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Kelowna(7) at Prince Albert(3)

December 17, 2017 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Kelowna Rockets News Release


Kelowna(7) at Prince Albert(3)
Kelowna(7) at Prince Albert(3)
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The Kelowna Rockets defeated the Prince Albert Raiders 7-3 in Prince Albert on Friday night.

The Raiders opened the scoring at 4:57 as Spencer Moe(6) found the back of the net. Kole Lind(14) returned fire for Kelowna on a Rockets power play at 10:40 in his first period back in action since returning from Team Canada's Sport Chek Selection Camp for the upcoming World Junior's. Jordy Stallard(25) regained the Raiders lead at 15:46, but that lead was short lived as Lind(15) collected his second power play marker of the period to even things at 2-2. Carsen Twarynski(22) gave Kelowna a 3-2 lead at 19:14 and the Rockets took that lead into the middle frame.

Wil Kushniryk(2) scored the lone second period goal at 14:53 and the Rockets led 4-2 after 40 minutes.

Lind(16) scored his third power play goal of the evening 53 seconds into the final stanza recording his second career WHL hat-trick to give Kelowna a 5-2 lead. Twarynski(23) scored his second of the night and the Rockets eighth shorthanded goal of the season at 12:56 of the third. Conner Bruggen-Cate(6) gave Kelowna a 7-2 lead at 14:38. With 1:58 remaining Max Martin(5) scored for the Raiders but the Rockes took it 7-3.

The Rockets enjoyed multi-point evenings from Kole Lind(3G), Carsen Twarynski(2G,2A), Leif Mattson(2A), and Libor Zabransky(2A).

Roman Basran's record improves to 4-2-0-0 after stopping 15 of 18 shots he faced as the Rockets outshot the Raiders 27-18.

Kelowna's record is now 19-11-2-1.

Kelowna was without Captain Cal Foote and Assistant Captain Dillon Dube as they are currently away skating with Team Canada's National Junior Team. Team Canada announced their final roster for the upcoming IIHF World U20 Championship in Buffalo, NY, and the list included the two Rockets players. Dube and Foote become the 16th and 17th players in Kelowna Rockets history to wear the maple leaf in the World Junior Championship.

The Rockets are back in action tomorrow night when they take on the Saskatoon Blades at 5:05pm to finish off their six-game prairie road trip.

After Saturday night the Rockets players head home for their Christmas break. Kelowna is back in action on December 27th when they host the Kamloops Blazers for some holiday B.C. Division action!

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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