Tacoma Rockets

This article deals with the American ice hockey team Tacoma Rockets from the junior league Western Hockey League, for the American ice hockey team of the same name, which played in the Pacific Coast Hockey League and the Minor League Western Hockey League from 1946 to 1953, see Tacoma Rockets (1946-1953) .

Tacoma Rockets
founding	1991
resolution	1995
history	Tacoma Rockets 1991–1995 Kelowna Rockets since 1995
Stadion	Tacoma Dome
Location	Tacoma , Washington
league	Western Hockey League
Memorial Cups	no
Ed Chynoweth Cups	no

The Tacoma Rockets were an American ice hockey team from Tacoma , Washington state . The team played from 1991 to 1995 in one of the top three Canadian junior ice hockey leagues, the Western Hockey League (WHL).

history

The Tacoma Rockets were founded in 1991 as a franchise of the Western Hockey League . In their first season, the team reached the playoffs for the Ed Chynoweth Cup with sixth place in the West Division , but was defeated in the first round by the Kamloops Blazers with a sweep in the best-of-seven series. In the 1992/93 season, the team from Washington was able to improve significantly in the regular season by reaching second place in the West Division, but was eliminated again in the first playoff round, this time the Spokane Chiefs narrowly with 3: 4 victories. The Tacoma Rockets achieved their greatest success when they reached the second round in the following year. After they failed in the playoff qualification in the 1994/95 season, the franchise was relocated to Kelowna , British Columbia , where it has since participated in the game operations of the WHL under the name Kelowna Rockets .

Season statistics

Abbreviations: GP = games, W = wins, L = defeats, T = draws, OTL = defeats after overtime, SOL = defeats after shootout , Pts = points, GF = goals scored, GA = goals against, PIM = penalty minutes

season	GP	W.	L.	T	OTL	SOL	Pts	GF	GA	space	Playoffs
1991-92	72	24	43	5	-	-	53	273	346	6th, west	Defeat in the first round
1992-93	72	45	27	0	-	-	90	324	259	2nd, west	Defeat in the first round
1993-94	72	33	34	5	-	-	71	303	301	3rd, west	Defeat in the second round
1994-95	72	43	27	2	-	-	88	294	246	2nd, west	Defeat in qualification

Former players

The following players who were active for the Tacoma Rockets played in the National Hockey League during their career :

Allan Egeland Tuomas Grönman Michal Grošek

Scott Hannan Tavis Hansen Joel Kwiatkowski

Kyle McLaren Brett McLean Let Pirjetä

Dale Purinton Michal Sýkora Václav Varaďa

Team records

Career records

Games: 254 John Varga

Goals: 154 John Varga

Assists: 179 John Varga

Points: 333 John Varga

Penalty minutes: 731 Trever Fraser

Web links

• The Internet Hockey Database Statistics Tacoma Rockets
• The Internet Hockey Database - Tacoma Rockets Player List