World Hockey Association was a proposed professional hockey league intended to compete with the established National Hockey League during the 2004–05 NHL lockout...
. 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, PIM = Penalties in minutes| Season | GP | W | L | T | OTL | Pts | GF | GA | PIM | Finish | Playoffs |
| 2005–06 | 50 | 24 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 49 | 173 | 189 | 1895 | 4th, Eddie Mountain | Lost in Conference Final |
| 2006–07 | 52 | 13 | 36 | - | 3 | 29 | 143 | 257 | 1394 | 5th, Eddie Mountain | Did not qualify |
| 2007–08 | 52 | 13 | 36 | - | 3 | 29 | 128 | 254 | 1795 | 4th, Eddie Mountain: East | Did not qualify |
| 2008–09 | 52 | 30 | 16 | - | 6 | 66 | 166 | 163 | 1278 | 3rd, Eddie Mountain | Lost in Division Semifinals |
| 2009–10 | 50 | 28 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 152 | 161 | 1128 | 4th, Eddie Mountain | Lost in Division Semifinals, 0–4 (Ghostriders Fernie Ghostriders The Fernie Ghostriders are a Junior B Ice Hockey team based in Fernie, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Eddie Mountain Division of the Kootenay Conference of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League . They play their home games at Fernie Memorial Arena... ) |
| 2010–11 | 50 | 22 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 46 | 221 | 233 | 1358 | 3rd, Eddie Mountain | Lost in Division Semifinals, 2-4 (Thunder Cats Creston Valley Thunder Cats The Creston Valley Thunder Cats are a junior ice hockey team based in Creston, British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Eddie Mountain Division of the Kootenay Conference of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League... ) |