Tacoma Rockets (1946–1953)

{{short description|Ice hockey team}}

{{Distinguish|Tacoma Rockets}}

{{Infobox hockey team

| team = Tacoma Rockets

| color = green

| color text = yellow

| logo = TacomaRocketsPCHLLogo.gif

| city = Tacoma, Washington

| league = Pacific Coast Hockey League (1946–52)
Western Hockey League (1952–53)

| operated = {{Start date|1946}}–53

| arena = Tacoma Ice Palace

| colors = 1946–52: Orange, black
1952–53: Green, yellow, white

| coach = 1946–47: Dave Downie
1948–53: Muzz Patrick

}}

The Tacoma Rockets were a professional ice hockey team in Tacoma, Washington from 1946 to 1953.{{cite web |url=http://www.hockeydb.com/stte/tacoma-rockets-8378.html |title=Tacoma Rockets Statistics and History [1946-1953 WHL] |website=hockeydb.com}}

The Rockets played in the Pacific Coast Hockey League from 1946 to 1952, which was renamed the Western Hockey League 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.{{cite web |title=The Tacoma Rockets |url=https://www.tacomasportsmuseum.com/entry/?entry_id=df22e830-7c8a-11eb-bf6b-49cc7ff3c7dc |website=Shanaman Sports Museum |access-date=31 December 2022}}{{cite web |title=1951-52 Tacoma Rockets pocket schedule |url=https://www.tacomasportsmuseum.com/entry/?entry_id=ec7a0970-7b6b-11eb-bf6b-49cc7ff3c7dc |website=Shanaman Sports Museum |access-date=31 December 2022}}

The Rockets name was resurrected from 1991 to 1995 in the new major junior Western Hockey League, until the team's relocation to Kelowna, British Columbia.