Kelowna Rockets Roster Set
March 4, 2021 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Kelowna Rockets News Release
Kelowna Rockets celebrate a goal
(Kelowna Rockets, Credit: Marissa Baecker)
With the announcement of the BC Divison receiving approval to play, the Kelowna Rockets roster has been set for the 2020-21 season.
The WHL B.C. Division schedule will commence on Friday, March 26. The WHL's B.C. Division will play a 24-game Regular Season Schedule, which will be announced at a later date.
Based on the approved WHL protocols, games will be played exclusively at the Sandman Centre in Kamloops and Prospera Place in Kelowna.
No spectators will be permitted to enter WHL facilities. WHL fans can take in all the action on WHL Live on CHL TV, including freeview opportunities for each Club's home opening game. Visit WHL.ca or watch.CHL.ca for complete details.
The Rockets will have information available for season ticket holders in the coming days.
Roster notes:
Dillon Hamaliuk and Kaedan Korczak will return to the team after spending time in the American Hockey League with their NHL team's affiliate clubs.
Rockets 2020 first-round pick Andrew Cristall will join the team's cohort as an affiliate player.
Kelowna remains hopeful that Pavel Novak will be issued a visa and able to return to Kelowna for the season.
Rockets 2020 import pick Micahel Krutil, who was selected by Chicago in the 2020 NHL Draft, will not be coming to Kelowna. Krutil has inked a standard AHL player's contract with the Rockford IceHogs and will remain with them for the rest of the year.
The club's roster consists of the following 26 players:
FORWARDS (11)
8 - Trevor Wong
9 - Mark Liwiski
10 - Turner McMillen*
11 - Pavel Novak
12 - Steel Quiring*
15 - Rilen Kovacevic*
16 - Scott Cousins*
17 - Alex Swetlikoff
18 - David Kope
19 - Ethan Ernst
20 - Nolan Flamand*
22 - Dillon Hamaliuk
23 - Jake Poole
24 - Dylan Wightman*
28 - Andrew Cristall AP
DEFENCEMEN (9)
2 - Noah Dorey*
3 - Sean Comrie
4 - William Irvine*
5 - John Babcock*
6 - Kaedan Korczak
14 - Elias Carmichael
21 - Jake Lee
25 - Tyson Feist
27 - Jackson DeSouza*
GOALTENDERS (2)
30 - Roman Basran
31 - Cole Schwebius
*rookie
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