Account Login/Registration

Access KelownaNow using your Facebook account, or by entering your information below.


Facebook


OR


Register

Privacy Policy

Former Rockets captain Josh Gorges announces retirement

(UPDATE: 11:25 a.m.) - The Kelowna Rockets held a press conference regarding former captain Josh Gorges' retirement from professional hockey today.

The team said they'll honour Gorges in-game when the Rockets host the Prince Albert Raiders, the top team in the country, on Saturday.

<who>Photo Credit: NowMedia</who>Josh Gorges

Gorges also debunked the rumour about him joining the Rockets as an assistant coach.

The 34-year-old said he's been helping out the team as a specialty coach, but will not be joining in a full-time role or travelling with the team.

He wants to spend more time with his wife Maggie and two sons Noah and Jayden.

(Original story: 10:15 a.m.) - After a lengthy and impressive career, Josh Gorges is calling it quits.

Nearly 15 years after captaining the Kelowna Rockets to a Memorial Cup victory, Gorges announced his retirement from the NHL and the game of hockey today.

“Even though this is a sad day I am extremely excited about the next chapter in my life and the opportunity to be back at home with my family,” he wrote on social media.

“There is too many people to thank on here, but those of you who helped me along the way and helped me make my dreams come true I am forever grateful.”

<who>Photo Credit: Contributed

Despite an impressive junior career in Kelowna, Gorges went undrafted and had to earn himself a free agent contract with the San Jose Sharks.

He made his NHL debut on Oct. 7, 2005, the first of 783 career regular season games in the big leagues, adding 68 playoff games to his resume as well.

Embed from Getty Images

Along with the Sharks, he also played for the Montreal Canadiens and Buffalo Sabres during his 13-season career.

There have been plenty of rumours that Gorges will be joining the Rockets in some sort of role and the team has scheduled a press conference for this morning.

With assistant coach Travis Crickard leaving the team a month ago, Gorges could potentially be in line to take his spot behind the bench.

Half of thumbnail photo courtesy of Getty Images.



If you get value from KelownaNow and believe local independent media is important to our community we ask that you please consider subscribing to our daily newsletter.

If you appreciate what we do, we ask that you consider supporting our local independent news platform.


Send your comments, news tips, typos, letter to the editor, photos and videos to news@kelownanow.com.



Weather
webcam icon

weather-icon
Thu
12℃

weather-icon
Fri
12℃

weather-icon
Sat
11℃

weather-icon
Sun
16℃

weather-icon
Mon
18℃

weather-icon
Tue
16℃

current feed webcam icon

Recent Livestream




Top Stories

Follow Us

Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Twitter Like us on Facebook Follow us on Linkedin Follow us on Youtube Listen on Soundcloud Follow Our TikTok Feed Follow Our RSS Follow Our pinterest Feed
Follow Our Newsletter
Privacy Policy