Kelowna biggest rival has and always will be the Vancouver Whalers. Despite their recent difference in competitiveness, the team's close proximity and history will always keep them at odds. This season so far the Knights were absolutely embarrassed by the Whalers 10-1. The game ended up with some fist cuffs as Brandt and Legume went off for coincidental roughing. The next game between these two teams didn't go much better for the Knights with them also losing 4-0. The bad blood continued with the Whalers Iskandrov getting a major for boarding. The Knights finally made the rivalry interesting this season by winning 2-1 in overtime.

"It’s exciting to score the game winning goal against a big rival like that. We haven’t played well against them this season and it’s great to get a win in their building. They are the top team in the league so it's a good measurement for us to know that we can play the right way.”