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Game Day: Rockets and T-Birds Back at It in Seattle

February 9, 2016 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Kelowna Rockets News Release


Tonight's Preview: The Kelowna Rockets open a three game road trip tonight with a stop in Seattle/Kent against the T-Birds. This is the fourth and final meeting of the season between the two teams with the home team having won all three games. This is the third meeting between the two teams in the last 10 days. They met last night in Kelowna with the Rockets earning a 7-4 win. Rourke Chartier scored three times while Justin Kirkland (2+2=4) and Tyson Baillie (1+3=4) had four point outings. Tomas Soustal had three assists. The Rockets scored twice on the power play while also adding a shorthanded goal. Michael Herringer made 27 saves in the team's 37th win of the season. In the big picture, the Rockets have won 33 of their last 46 games overall and are 22-4-2-0 on home ice and 15-10-1-0 on the road. The Rockets have points in 31 of 40 games (28-9-3-0). The team has won 18 of its last 28 games. Aftertonight's game, the Rockets head straight to Prince George for back-to-back games this weekend before a showdown at home against 2016 Memorial Cup hosts, the Red Deer Rebels on February 16th.

Vs Seattle: The Rockets are 9-6-1-3 in the last 19 regular season meetings against the T-Birds. The Rockets are 5-2-1-2 in their last 10 regular season home games against Seattle and 4-4-0-1 in their last 9 regular season appearances at ShoWare Center. Michael Herringer is 1-1-0-0 in two appearances with a goal against average of 3.05.

Number Crunching: The Rockets boast 9 players with ten or more goals...The Rockets are 20-2-1-0 when Tyson Baillie scores. The only regulation losses when the 20 year-old finds the back of the net were against Red Deer and Saskatoon.....The Rockets are attempting to become the first team to reach the 50 win plateau in four straight seasons. For that to happen, the team must win 13 of their final 18 games or they can suffer only 5 more regular losses in order to hit the 50 win mark...Did you know rookie Kole Lind has not earned a power play point this season?....The Rockets have only trailed heading into the third period 15 times this season. They are 3-12-0-0 in those games.... Michael Herringer is making his 17th straight start tonight...Torrie Jung started 19 straight games in 2006-2007...Kevin Swanson started 38 straight games in 1999-2000...The Rockets have scored the first goal in 30 of 54 games this season. When they accomplish that goal, they are an impressive 24-3-3-0...The Rockets have 18 games left in the regular season. Of those 18 games, 8 will be played on home ice. Of those 18 games, 12 are against BC Division rivals...The Rockets have been out-shot in 35 of 54 games this season...The Rockets are the only team in the WHL without a 20 or 19 year-old defenceman and only one of four teams without an average defenceman.

This and That: Jackson Whistle has missed 16 games with a lower body injury....The Rockets play 6 of their next 8 games on the road....The Rockets lost 8 games in regulation time at Prospera Place last season....The Rockets added 17 year-old goaltender Brody Salmond for the remainder of the season. Salmond was the Rockets 10th round bantam pick in the 2010 WHL draft and was playing this season in the Alberta Junior Hockey League with the Camrose Kodiaks. Salmond is the son of Hockey Canada's Scott Salmond. Scott Salmond had a brief stint with the Kelowna Spartans in 1990-91...The Rockets are rated this week as the 6th best team in the CHL Top 10 rankings. Last week they were also rated 7th ...The Rockets play 13 games in 25 nights in the month of February...Only one birthday to celebrate in February. Tomas Soustal turns 19 on February 15th... The Kelowna Rockets named 19 year-old Rodney Southam as the franchises 22nd captain on January 25th. Southam was acquired in November, 2014 from the Tri City Americans for a 5th round bantam draft pick.

Who's Hot: Calvin Thurkauf has points in 10 of his last 16 games. The rookie has 5+10 over that period...Rourke Chartier has points in 12 of his last 18 games. Over that period, the 19 year-old has 12+9!...Chartier has 99 career goals and 95 career assists...Dillon Dube has 21 goals this season which is a career high....Dube has 7+9 in his last 18 games... Nick Merkley has 6+13 in his last 14 games...Tyson Baillie has 7+7 in his last 13 games....Tyson Baillie has points in 33 of his last 42 games and has been held off the score-sheet 13 times this season...Justin Kirkland has points in 8 of his last 13 games. Kirkland has 9+8 over that period.

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