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March 8, 2023 - Western Hockey League (WHL)
Kelowna Rockets News Release


Kelowna Rockets battle the Prince George Cougars
Kelowna Rockets battle the Prince George Cougars
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The Kelowna Rockets will be looking to bounce back when they host the Prince George Cougars on Wednesday night at 7:05 pm at Prospera Place.

It will also be a Fan First Menu night with $2 hot dogs and $5-$6 options from Blue Ribbon. The Fan First Menu is available at all Monday to Wednesday regular season games.

Kelowna is coming off of back-to-back losses to the Kamloops Blazers over the weekend.

The Cougars are 6-3-1-0 in their last ten games. Hosting the Spokane Chiefs last weekend, they won 5-2 on Friday and then fell 5-4 in overtime on Saturday.

Tickets

Single-game tickets for Wednesday's game and all other Rockets games are available at Select Your Tickets. Tickets can be purchased online through www.selectyourtickets.com, at the Prospera Place box office, or by phone at 250-762-5050.

Mini Packs are now on sale for the 2022-23 season, pick from between a six or twelve-game pack. Click here to learn more about Mini Packs.

The last time these two met

The Rockets last played Prince George on February 10th. Missing five key roster players including leading scorer Andrew Cristall, the injury-riddled Rockets fell 9-2 to the Cougs. The Cougars jumped out to a 3-1 lead in the opening period, with Rockets starter Talyn Boyko replaced in net following the third goal. Not letting off the gas Prince George added three more goals in the second period before the Rockets could answer with their second goal of the game. Cole Dubinsky completed his hat trick in the third period.

Roster Updates

Ismail Abougouche has missed the last five games with an upper-body injury, he's listed as out one week on this week's injury report

Marcus Pacheco has also missed the last five games with an upper-body injury

Talyn Boyko suffered a lower-body injury in Friday's game against Kamloops, missing Saturday's game. He's listed as day-to-day on the weekly report

Caden Price is no longer listed on this week's report after missing last week's three games

Affiliate players Landon Cowper and Kayden Longley have been called up to join the team

Click here to view the Rockets Injury Report.

Players to watch

Kelowna

Rockets captain Gabriel Szturc had a pair of assists in Saturday's loss to the Kamloops Blazers

Goaltender Jari Kykkanen faced a career-high 56 shots on Saturday, making a career-high 49 saves

Kamloops

Fifteen (7G, 8A) of overage forward Chase Wheatcroft's team-leading 90 points this season have come against the Rockets.

Overage forward Cole Dubinsky recorded a hat trick and an assist against the Rockets in their last meeting.

BC Division standings

as of Tuesday afternoon

TEAM GP W L OTL SOL PTS

1 Y-Kamloops Blazers 57 40 11 4 2 86

2 X- Prince George Cougars 59 30 24 5 0 65

3 X-Vancouver Giants 58 23 28 5 2 53

4 Kelowna Rockets 59 23 33 3 0 49

5 Victoria Royals 60 15 38 6 1 37

Series at a glance

2022-23 Season Series vs PG (2-5-0-0)

Sept. 30 @ Prince George 6-3 L

Oct. 1 @ Prince George 5-1 W

Nov. 9 vs Prince George 8-6 W

Jan. 10 vs Prince George 3-0 L

Feb. 7 @ Prince George 5-1 L

Feb. 8 @ Prince George 7-2 L

Feb 10 vs Prince George 9-2 L

Mar. 8 vs Prince George 7:05 pm

Mar. 15 @ Prince George 7:00 pm

Watch and listen

Radio broadcast

Rockets games will be broadcast on 104.7 FM the Lizard this season with Regan Bartel calling all of the action.

Don't forget to download the RocketFAN app and visit rocketfan.ca for more exclusive Rockets content from Pattison. Fans can stream the radio broadcast of all Rockets games on the app.

Online video stream

All Rockets games will be available on WHL Live. WHL Live on is available to fans anywhere in the world, providing high-quality streaming of WHL games on Apple TV, Roku, and Amazon Fire TV platforms, via mobile with iOS and Android, and on web using Safari or Google Chrome web browsers. Visit watch.chl.ca for complete details and subscription options.

Online 50/50

The Kelowna Rockets online 50/50 is back for the 2022-23 season!

The online 50/50 will give fans in Rockets fans located in British Columbia and those who are attending the game the chance to win during every Rockets home game this season. The 50/50 will also raise important dollars for the Kelowna Minor Hockey Association.

Tickets will be available for purchase on all game days starting at 9 a.m. PT and end at the start of the third period on the same day.

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Kelowna Rockets battle the Prince George Cougars
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