WHL Kelowna Rockets

Kelowna at Medicine Hat OT

Published on January 27, 2018 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Kelowna Rockets News Release




(Kelowna Rockets)

The Kelowna Rockets defeated the Medicine Hat Tigers 4-3 in overtime on Friday night in Medicine Hat.

Mark Rassell(40) opened the scoring 42 seconds into the first frame to give Medicine Hat an early 1-0 lead. Rassell(41) extended the Tigers lead to 2-0 at 5:43. Leif Mattson(16) got the Rockets on the board with 15 seconds to go in the period and Kelowna trailed 2-1 after 20 minutes.

At 17:39 of the middle period Jaeger White(8) made it 3-1 Tigers and the Rockets trailed by two after 40 minutes.

Kole Lind(25) brought the Rockets back within one at 5:20 of the final stanza. Conner Bruggen-Cate accepted a pass from Gordie Ballhorn in the slot and sniped his 14th to tie things up 3-3 on the power play at 8:14. The game needed overtime.

In overtime Rockets Captain Cal Foote(10) took off on a breakaway at 3:01 and ended it 4-3 in Kelowna's favour.

Gordie Ballhorn recorded two assists in the winning effort.

Brodan Salmond's record improves to 5-5-0-1 after stopping 29 of 32 shots.

Kelowna's record improves to 31-14-2-1.

The Rockets are back in action on Saturday night when they take on the Red Deer Rebels at the Enmax Centrium. Puck drop is at 6:00pm.

Kelowna will be back at Prospera Place on Tuesday, January 30th when they face the Medicine Hat Tigers in a re-match.

Tickets are available for Rockets home games through selectyourtickets.com, at the Prospera Place box office or by phone at 250-762-5050.

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