The Tacoma Rockets were a professional

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team in

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from 1946 to 1953. The Rockets played in the

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from 1946 to 1952, which was renamed the

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during the Rockets' final season of 1952–1953. For that final season, they played their home games in the Tacoma Ice Palace, having previously played at the Tacoma Arena. The Rockets name was resurrected from 1991 to 1995 in the new

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, until the team's relocation to Kelowna,

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Season-by-season records

''Note: GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties Pts = Points, GF = Goals for, GA = Goals against''

References

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